Art theft/copying

Jan. 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 AM

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kerstin_orion

Jan. 28th, 2008 01:41 am (UTC)

This is a bit long. Please put all of the 'original' and 'copy' links behind an LJ-cut. :)

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mazz

Jan. 28th, 2008 01:43 am (UTC)

art_theft
Gets more attention towards thievery.

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kerstin_orion

Jan. 28th, 2008 02:28 am (UTC)

Another good place to post this, yes. (Though reports of art theft are definitely encouraged here on artists_beware, too.)

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mazz

Jan. 28th, 2008 02:30 am (UTC)

That's true. :D

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fyphfoko

Jan. 28th, 2008 06:16 am (UTC)

he's a good copyest, i'l give him that. as long as theres no trickery involved, as you say he could have ripped the originals to paint shop pro and simply changed some of the settings

it can be god practice to try and copy something that someone else has done, i sometimes take charictors that i like and try to create a pic in my own right, but don't then post the damned things, i have mine in a clearly marked folder on my desktop. if i know the artist i might show them but thats about it

anyhoo, maybe the copiest did have permission touse the artists work? do we know that he or she didn't?

just out of morbid interest

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wolftale

Jan. 28th, 2008 08:36 am (UTC)

after what I saw now, he have given credit on some of them, more correct "Here is the link to the original one that I looked off of"...
But perhaps probably just because many people have told him?
so stupid that he would do that before on over picture he have copied..

Edited at 2008-01-28 08:37 am (UTC)

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snapesgirl34

Jan. 28th, 2008 04:27 pm (UTC)

Is he posting edited versions of the original? In that case try reporting to the help desk, the mods hate it but it will usually get them to move more quickly if they're lagging on a report. If he's copying or tracing then only the original artist can report him, otherwise the mods will just ignore the reports. And if he's tracing or copying from a popular series for example, then there's very little chance you can get the artwork removed.

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thegentilcat

Jan. 28th, 2008 07:52 pm (UTC)

Has anyone contacted the original artists he has 'referenced' from and directed them back to his gallery so they can make a report themselves if it is a case of art theft?

Just linking back to the original piece does not make what he's doing okay - seeing as he was initially taking full credit for the creations.

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chiharunekama

Feb. 25th, 2008 06:57 pm (UTC)

Hmmmm...

This one is a difficult situation. For the most part, much of the work he has copied seems to be work that was already "copied". The Pokemon drawings, for example, are ones that the artists he's claimed to have copied from seem to have already copied from official art from the game.

That doesn't make it okay, of course. This is still a dangerous practice, and one that could turn out badly if he continues to copy with indescretion, but it'll be a hard one, I think, to convince the mods to do much about.

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