Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The 3DMagix and IllusionMage scams

Exceptionally I'm posting a blog post that doesn't deal with python scripting, but it's important.

Recently the fraud 'Seth Avery' has been very active in re-branding Blender. He's selling the free and open-source programme Blender with different names like 3Dmagix and IllusionMage. Even though it is legal to redistribute Blender, it is illegal to copy artwork and and credits. His offers are an absolute scam.
He has gone to great lengths to ensure a good google ranking, so it's more difficult for people to find out he's a fraud. Hence this post to expose his scam.

To read more about this, read the official Blender press release.
And for reference purposes: 3DMagix, 3DMagixPro, IllusionMage, scam