Dear Linden Labs,
It has recently come to my attention that Hybrid Ansar has been banned for alleged illegal copying of another person's creations. I would like, as a Second Life Resident, to state my opinion on this situation.
I have known the Hybrid Ansar for a year, and have had many dealings with her and people that she is close to. I can be sure of several things about the lady in question.
1. She is forward and upright in her dealings. - During a period of SL homelessness, she opened a part of her sim for me to rent. She told me up front what I could expect living there, what expect from the other residents, and that she would profect us from any griefing and that she did not tolerate griefing in any form. During the time that I was living there, I did have a problem of a griefer dropping objects on the sim, and the situation was dealt with in a extremely timely manner. At no time was I faced with unexpected situations that she was the author of. She delivered just as promised.
2. I have purchased her shapes almost exclusively during the time that I have known her. The reason for this exclusivity is almost entirely depedent on the uniqueness of her style. She has, what I would consider, the most realistic, normal people shapes in Second Life and I admire her ability to create and recreate. She has also always been avaliable to discuss issues and has many times re-evaluated a shape for me personally during her own private time.
3. I have witnessed her building methods of her pre-fabs and there were no signs of anything but completely original ideas from her brain with many elements built from the normal Second Life menu shapes. I am sure that her hair process is also the same, and it is easily identifiable as a creation of Hybrid Ansar.
4. Hybrid Ansar may admire many creators of Second Life goods, but she is a true believer of creating her own style and being a product of her own originality.
5. She has campaigned many times against copy-botted material and is often checking to make sure that, even with her own purchases, that she is buying completely original work from the original creator.
Of all the people in Second life that could or could not be illegally copying the work of others, Hybrid Ansar is clearly not a candidate for that activity. She is a champion for Intellectual Property Rights and a truly trustworthy content creator, as well as being a good friend to people who need just that. In short, she's good people...
Sincerely,
Alice Turner a.k.a. Kyria Tomsen
