What happened to the wine store? (CLOSED) (CLOSED)

I had some products from the vendor Wine on my wishlist and they all disappeared. His store is no longer there. Does anyone know if he's coming back or if he's closed permanently? I searched and didn't find any notice that he was leaving.

Wine is not the sole one, there is also 3DUK, NathanPrescott, Rabbit3D and maybe even more, that have suddendly disappeared. So many at once probably mean that they have been banned.

3DORK is the only one I'm familiar with and he was notorious for game characters. 

The shops for guhzcoituz and BlopblopFish also suddenly vanished.

Is there an admin who can tell what's going on?

I know Guhzcoituz sells on Forender, including items that weren't available here on Renderhub, so if you missed out, you might be able to pick up what you wanted from them over there.

It seems game rips/IP protected content is in the sights for a purge. 

Interesting to note 3DUK is gone but his ROMFX account is still up... 

Quote: If it's a crackdown, it's not overly surprising to see it happen, though I don't recall Wine ever using game/IP assets.

I Renderhub is purging game ripped/IP assets, I wonder how  this thread  is still up?
https://www.renderhub.com/forum/10539/looking-for-someone-to-port-ripped-game-characters-to-daz

Sadly, game characters was one of the big (and only) attractors of this site, for me personally. A damn shame. Meanwhile AI companies just steal everything with impunity. It's very dystopian :-/

This is an outrage!  This is absolutely unacceptable!  To whoever is responsible for this:  you are a despicable excuse for a human being!

Finding someone to Ripe a character for personal use is one thing.
Rip a character to sell is another approach.