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Art Theft by Old Navy

My art gets stolen all the time.

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.

Thank you for all your support. Please feel free to repost this!  

Lili

#fightingformyart #stoparttheft #copyrightinfringement

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I don’t typically make posts like this but as someone who has a lot of friends who are artists, I really cannot stand this person going on like this and being enabled by their viewer base.

Yuuki is a “graphic designer” on Twitch who makes and sells graphics ranging from banners, panels, and stream scenes. I’ve commissioned her in the past and was a viewer myself, so I’ve spent a lot of time watching how she creates these things. Now, I’m not saying the time she puts into these pieces isn’t a work in itself, it’s about how she goes about it. From my experience in watching her, she pulls a lot of images from Google and doesn’t take the time to credit anyone for any of the works she uses (whether it be artwork, brushes, render packs, etc). even when a lot of these artists explicitly state either to 1) not use their works or 2) provide credit when used. **read below the cut for proofs/examples

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You remember that post about the homestuck t-shirt design contest collaborating with hot topic? And how Hot Topic are the biggest art thieves?  This is recent.  As you can see above, I stumbled upon Hot Topic’s website and they are selling a very popular fan art put on a t-shirt, and did not ask permission from the original artist (rismo).

This shows Hot Topic still continues their art thievery.  Hot Topic are still taking art from artists without their permission.  This is disrespectful and appalling.

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8) haha cool somebody pledged $100 on patreon, stayed that way for a week or so including a vip livestream, then edited their pledge down to $7. I even wrote them a big long thank you message and shit. In other words just kidding about that milestone!!

fucking robbery lmfao

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Hey guys, need your help!

Hi everyone! I could use some help regarding an Art Theft matter, if you’ve got some time to spare from your busy Holiday time (I have so many presents left to wrap, blah!) Here’s the situation: Teespring is allowing my stolen artwork to go to print so they can make a cool profit off of my design! Not cool.

1. We contacted Teespring with 2 days left on the campaign. 

2. The infringing listing was taken down shortly after, with 2 days left on the campaign. However, the fans who purchased this item on my behalf have notified me that they have received e-mails it will be printed!

3. Called, E-mailed, and sent FB messages trying desperately to get anyone from Teespring to contact me and show me proof that the 90 hoodies and t-shirts that they sold (grossing over $3,000) will not go to print and the people who purchased them will get refunded. 

4. I am now blocked from their Facebook after many dissatisfied customers came out of the woodwork to chime in and say they had not received their orders from Teespring. I cannot leave new comments or messages now publicly on their FB page, which means my ONLY means of trying to get them to not print my artwork has now been disabled.

I have never before asked for Tumblr’s involvement or help to dogpile anyone, but honestly, these people are probably going to print these hoodies with my artwork and send them out in spite of me contacting them well before the cutoff date for their campaign. They did this to me before with another design, too! Last time I was too busy and tired to do anything about it, but these guys are real crooks. Not only are they stealing from me, but from many other people.

If you have the time, please go to their facebook page and ask them to take responsibility for the business they are running and provide us with some real proof that they will not be going to print with my stolen artwork. I don’t expect much, but I don’t want to let them win and silence me, either. 

Happy Holidays!

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i don’t care if the artist’s comments consist of keysmashing

i don’t care if the artist’s comments consist of a single emoticon

i don’t care if the artist’s comments consist of “im hungry”

i don’t care if the artist’s comments consist of the entire first chapter of “war and peace”

if you remove them i will fart on all your kitchen appliances and cutlery

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ATTENTION TUMBLR ARTISTS

SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE STEALING YOUR GODAMN ART?

Can’t find the godamn ask to tell the blogger to kindly take your art down?

NO MORE!

Email support@tumblr.com with links to your originals and the repost, and they’ll take it down.

NOW REBLOG THE SHIT OUTA THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD!

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how to enjoy other tumblr users’ drawings on tumblr dot com without being a jerk

like and/or reblog

keep your comments in the tags unless they are life-changing

don’t roleplay on other people’s original posts……

don’t remove the op’s text

DON’T promote your shitty blog on someone else’s post

especially don’t repost ppl’s work when it’s already on tumblz

be respectful toward the ppl who make stuff, bc putting it on the world wide web doesn’t mean it’s suddenly sourceless and you can do wahtever you want to it

ok (・ω・)b

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Oriondiary on tumblr has over 10k followers and all they do is post unsourced artwork. They have stolen from me before and do not respond to any of my messages so I had to file a complain on tumblr. They are still stealing from pixiv and other DA artists, all without source and changing their pictures to black & white. It's fcking ridiculous how these people can get away with this and still have followers.

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Hi there, can you link us to a blog/post about how to ask the pixiv artist for permission? That would be really awesome :3 Thanks!

Hi..there are a few. Here you are:1) Pixiv permission FAQ 2) Template for asking permission in Japanese (+link for request template in Korean & Chinese) 3) FAQ on Reposting (+ request template in Japanese & Chinese) 4) Message of Ask in Japanese 

Hope that helps! (°∀°)b

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How would I go about asking a pixiv artist if I could post their work in Japanese?

* Looking for pixiv permission messages in Chinese or Korean? See here!

*Got a reply from an artist and don’t know what it says/how to reply? Shoot me an ask or see if this reply guideline will help!

*Templates for asking about using art for icons, backgrounds, and headers are here!

*Additional templates can be found at chocoleeto, brumalbreeze and nemui-doshu.

Any other questions you have might be answered at the FAQ!

Thank you for the ask! I’m glad that others want to get into contact with the artists as well.

Ideally, you’d want to be very polite and use keigo language, but..uh…I’m not very comfortable with keigo. So I use very polite normal language, and they all seem fine with that.

This is going to be long, so:

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illustrationsblog on tumblr - This blog is NOTHING but stolen artwork with the slapped under the art, they've also cropped out several artists watermarks and links. Not sure how to report so I figured it going here was best!

File under blog that needs to be avoided at all costs. 

If you’re an artist you may want to visit the blog to see if any of your work has been stolen so you can report it.

Link here

I also especially hate how they put "Concept and Illustrations: their URL" AS IF THEY FUCKING CAME UP WITH IT LIKE WTF??

They have an ad on their site too so turn on AdBlock so you don't give them ad revenue

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there are a lot of korrasami photosets going around that include an edited version of this gif:

  that was made by the incredibly talented drakyx.tumblr com (and you can find the original post here!)

and this gif:

which was made by ajscanvas

and neither of them are sourced in a lot of the posts, which is really mega uncool

please include a source when you post art that isn’t yours! people put a lot of time and energy into creating these wonderful things. respect them and their hard work by giving them credit

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Could you post here about alicejkee, the blog of the same name being one that constantly reblogs artwork and blatantly refuses to source? Unfortunately despite the huge amount of art theft, many artists are unaware their work has been stolen and posted there, and Tumblr Support refuses to take down the blog until the artists themselves come forward. I'm reaching out to those I know, but I'd love to see the word spread further. Thanks!

Signal boost! If you’re an artist or follow a lot of artists, please check that blog to see if you recognize any stolen work. 

[Link here]

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Art Theft: instagram user @steel_butterfly2 (pls reblog as text!)

This person has reposted mine and many other artist’s works, claiming them as their own on instagram.

A friend who directly asked this person to remove their artwork got blocked by them.

I’ve looked up how to report a violation of copyright, however, instagram requires us to provide them with our address, phone number and other contact details, which MAY be given to this person we are reporting apparently. Of course, I’m not comfortable with that, so I’m wondering if anyone knows how to report this without having to give out my personal details..??

Another option is to leave it be considering it’s already a private account and they aren’t really benefitting from this other than false asspats and sad validation, but the principle of it all never sits well with me.

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Ever hear of LookHuman? You probably know them as the website that has apparel and accessories with catchy slogans and phrases that fit right in with the tumblr community’s sense of humor.

Well, that’s because a large number of those catchy slogans and phrases, along with artwork, were made by tumblr users and used without credit or permission.

That’s right: LookHuman repeatedly and routinely steals/plagiarizes and profits off the work and words of others.

Don’t believe me? Take a look:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

Original Post on tumblr:

(source) Stolen by LookHuman:

And this is just a short list of the examples I could find easily.

They have also stolen work from other websites as well:

Original Shirt:

(source)

Stolen by LookHuman:

LookHuman is a company that preys on artists. They profit off other people’s work. None of the money from their sales go back to the original artists or originators of the artwork, slogans, and phrases they use. None of these people were credited.

Bottom line: See a cute shirt with a catchy phrase on LookHuman’s website? Chances are it’s already being sold by the original poster.

Don’t like seeing companies like this thrive? Don’t allow them to.

Email: help@lookhuman.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lookhumandotcom

Tumblr: http://lookhuman.tumblr.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/look_human

Mail: 122 N Grant Ave Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States

Tell LookHuman that you do not support art theft and plagiarism, and demand that they stop engaging in these practices. Refuse to buy from their store until they change their policies and begin crediting the artists whose work they are profiting off of.

Protect artists.

Support artists.

Boycott art thieves.

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Dear everyone, I would like to ask you all to stop reblogging this post (a gif with Levi, Eren, Mikasa, Armin and falling snow):

It is originally my fanmade wallpaper, which I submitted to an art community called Minitokyo. You can see the submission here. The…