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Aint a fact, it's your opinion. I have to step in here. I do think that cops didn't make that model by himself either, but on the other side I have no direct proof that supports the claim, mine is merely circumstantial. My reasoning is that his model looks overly complicated for a game like Emergency 4. It's more suitable for a game like NFS or GTA. In this case, the Ford Crown Victoria in this image looks like cops' model. However, the Crown Vic is a very popular model. With 100's of different Crown Vic models made by different experienced moddelers, I'm sure there is a chance models will share similarities. Since I do not have the time (nor the obligation) to start a full investigation, that's where my claim will end for now. Anyway, instead of putting effort to support your claim you decided to insult people. Glad it made your week though. You're making some serious accusations towards both cops ánd this forum and you're not even showing any material that supports your claim. Your report mentioned a website that doesn't exist and you showed no other material to support it whatsoever. Kinda sounds like a punishment without trial, right? I personally know what it feels like to be wrongfully accused of stealing. I once made a Eurocopter EC-135 and was accused in nearly the same way. It felt like harassment. I HAD to prove that the helicopter was made by me, which I did. It's just very frustrating to deal with this, since I didn't do anything wrong. Indirectly, my reputation took a hit too. In regards to calling this forum embarassing, you're crossing the line there in my opinion. This forum is growing and we cannot keep everyone in control. No forum can. You may be right in your thought that a lot of people are stealing or not crediting authors of taken models, but we're trying to intervene whenever we can. However, we -the admins and moderators- are not responsible for the actions of each individual who's jacking shit from others. We cannot be held accountable. Therefore, claiming this forum is embarrasing feels like a personal (Stan, me and some others build it up from the beginning) insult and I'm going to give you a warning for this. Leave out the comments, provoking and making insults is unnecessary. So this is what we're going to do: 1. The next time you or anyone else want to accuse someone of stealing (or copyright infringement), I'd like you to support your accusation with at least screenshots of the original model and -when necessary- contact details of the author who you think originally made it. In this case schaefft is not a member of this forum, so it's kinda hard for us to start a full investigation because we'd need his cooperation. 2. In case provided screenshots do show a lot of similarities, we will ask the accused to provide proof too. If he's not cooperative, we will have to wait until the model is released unfortunately. In the mean time we can try to contact the creator who may have originally built it. If he's not cooperative as well, there isn't even a problem at all. The accused cannot be prosecuted if charges aren't pressed by the original author. In the end the only thing we -as a forum- can do at best, is blocking peoples' access to this forum by banning their IP's, which isn't really useful. 3. Under any circumstances, we try to remain polite, do not instigate and keep communication at a professional level. At that point you started crossing the line and started to harass someone and making a scene over a model that's been made so many times that you cannot prove your claim in any way without having access to both models. Oh and you're free to join any other forum and/or to leave this one. I'm sure they are all saints everywhere else but here. And last but not least, thanks for making my weekend too. Feel free to respond.