That is about all I know on this one…

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=46755028429&topic=16258&start=0&hash=bddb7d7b6423df240c82aaf0c951060d

What you're missing here is that the art community didn't find Hammerfall and go “OMG LETS ATTACK HIM!”, the artists who found the original theft some 5 months ago sent him emails asking him to remove their images, then they sent him cease & desist letters, then they tried contacting facebook to take action… and it was only after those MONTHS of trying to deal directly and privately with Dennis that they felt their only options left was to start making as much noise as possible. At that point, Dennis personally and directly started denying the issue and then locking accounts and trying to move images around to keep the artists from reporting THEIR work as stolen. As for Hammerfall being a high ranked app, that doesn't matter whatsoever, especially when not one of the artists who's work was being used was being credited. That means there wasn't even any exposure for the artist. People were actually assuming Dennis had done the artwork himself!!! (And if you don't believe me, go check on the forums, there's many posts that state they thought it was his own work).

It wasn't until some pretty serious legal threats were made that he came up with this flawed image submission scheme, which is still riddled with problems and is STILL going to cause copyright issues in future… and for all the time wasted and frustration and laws broken, Kimball has still to issue an apology for his shocking behavior. He claims to have bought the artwork through a third party website, but still hasn't given any proof of this. This is not a good natured guy with poor social skills, this is a businessman who wanted to get the best benefit for his money making venture as he possibly could without giving any credit or paying for one of the assets that was making his venture a success.

And if you don't think the artwork was that much of an asset for him, you should see the complaint threads on his discussion boards about the lack of artwork and the quality of what's being uploaded now.

What you're missing here is that the art community didn't find Hammerfall and go “OMG LETS ATTACK HIM!”, the artists who found the original theft some 5 months ago sent him emails asking him to remove their images, then they sent him cease & desist letters, then they tried contacting facebook to take action… and it was only after those MONTHS of trying to deal directly and privately with Dennis that they felt their only options left was to start making as much noise as possible. At that point, Dennis personally and directly started denying the issue and then locking accounts and trying to move images around to keep the artists from reporting THEIR work as stolen. As for Hammerfall being a high ranked app, that doesn't matter whatsoever, especially when not one of the artists who's work was being used was being credited. That means there wasn't even any exposure for the artist. People were actually assuming Dennis had done the artwork himself!!! (And if you don't believe me, go check on the forums, there's many posts that state they thought it was his own work).

It wasn't until some pretty serious legal threats were made that he came up with this flawed image submission scheme, which is still riddled with problems and is STILL going to cause copyright issues in future… and for all the time wasted and frustration and laws broken, Kimball has still to issue an apology for his shocking behavior. He claims to have bought the artwork through a third party website, but still hasn't given any proof of this. This is not a good natured guy with poor social skills, this is a businessman who wanted to get the best benefit for his money making venture as he possibly could without giving any credit or paying for one of the assets that was making his venture a success.

And if you don't think the artwork was that much of an asset for him, you should see the complaint threads on his discussion boards about the lack of artwork and the quality of what's being uploaded now.

What you're missing here is that the art community didn't find Hammerfall and go “OMG LETS ATTACK HIM!”, the artists who found the original theft some 5 months ago sent him emails asking him to remove their images, then they sent him cease & desist letters, then they tried contacting facebook to take action… and it was only after those MONTHS of trying to deal directly and privately with Dennis that they felt their only options left was to start making as much noise as possible. At that point, Dennis personally and directly started denying the issue and then locking accounts and trying to move images around to keep the artists from reporting THEIR work as stolen. As for Hammerfall being a high ranked app, that doesn't matter whatsoever, especially when not one of the artists who's work was being used was being credited. That means there wasn't even any exposure for the artist. People were actually assuming Dennis had done the artwork himself!!! (And if you don't believe me, go check on the forums, there's many posts that state they thought it was his own work).

It wasn't until some pretty serious legal threats were made that he came up with this flawed image submission scheme, which is still riddled with problems and is STILL going to cause copyright issues in future… and for all the time wasted and frustration and laws broken, Kimball has still to issue an apology for his shocking behavior. He claims to have bought the artwork through a third party website, but still hasn't given any proof of this. This is not a good natured guy with poor social skills, this is a businessman who wanted to get the best benefit for his money making venture as he possibly could without giving any credit or paying for one of the assets that was making his venture a success.

And if you don't think the artwork was that much of an asset for him, you should see the complaint threads on his discussion boards about the lack of artwork and the quality of what's being uploaded now.