Texture theft:

First Offense

• All known avatars will be temporarily banned
• The user will receive an email to all known email addresses educating them on the severity of texture theft and warning that any future theft will be cause for immediate, non-revocable expulsion from There.com, VMTV.com and all other worlds operated by Makena Technologies.
• The user will be responsible for repaying TBUX made by using stolen textures.
• The user MUST respond to notification stating that they will comply to the Developer Submissions Policy prior to being reinstated

Or, in extreme cases:

• All known avatars will be permanently banned from the service
• The credit card attached to the account is banned
   

Second Offense

• All known avatars are banned –
• The credit card attached to the account is banned
   

Subsequent Offense

• New avatar’s banned
• New credit card’s banned
• Hardware ban
   

Appeal

A user will have the right to appeal a first time or second time offense.  The Submissions Group Manager will adjudicate an appeal and he will make a final decision in each case. 

If a user appeals and wins a case, the user will be considered “educated” and will be considered to have received one warning.

Item Recall

Whenever possible, all items sold with a stolen texture will be recalled and removed from the world.