ARRRRG! I've been pirated! Chat News & Freebie!

Please excuse the following vent before we get to today's design news...

Well, it had to happen sooner or later...I learned from two very helpful ladies that one of my kits had been listed on 4shared for other folks to download at will. Thanks very much Jen and Sue for letting me know!!!!

I am not going to name names or even say which kit it was, but that 4shared account has been closed by 4shared, and hopefully this person will stop pirating. I also hope that no one else was pirated by this person. I am much calmer now than when I first got this news. Oh my, was I miffed! My visiting family were a little surprised at what thoughts I expressed out loud - LOL.

I want to believe that this person simply did not understand that taking something that has been created by another person and giving it away is wrong. Perhaps this person was not taught that stealing is wrong. Maybe this person does not have a grasp of how time consuming it is to design kits. Maybe this person just does not get it...redistributing someone else's work - EVEN FREEBIES - is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!!!!

I do not earn my living by doing this (although that would be a great thing), but I do earn some money. This fills a gas tank or two or buys my kids some clothes or shoes. So every kit I don't sell is a bit of something my family doesn't get. And, there are some designers who do have the talent and customer base to earn a living doing this...so remember that the next time you see a download link.

For more information, please see Jen's great blog about piracy:

http://jenjen.typepad.com/stoppiracy/

Please, let the designer know when you see piracy!

Okay...thanks for reading...back to our regularly-scheduled design news...

Sugar Kiss and Sugar Kiss AddOn by RoseMadeDesigns are the featured kits for the Tea for Tuesday Chat this week.These kits are mostly feminine, but they can be used for everyday layouts, too.You can get these kits for 50% OFF TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY ONLY!!!

Find the Sugar Kiss kit here in the store:

Find the Sugar Kiss AddOn kit here in the store:

If you attend the chat on Tuesday at 2 PM ET, you will receive an attendance gift:

If you submit a qualifying layout for the challenge and post it in the Chat Gallery, you will receive this posting gift:

I look forward to seeing you at the chat and seeing your challenge layouts.

Here is today's freebie...it matches Sugar Kiss, Sugar Kiss AddOn and Sugar Kiss 2.

Images and links have been removed since the DigibyDesign store has closed.

Marcee