Decals no more.
 

Today I found out the bad news one of my computers has been recently hacked and all my rc related artwork including the source art for printing name decals with all the files and setups that are totally private and simply can't have come from any other source, were stolen and now for sale on the black market to other printers around the world.
It might seem trivial but this is the highly detailed original artwork that's Taken years to create been taken and was purchased by a company in Yorkshire, and likely many others. In the past week.

Thanks to all those who have purchased and sometimes been very patient during my recent medical issues, and I still have a number to finish for people but I've decided to give up advertising name decals and concentrate on developing oople.com and earning a modest living another way.

It's 10 years this year since Neil Cragg won the ifmar worlds with oOple name decals on his buggy - this line of business is not fun any more however and I bow to people like RCS, Thumbs Harris, Josh Hardwick and many others.
I pride myself on my honesty and integrity, and I'm just done with this side of things now. I will only make decals for friends and previous customers if requested and of course for events like the euros and others as needed.

Thanks so much to the rc community for jumping to my defense on facebook, i saw the names and i love you guys for it. Time to cheer up and focus energy into the oople website. Long live oOple!

cheers
jimmy

That's such a shame to here this has happened, keep smiling and I,d like to say what a fantastic job you do on oople its a great website .

It's a great shame to hear this as yo have always done a great job for us.
Always arrived in reasonable time and definately worth the wait.

The amount of time and effort the Oople team give to this website as great.

Sorry couldn't stick my support on Facebook as I don't use it.

Wish you all the best with whatever you choose to do and keep up the great work you do here on Oople.

Will defo order more decals if you are willing to do them :thumbsup:

As for these hackers they will never prosper from this :mad:

Sorry to hear this Jimmy, nowadays nothing seems to shock or surprise me, a sad reflection on the world we live in now. I hope the unscrupulous theives get what they deserve somehow....karma maybe. Looking forward to seeing the results of your new found enthusiasm for the finer things in life (oOple) again due to the upturn in your health, and hope it continues. Onward and Upward Jimmy.

thanks guys, i know i've been quiet but its only 6 weeks maybe since i seem to have come out the other side and am now mostly pain free and can do things and try to get fit after a couple of years of pain and doctors and ultrsounds xrays and mri's.
Having this happen at this time isn't great but if it'd been 6 months ago it'd have been even worse. Right now my eyes are sore from crying because it is THAT much of a nightmare situation to lose years of my own library of stuff i have drawn and created for my use. Now any printer without the design skill or patience can get all my original vector artwork for free.

The police are amazingly inept and tried to say it wasn't a crime, until i had to point out the misuse of computers act and my private data has been stolen and is for sale.

This whole thing is not what i wanna deal with right now, i need to concentrate on getting fitter and doing oople stuff so i'm back to full Jimmy power and cracking out reports and reviews like i was before my shoulders got damaged.

So, gotta move on and try earn money some other way with hard work and dedication and forget about this as much as it's possible. I'm just happy to have seen names like hupo, bayer, muzzy - i mean there were tons jumping to my defense on this.
Onward and upward oOplers!

Sad to hear.....ehmmm... read Jimmy, esp the part about the police... sigh...

But as always:

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Oople is ACE :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Sorry to here it jimmy not good at all :thumbdown: the decals you did me were brilliant :thumbsup: glad your feeling a lot better buddy and looking forward to having you around more.

It really is a terrible sign of the times when a good persons business can be stolen and sold on and the Police, not really surprisingly, show little interest.

However, I wear your decals with pride :) they have always been great and ,personally, I have always had good service..

Dont let the Bxxxxxxs grind you down Jimmy.... Oople is a fantastic site and greatly appreciated by many people...keep up the good work and best wishes for improving health..

Gutted, was going to contact you for some more of the chrome Kyosho decals you did for me a couple of years back.

Hope the gits get a horrible and incurable virus, not of the code variety either!

Perhaps if we knew the name of the company who bought the jimmy's creations, we could make their life hell........

Jimmy should get a no win no fee lawyer on the case he could make a fortune!

What a bummer. :thumbdown: But the one who is copying your stuff has no talent, so, despite the 'loss', keep on going. They can't copy your quality.

Do you have any idea how you did get hacked?

Idiots! If anyone took my artwork I would literally find them and do unthinkable things! Anyway, try and chin up and get fit buddy!
Thanks for the shoutout with the decals;)

See you at Mendip! :D

-Josh Hardwick
Fresh RC

Man, that's a low act! :thumbdown: I guess that the only positive to take from this is that your artwork is so good that someone would consider stealing it, but I really don't see that as any consolation!

I hope you'll find some way to limit the damage done, but if not, they can't steal your expertise and dedication! :thumbsup: :)

topic on facebook names the names,

Decals
 

One word BASTARDS

All the best to you Jimmy, we don't race these days but still pop on here now and again, when we were racing oOple was our first place if we had problems an stuff, feeling it, onwards mate.

name decals
 

Hi ordered some name decals on the 18th of Jan! Sent emails, texts to the number on paypal and also pm on here with no reply!! Can you let me know if I'm going to get the stickers or a refund?? A reply would be nice thanks Gaz

Did I talk to you earlier? 18th Jan? REALLY? Seriously - whilst I was dealing with the police?

I will refund you right now just because you are a bit impatient.

Refunded Gaz.

Right well good bloke Jeff Steele is the last person ever to purchase name decals on oOple - earlier today. Thanks Jeff!
The link is now gone as I hope you can see. I don't want to deal with people who think I'm a printer and not a person. I have a life and yes, it's been shit at times, but it's a lot better despite the fact I've been hacked.

I'm a creative person, not a business man, and I do not like dealing with customers. End of. No offense to anyone, it's just that I am purely an artist and hate money.

AMX Graphics are the company responsible for the end of oOple name decals. They've lied, misled and fibbed to me. Promised to send proof of where they got hold of my original artwork and never delivered - so, I presume they are criminals.

Thanks everyone for your support. It means a lot.

Hey jimmy,

Your artwork is protected by copyright, you should be able to sue anyone using them without your authorization - and should be able to sue whoever is selling them to other parties.

It does suck and I hope you get this resolved in timely manner (although I think it might take a while knowing how long lawful matters can take).

Don't lose faith, we would never buy oOple stickers from anyone else :thumbsup:

Fab

A search finds a few AMX Graphics sites around the world, AMX seems a common company name, just saying as they say..........

AMX Graphics on facebook is the place that had my stolen data. They are located in Goole east yorkshire.

Those are the guys. They have some questions to answer and haven't told me the truth, always an excuse from them as to where and how they got my stolen stuff. Differing stories conveniently hazy and contradicting themselves.
:thumbdown:

Hey Jimmy,

You need to push this with the police and insist they pursue this, if they are dragging their heals threaten you make an official compliant. At least they should be able to have them on handling stolen goods.

Looking at their Facebook page they are producing logos that are registered trademarks of some big companies, i'd send a few emails & grass them up. Big companies will send them a cease & desist injunction letter.

Good luck

:)

Yes - and I'd start by asking questions about licensing for those Disney character nameplates. The Disney corporation is famous for using its massive legal muscle to vindictively crush small businesses in protection of their images.

Jimmy's already made a complaint with the ipcc so well see where that goes but jimmy has the full weight of the law behind him due to copyright infrigment all
He needs to do is prove there his designs.

email em with a few e-bombs.!!!!

You do the art, I'll take the money mate:woot:
Have fun doing reports again. Can't wait to see 'em:thumbsup:

Wanted that face to face, so 2 hours in huddersfieldolice station waiting for an actual officer to dare tell me to my face they won't even register it as a crime..... ended up having to throw a copy of my ipcc complaint over the empty reception desk with the work BOLLOCKS written across it, before we left as the parking was up.

Oh well!
reports, reviews, new oople, new server - that's all i can promise for now. My good friend from 25 years in the amiga computer scene is coding the new site, i just have to finish the initial concept right now.
I'm totally geared up for reports and video. will certainly cover the euros, hopefully a race in sweden, and as for nationals it depends on if i can afford the travel at the time. oOple races I might even attend :thumbsup::lol:

Seems the review option is available on their facebook page... Maybe we should let them know what we think about their using stolen artwork?

I just spoke with Jimmy on the phone as my ordered decals had not come. He apologized profusely and explained all that has happened. As an ex web developer/designer he very much has my sympathy and best wishes. I certainly hope someone somewhere gets their collar felt as a result.

It's a pity that there'll be no decals any more, but as I followed some of the proceedings on fb, I fully understand Jimmy.
On the other hand, I am looking forward to reading some brilliant oOple race coverage in the future, and maybe some funny yet informative buggy reviews, too. IIRC it was Jimmy's Lazer ZX-5 review that brought my attention to oOple, I'd love to read something like that again! :thumbsup:

Sincere apologies, been a mad time with mri scans, hacking, putting out the oOple race website and entry form etc.
I am happy to refund anyone - or do as much as I can to sort em out. I have never as far as I know had a dissasstisfied customer that I've not sorted out - because I take it personally and I care.

No idea how to earn some money yet but then again I gave up a well paid job to do oOple. It'll be reborn better than ever.

And whoever said I don't run oOple any more (in a different thread) - EH? I have always run oOple and always will, on my own. I have been ill since around march 2013 until about 6 weeks ago. Bilateral frozen shoulders, which is far more debilitating than it may sound. I've had to be on so many pain killers at my own race that I wasn't able to construct anything worth posting up - thankfully that's behind me now and I'm working on getting stronger and fitter. :thumbsup:

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Jimmy
 

I tried twice to order from you and got no response so put in for a refund which you did straight away I would just like to apologise if I was harsh in the emails as I did not know you were il so sorry once again

I didn't really want it public knowledge at the time mate - I've missed a few for some unknown reason, but even sitting at a pc and thinking was a challenge. It's me who should appologise - I tried to keep at it whilst I knew I was struggling to get out of bed sometimes I was in that much pain.

This hacking things just put the nail in my "enthusiasm" a bit, so I'm gonna step back and do more oOple stuff especially now I'm felling lots better. I can only appologise for anyone I've pissed off with whatever. :(

But, lets move onward and upward!