With all the commotion going on about content theft, I thought it would probably be a good idea for as many bloggeroids as possible to start naming and shaming whenever they can. I've decided to create this Wall of Shame column to publicize content thieves and their clientele. Our first entry is brought to us by way of Brazil--I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but I have photographic evidence to support my claim.

The other day, I was wandering around one of those non-famous sims, looking for some non-famous furniture from a non-famous designer. I heard some people talking on voice, in a language that I didn't know. I have a Brazilian friend who I tell to say something dirty to me whenever we talk on voice, so, although I don't know Brazilian, I definitely understood what he was saying when I heard a Brazilian man tell a woman that he wanted to "grab that big fat ass and (slang term for penetrate it with his genitalia and proceed in a pumping fashion until she dies)."

The Brazilian woman did her little, "I'm not that kind of girl laugh", probably tossing her head to one side and batting her eyelashes in RL, as if he could see her big fat ass tossing and batting. She then went on to say something that I'm sure was like, "Tee hee hee, stop, I'm not that kind of girl." She had the voice of a bartender, and sounded like she had a cigarette glued to her lips for the past 25 years--you know the type, probably has to turn off voice every few seconds so she can cough up and spit out a chunk of phlegm. Knowing full well that her big fat ass had more fingerprints than the F.B.I., I cammed around to see what all the fakeness was about.

The Brazilian pervert and the Brazilian skank both have a passion for fashion, and indulge that passion at their local stolen goods market--usually, I call them "flea markets" in SL, mostly because of the dirty dogs that sell or shop there. Guilherme Aulder, pervert, and Grazinha Paulino, avatart, enjoy wearing counterfeit footwear of some of SL's best designers. Here, Mr. Aulder wears some counterfeit Soreal Superstars, and Ms. Paulino models a pair stolen from Armidi.

Poor Kwamey Pinion. I think his shoes are the most recognizable and most stolen in SL. I have other pictures of his shoes with other people showing as the creators, but I can't find them. I used to think he was a dingleberry for putting "by Kwamey Pinion" in the description of his shoes, but EVERY SINGLE PAIR of stolen Superstars that I have ever seen have said, "by Kwamey Pinion" in the description, no matter who is showing as the creator. Mr. Pinion is one step ahead of me, so this might be a good idea for anyone who makes stuff.

Abadia Vantelli gets the credit for creating the stolen shoes for Mr. Aulder. Mr. Vantelli was smart enough to change the name of the shoes--although not smart enought to understand that using a RL brand name is a prime target for LL to go after him for trademark infringement--but not smart enough to change the description. When looking at Mr. Vantelli's profile, I was shocked (not) to discover that he's NPI (no payment info, I'm always suprised at how many people don't know this abbreviation yet), and Brazilian. Brazilian looks very similar to Spanish, but the "-ao", usually with a squiggly accent over the "a", in a three letter word, is a giveaway.

Here, miss skankity skank barhooker Grazinha Paulino models a pair of shoes from Armidi Gisaci, but they weren't made by an Armidi designer. Most of the Armidi designers have "Armidi" for their last name, although Nicole David and Lola Marquez are also Armidi designers. Every Armidi designer has Armidi on their profiles, but the creator of these Armidi shoes, carlittos Handrick, doesn't.

I did inspect both of these shoes, and they were both made in the latter half of 2008. The content thieves responsible for these counterfeit goods are probably already banned and back in SL with new names, but just in case they are still lurking about, here are two new names to add to your ban lists.