Pride goeth before . . .

I got an offline IM tonight from someone claiming that they have the exclusive license to use loteria images in SL and telling me that I would have to take my shirts down.  I don't know if it's true or not, I can't honestly imagine that anyone could actually have the right to keep someone else from using those images -- perhaps a specific image, but how could someone have the rights to any and all instances of something that is as old as the Mexican loteria is, and that are almost certainly in the public domain?

I'm going to do some research, but it's probably not worth making a big deal out of it.  I certainly can't afford a lawyer--this person is a big designer in SL--and I don't want to have a big fight about it.  And frankly, it doesn't make me want to fight, it makes me want to just give up.

I wrote in my diary tonight that a fall is always harder after a high -- I was feeling happy because I had sold a few of the shirts, and also that people had bought a few other things after coming by the shop after I sent out the message.  Of course, in my case making a few sales is still almost nothing, but it gave me hope that I might actually be able to make something work some day.  Now, I just don't know.

Probably overreacting, I know.  I got quite a few messages from some really lovely ladies, encouraging me and supporting me, and maybe tomorrow I'll feel differently.  But tonight I'm wondering if it's worth it at all.