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Sylvia Ritter • commented on 7 posts 6 years ago

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

This one had 900px. Really not ideal for printing it on products. I had to add superimposed text to my artworks.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Of course it is always better to protect your work as good as possible. Copyright registrations seem to be very helpful in the USA. Here in Germany it is not necessary: "The fundamentals of copyright law according to § 31 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG). The author is the creator of their work, which enjoys copyright protection in accordance with the UrhG, §§ 7, 1, 2 UrhG. Accordingly, all work resulting from a personal intellectual activity is copyright protected. The „principle of non-transferability“ of full or divided authorship according to § 29 I UrhG is valid. Therefore, the creator of an original work can neither transfer their personal right as a creator, nor the complete rights for the exploitation of their work to others."

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

This one had 900px. Really not ideal for printing it on products. I had to add superimposed text to my artworks.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Of course it helps in the US, but it isn't necessary. E.g. in Germany there are no registration numbers. You only need to register your work if you want to use a trademark.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Your work is automatically copyrighted (https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-automatic.html). There is no need to register your work.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Your work is automatically copyrighted (https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-automatic.html). There is no need to register your work. This is only an additional precaution. The US is one of many countries which is additionally using registration numbers.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

It makes me furious to see that so many artists got ripped off. I had to add watermarks to my paintings. For the last few months I filled in over 2500 DMCA's and I still need to fill in 5-20 each day. While I make next to nothing and struggle to survive, my art is illegally sold on phone cases, bags, yoga mats, t-shirts etc. with cheap inferior quality all over the world (e.g. USA, China, Europe, India, Indonesia) via Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Alibaba, Aliexpress, Taobao etc. They don't have a license and I never gave my consent. The text on my artworks are important to prevent art theft. Sadly, not all of these thieves respect watermarks. So here is what happened (Btw, if you see your art on these hoodies the main source is Alibaba.com, Taobao.com, 1688.com and Aliexpress.com. I highly recommend joining their IPR system to prevent more art thefts. From there people buy cheap products and they sell them on Amazon, Ebay, Shopify and other online stores): https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ArtInfringement_Hoodies_Copyright_by_SylviaRitter-59cc52856d0fd.jpg

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

It makes me furious to see how many artists got ripped off. I had to add watermarks to my paintings. For the last few months I filled in over 2500 DMCA's and I still need to fill in 5-20 each day. While I make next to nothing and struggle to survive, my art is illegally sold on phone cases, bags, yoga mats, t-shirts, DIY kits etc. with cheap inferior quality all over the world (e.g. USA, China, Europe, India, Indonesia) via Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Alibaba, Aliexpress, Taobao etc. They don't have a license and I never gave my consent. The text on my artworks are important to prevent art theft. Sadly not all thieves respect watermarks. So here is what happened (Btw, if you see your art on these hoodies the infringement source is on the pages I mentioned previously Alibaba.com, Aliexpress.com, Taobao.com, 1688.com. I strongly recommend to join their IPR system to prevent art theft all over the internet. Otherwise people will start selling them on Ebay, Etsy, Amazon etc.): https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ArtInfringement_Hoodies_Copyright_by_SylviaRitter-59cc4f640a38b.jpg

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Sylvia Ritter • commented on 4 posts 7 years ago

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Sylvia Ritter • upvoted 4 items 7 years ago

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Fantastic!

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Beautiful and very creative I love your work.

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Fantastic!

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Beautiful and very creative I love your work.

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Beautiful, I love these! But I can't find Yakkety Yak on the DeviantArt page... =(

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Wow, they look awesome! Nice work!

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Sylvia Ritter • commented on 7 posts 6 years ago

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

This one had 900px. Really not ideal for printing it on products. I had to add superimposed text to my artworks.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Of course it helps in the US, but it isn't necessary. E.g. in Germany there are no registration numbers. You only need to register your work if you want to use a trademark.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Your work is automatically copyrighted (https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-automatic.html). There is no need to register your work.

84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own

Sylvia Ritter • commented on 4 posts 7 years ago

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Thank you. :) I'm happy to hear that you like my artworks.

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Thank you :).

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Thank you :).

Sylvia Ritter • upvoted 4 items 7 years ago

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Beautiful and very creative I love your work.

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Fantastic!

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Beautiful, I love these! But I can't find Yakkety Yak on the DeviantArt page... =(

I've Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Wow, they look awesome! Nice work!

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