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Posted by “Mortessia” on May 07, 2023.

p.s. If you decide to ban the word magic get prepared that many of your shop's products will stop existing at the shop... I can't go back and change thousands of products because of your AHA moment that magic must be banned. At the end its BAD for the sales of YOUR SHOP and YOUR INCOME also...

Posted by “Mortessia” on May 07, 2023.

Ok that's extremely annoying! You guys have no other things to solve and u start going after creator's products????

Most of my rooms have the word "magic"either at the title or at the keywords..

Have u realized yet that for years the best of the devs have abandoned Imvu due to these weird practises of yours or not???

Please STOP playing with our income and our work! You have no right to do this!

Im waiting to see what are u gonna do about it..

Posted by “QBL” on May 03, 2023.

@gaf210​  I just wish I wouldn't have had to. But I did notice that the Word Kings is now searchable again as well.

Posted by “oxPrincessLeighxo” on May 02, 2023.

@Twiddybird​ I think this is a brilliant idea... at least give us some guidance !

Posted by “gaf210” on May 02, 2023.

thanks QBL for bringing this up to attention!!

Posted by “Twiddybird” on May 02, 2023.

There is a stark difference between an every day generic word that is not a brand name and something like Nike which isn't a word in it's own right. It has no other meaning in the English language. Generic words do not qualify for trademark protection. That is, if the generic word is the common name of the product in question. Headphones is a common term and could not be registered as a trademark for headphones. But if you were to use headphones for dating services? Then it is no longer generic in this sense.

Posted by “QBL” on May 01, 2023.

@Aislinn​  I dont think any of our creative brains can even begin to understand their lack of creativity.. What I find peculiar is that How many Highschool or colleges use the same names as Major league teams... NBA is not crying to all those folks.. Nope this was a straight up LOGO theft DMCA problem. That still frankly has not been delt with in a proper manor.

Posted by “Aislinn” on May 01, 2023.

@QBL​ I'm not much of a basketball person, but tbh, I really detest how they use everyday words for their team names. The lack of creativity in NBA names is sad, especially considering how much money rolls through that ecosystem. It's a little rude to trademark an everyday word that people have used for hundreds of years or more, like Heat, imho. I mean, at least the Lakers picked one that's close, but not an everyday word. It makes it harder on everyone else, especially in situations like these. Official logos, etc. I get it, but they shouldn't get control and domination of basic words in the English language because they can't be original enough to come up with something else. *grumps*

Posted by “QBL” on May 01, 2023.

@Jeff Can we get someone to do the same with all the everyday single use words on the NBA list Like Heat, Jazz, Thunder and especially Kings, Kings Is a Huge one,, There are thousands of products especially rooms and furniture made for Royal Roleplay that will be stifled. Many male clothing products as well. I mean lets not put all team names back in but there are some that are widely used in everyday.

Thank You for your time with this and giving us our Magic Back. Like Aislinn said I to would love to see a path forward to flag trademark/ Branded Logos both as a blanket Flag and a Option in peer. However it is certainly refreshing that Staff is listening to us and trusting us to work with you this makes a world of difference for our community. A United Community is what we all strive for.

Posted by “Twiddybird” on May 01, 2023.

@Jeff​ This is great news, thank you for fixing this, I wonder if at some point in the not too distant future, IMVU could inform us or at least have a complete list of words that are deemed unfit instead of us all going around scratching our heads in a daze.

Posted by “Aislinn” on May 01, 2023.

@Jeff​ Thank you for getting back to us! It's much appreciated. :) That's understandable, and I'm happy to hear that our products will be searchable again. I wish there was a way we could help prevent such DMCA issues by being able to flag a trademarked/branded item as a TOS violation, not necessarily as a copyright violation, but similar to the way YouTube, etc. does it.

Posted by “Jeff” on May 01, 2023.

Hi, All. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This resulted from a large trademark owner's DMCA request, but I agree that it's a little overreaching. For now, I have removed the word "magic" from our word filter, so you should be able to submit and search for these products again. Apologies for any frustrations.

Posted by “Misticbaby” on April 30, 2023.

Is IMVU trying to force all creators to leave here and join another program like SL? I can't see how banning the word "Magic" is helping

you or us as creators. You are hurting your own self. This is absolutely beyond ridicules. Looks like you are trying to lose creators in this game.

Posted by “AriaAurora” on April 30, 2023.

What on earth is going on in this game and on top of that they erasing people stuff out of catty if they over 10K

Posted by “Alyissapearl” on April 30, 2023.

Are we still waiting on an answer for this? It really shouldn't be taking this long, even if it is the weekend.