#stoparttheft

[debwalsh]

Please follow @spiderwee.page and give this amazing art some love! It has been shared without proper credit elsewhere, and the sharer is getting all the accolades. #blackpanther #wakandaforever #supportyourlocalartists #stoparttheft https://www.instagram.com/p/CHjCUrWlVJi/?igshid=n10sb5il49m4

[redworld96]

This is an endless fight, but I wont give up. Not when people dare to repost and edit my drawings on purpose erasing the hard work behind them on this way. 

[torihanabi]

This bullshit again... you can share this post and the actual images post from my gallery. I donno I just need more people to know this is mine because I’m a damn outcast in both communities since I can’t fit in well with either thanks to the shit that happened 😑 it’s hard to adapt to “normal” after something like that. I’m thankful for those who’ve stuck around regardless though. I made this before I totally lost myself... so yeah. 😒 #supportartists #artistsofinstagram #thisismine #imadethis #myart #stoparttheft #arttheft #help #ineedexposure #aliens #ufo #area51 #greyaliens #illustrations #alienart #soulmates #twinflame #twinsouls #baeliens #gayliens https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv0qfaSAH8X/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14f13xyaqctq9

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This isn’t exactly animal-specific, but it’s animal-world and animal-people related, so I want to talk about it for a second. 

Tumblr has recently been becoming much more conscious of how important it is credit art to the artists that made it and exactly how much damage is done to creators when their work is stolen and/or reposted. With the proliferation of Facebook pages that profit off of screenshotting content from other sites and reposting it with little to no credit, this awareness is thankfully starting to grow on other social media sites as well. But in the real world, art theft and copyright infringement is still a major issue, especially for people who do animal art. 

Recognize this dog? People keep trying to steal him and others like him. 

The artist behind the well-known Doggie Drawings - infographics and posters that teach people about dog body language - is Lili Chin. She’s produced a ton of amazing dog art over the years in a very distinctive style. It seems like every time I turn around she’s fighting a new copyright battle or finding out that yet another company is producing items with her stolen art on them. Lili has had to fight major retailers and their suppliers for the rights to control reproduction of her own work, including Nordstrom, Walmart, and Kohls. 

And now, her work is being stolen by Old Navy, and they’re using all their corporate might to try to squash an independent artist’s ability to fight back. As she said in her blog post linked above:

“I have been through many copyright infringement cases - some have been resolved amicably, and there are ones that have taken more work. This case against Old Navy (Gap) is not getting resolved right now because Old Navy is denying copyright infringement. 

They are being totally unapologetic, and have said that it would be a “bad business decision” for me to expect to be reasonably compensated for the use of my art. Instead of compensating me, they have chosen to pay a large law firm to fight me, and have even asked the judge to order me to pay THEIR legal fees.

When a company as large and mainstream as Old Navy steals my art and profits from it, and is unapologetic about it, I cannot afford NOT to fight this. My lawyers and I will be fighting this for as long as it takes.”

To support the artists who draw the cute puppers you love, alert them if you think you’ve seen copyright infringement, and please, please make sure you’re buying from them directly and not purchasing things with their designs on them from the companies that are ripping off their work.

Since Lili’s original post (the one linked above) is also on tumblr, I highly suggest reblogging it directly and/or sharing it to other social media sites as a way to help her get more visibility for her case.   

[raszdemonstixx]

(Pic for attention) So, someone just recently used the name of my characters, knowing it was my chosen last name for them, they also draw my OCS without asking (like anyone should always do) They, are I guess you would say a thief of sorts, And they should ask for permission before drawing my ocs #stoparttheft #arttheft #art #mycharacters #oc #cat_of_instagram #catsofinstagram #cat #kitten #anime #originalchara

[shoplaserkitten]

(More photos on IG story) I’ve kept quiet for over a year, but finally, the word is out that my company @laserkitten (along with @theuncommonplace and @wildflower.co) had several enamel pin designs + more copied w/o permission by @marcjacobs via his 80s/90s inspired resort 2017 collection. I found out by looking at my @voguerunway app the day the collection dropped. At first I thought “omg, this collection is soooo Laser Kitten! But then I looked closer and it actually was! He had ripped off 6 of our pins along with a similar neon print (we had leggings and totes, pillows with it) AND he even threw a Laser Kitten in the mix just to make it even more obvious! It felt like someone used our @laserkitten IG as a mood-board for his collection. It has been incredibly emotional and hard to keep my mouth shut as a small business woman being copied by one of the largest money making fashion lines but we all had to wait to file the class action lawsuit together. Please feel free to repost this and spread the word, art theft is never ok! #stoparttheft #marcjacobsartheft

[sarahnaomityrrell]

*UPDATE*

Well yay for an upstanding site! The design has been removed from USA Global Shop. Thanks everyone for adding your voice to this! ----------------

ORIGINAL POST

Awww, look, a milestone as an online artist: Plagiarism 😤 If you want to help me out by reporting this please send an email to: legal@gearlaunch.com​ Copy/paste this text: ----- "Sarah Naomi Tyrrell is the artist that created the original design 'Nobody Cries When a Kobold Dies'. This version of the design being sold on your site does not have the permission of the artist and is plagiarism. Please take it down immediately. https://usaglobalshop.com/nobody-cries…

Links: Original Art (posted Dec.30.2018): https://twitter.com/SarahNTyr…/…/1079458458460741637/photo/1 Original Art Edited for Print (posted Jul.03.2019) : https://twitter.com/SarahNTyr…/…/1146460817170153472/photo/1

Sarah Tyrrell's Shops: Shirt.Woot: https://shirt.woot.com/offe…/nobody-cries-when-a-kobold-dies NeatoShop: https://www.neatoshop.com/p…/Nobody-Cries-When-a-Kobold-Dies RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/…/39646205-nobody-cries-when-a-ko… Society06: https://society6.com/…/nobody-cries-when-a-kobold-dies_t-sh… Spreadshirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/…/nobody+cries+when+a+kobold+di… TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/…/5128815-nobody-cries-when-a-kob… Threadless: https://sarahnaomityrrell.threadless.com/…/nobody-cries-whe…" -----

You can also report it to Google here: https://bit.ly/2OArwqe Use this text: ----- Copyright holder you represent: Click 'Add represented copyright holder' and use my name: "Sarah Naomi Tyrrell" Click 'Save' and then select my name in the drop down menu.

Identify and describe the copyrighted work: "The design 'Nobody Cries When a Kobold Dies' depicting a dead kobold skewered by a spear and lying at the feet of a howling wolf with the text "Nobody Cries When a Kobold Dies" written beneath it."

Where can we see an authorized example of the work?: https://shirt.woot.com/offe…/nobody-cries-when-a-kobold-dies https://www.neatoshop.com/p…/Nobody-Cries-When-a-Kobold-Dies https://www.redbubble.com/…/39646205-nobody-cries-when-a-ko… https://society6.com/…/nobody-cries-when-a-kobold-dies_t-sh… https://shop.spreadshirt.ca/…/nobody+cries+when+a+kobold+di… https://www.teepublic.com/…/5128815-nobody-cries-when-a-kob… https://sarahnaomityrrell.threadless.com/…/nobody-cries-whe…"

Location of infringing material: https://usaglobalshop.com/nobody-cries… ------

Thanks for your help everyone! If you know of any other ways I can report this please let me know. Its upsetting, but not unexpected. They did a shitty copy of the design any ways. The wolf's throat is missing and they're charging $21.95USD when it can be bought for $15 here: https://bit.ly/2YuO5wu

[taikatoriartist]

I made myself a new logo. The old one I had ever since 2011. Meanwhile so much has happened. I have been facing constant and non stop violation of my copirights and  arwork in an incredible extent.  I was thinking of what to do and how to make it less easir to steal from me. The new logo will be bigger and more clear and will be placed on effing everything. We illustrators need to find ways to protect our intelectual property from violation. 

[glitteringconstellations]

Reposting this PSA *with permission* from @shiroganejpg because Aako puts the thing into words much better than I do. This is non negotiable: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW OR CANNOT CREDIT THE ARTIST YOU CANNOT. C A N N O T. USE THEIR ART. Don’t @ me. ••• #arttheft #stoparttheft #credittheartist #voltron #klance #sheith #allurance #lotura #plance #hance #shance #lancelot #kacxa #psa #youngartists #art https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvaryk8H18v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6o0uzg9y6gw6

[alxndracook]

⚠️‼️So here we are again back at the same problem 😓😑💔 This time it’s the crappy app @wish illegally selling the exact same tshirt (apparently) that I did in collaboration with @superunofficial and they have the audacity to use @nekomatahime ‘s image as the product photo!! PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FROM @wish 😤💔💔💔 ITS A FAKE 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 You can by the real thing (which is much better quality and not even expensive!) from the awesome @superunofficial themselves! This way all us artists benefit from your support. Who else is fed up of seeing this kind of theft?! I know I am 😭 Keep supporting artists the help stop this from happening! #stoparttheft #arttheft #supportsmall . #illustration #illo #theft #thissucks #alxndracook #superunofficial (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmgO6z-niab/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dov1b4vwrncy

[linksliltri4ce]

I would like to thank the corrections and apologies set forth by other members of @nerdasteroid. I do feel these actions are sincere and the entire situation could have been settled more quickly and gracefully instead of what ensued. I would also like to thank you for taking responsibility for the actions of your team members as well as unblocking me on twitter. It does mean a lot to me that we are now seeing this situation on the same page. Keep on loving nerd culture & #CreditWhereCreditIsDue ☺️ Much love ❤️ Linksliltri4ce * * * #supportartists #stoparttheft

[lvautopaint-blog]

#Repost @ogabel ・・・ For some, Graffiti was all we had to keep us from falling victims to the street. Today we stand in solidarity with all of our street art brothers and sisters in this case our brother @_revok_ . The sole purpose of this alleged attempt to lift copyright protection off of street art is so that they can avoid having to pay royalties and have free reign to use some or all of the world’s “unconsented” great art. How convenient of them to want to do this so that they can come in and have the freedom to use without having to pay the consequences; just because we are “illegally” creating some of it? Artists stand up. . . #fuckhandm #boycotthm #boycotthandm #stoparttheft #istandwithmyhomierevok #istandwithrevok #theseventhletter #msk #graffiti (at Las Vegas Auto Paint)

[doncalavera]

Fvck whoever doesn’t pay the respect or give credit to what’s created. #StreetVandalism is #Art #Repost @ogabel ・・・ For some, Graffiti was all we had to keep us from falling victims to the street. Today we stand in solidarity with all of our street art brothers and sisters. The sole purpose to lift copyright protection of street art is so that they can avoid having to pay royalties and have free reign to use some or all of the world’s great art. How convenient of them to want to remove this protection so that they can come in, rape, pillage, have free reign without have to pay consequences; just because we are “illegally” creating it? #fuckhandm #boycotthm #boycotthandm #repost #stoparttheft

[malicious1904]

Wtf H&M . Y'all on some bullshit . Regrann from @ogabel - For some, Graffiti was all we had to keep us from falling victims to the street. Today we stand in solidarity with all of our street art brothers and sisters. The sole purpose to lift copyright protection of street art is so that they can avoid having to pay royalties and have free reign to use some or all of the world’s great art. #fuckhandm #boycotthm #boycotthandm #repost #stoparttheft - #regrann (at San Diego, California)

[phildini]

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