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Wasteland Vermin
@wvermin.bsky.social
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CURRENT HOOD BATCH: 20 18+ Gear & Adult Toy maker. I make rubberdoll hoods since 2022. Primal Petplayer. Can be up for kinking, but not for boning. Order Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1_WG0A4KGlL…
![Hey,
I've been aware of this for a while and I've had people regularly asking me about it, so I feel like it's time to be upfront:
Yes, my work has been plagiarized by a big company.
To be perfectly clear: I absolutely don't think that taking inspiration from something is plagiarism, nor that it is a bad thing. We've all been inspired by some stuff at some point, we don't live in a vacuum. If you've seen hoods that ressembles mine in concept, I don't have an issue with it, and I don't think anyone should gatekeep the "blank face with a blowjob hole" thing, because it's been in the kink community for a long time.
However, if you have to triple check to be sure that a hood is not the exact same as mine because the differences are as minor as stuff like ears being slightly less round, then yes, I'd call it plagiarism. Making it in a different material doesn't mean it's suddenly a brand new idea.
I haven't been vocal about it because, in all honesty, I thought it was useless. They're a huge company and I'm just some kinky guy trying to make a living with his craft. I thought that at best they would not care, and at worst they would bully me to oblivion because they have a way bigger following than I do.
However, after some people came to me to talk about it, I came to the conclusion that I had to say it, because while it won't change anything for some people, some others do care about not giving their money to companies who thrive on plagiarism, and those ones deserve to know.
Most of us indies can't keep up against giants who have factories, multiple workers, employees dedicated to public relations and a shitton of money that allows them to send free stuff to popular people of the community for advertizing.
The kink community is already marginalized enough, we shouldn't have to deal with people who pretend to love our community while actively doing their best to bury kinky artists and crafters to make easy money.
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![Thanks a lot to the people who have been supporting me from the start, and the ones that still continue to do so in spite of all this. I've received a lot of kind words from people from all over the world, and I really appreciate it.
Note : I'm intentionally not mentioning the name of the company, I just don't have the mental energy to get into an open fight with them. From what I've seen, I'm definitely not the only person they ripped off or have stolen from.
[Pictured is a photo of one of the sensory deprivation rubber hoods I make, with an arrow pointing at it and text saying "this one is mine !"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eu27xpwsi2xo3ah4cwezq7qv/bafkreibhasmrpc6xkquwknxoogx2sbhkqrhuh2wsrzgdfiigninttxd6hi)
