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Offline Saki-the-cat

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Stolen artwork?
« on: September 12, 2010, 02:21:31 pm »
Has anyone had a picture stolen from there DeviantART account and used on a differant websight without there permission or credit? It's happened to me twice now...

Offline Mr Silmero

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 03:38:13 pm »
It has not happend to me yet (I just take photos so it's a bit easier to steal)


have you ever watermarked your pics or put a signature on them?

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 03:41:28 pm »
DA is the perfect place to get your artwork stolen.
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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 06:59:32 pm »
Yeah, it's happened to me a couple of times. I try to put little watermarks now~ n.n

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 12:56:08 pm »
It's happened to a couple of my pictures.  But they never claim credit for it and don't charge money for it so I don't get upset.  However, if they did, that's another story.

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2010, 01:23:04 pm »
No one's tried as of yet for me. I'm hoping it never happens. But I try to be on the look out.
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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2010, 07:54:44 pm »
I've had someone use mine on here, but whatever.  Would like credit, however minor, but if they aren't selling or use it for anything it doesn't really matter.

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2010, 11:57:56 pm »
A long time ago I ran a Sailor Moon fansite, with a large and dedicated fanart section, with a lot of my own work in it. One day I received a fanart submission that was an exact copy of one of my drawings on the site. I put it up anyway, but damn!

Offline Konan-ChanX3

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010, 06:39:25 pm »
I've not gotten anything stolen, to my knowledge at least.
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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2010, 06:00:50 pm »
I do it from time to time, myself, but usually if I post the image on another website, I do point out the account user by name.
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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2010, 07:05:51 pm »
I took someones pic to show people it, they had there signature on it so, otherwise I wouldn't have.

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2011, 12:46:38 pm »
I've never been stolen from that I know of, but I've personally caught people ripping off my friends. I was livid. I've also had a really old image of mine turned (for all practical purposes) public domain because I didn't think to sign it in any way, and I used a public upload site. -_o

As a matter of fact, this reminds me that I need to add the usernames of the artists who drew my signature images. (At the very least. I should probably go ask them for permission, as well. I planned to make every image clickable to their original submissions, but signature character limit stopped me.)


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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2011, 09:48:47 pm »
I've lost charaters I had one charater of mine who've i had for years stolen from me. and renamed same look differnt art styal and same back history ;-;

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 01:27:36 pm »
I've lost charaters I had one charater of mine who've i had for years stolen from me. and renamed same look differnt art styal and same back history ;-;
That happens annoyingly a lot in "rp" areas, like on GAIA and stuff.
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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2011, 02:26:02 pm »
Someone on dA took a picture of mine in black and white, photoshopped a bunch of neon colors on it, watermarked it, and claimed as their own. I mean come on, I have the negitive of the photo, I have the original print of the photo, and still they wont say its mine. dA wont do anything  either.

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Re: Stolen artwork?
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2011, 09:15:39 pm »
If you have the photo up there all you have to do is look at the dates they were put up.  Unless you took your picture down it will be pretty obvious as long as you make a proper petition to da.