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84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own
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Thanks to the internet it's never been easier for people to rip off something that somebody else created and pass it off as their own. It isn't just individuals who do it either, but major well-known companies like New Look, Forever21, and even Disney. We wrote about one such case before, where artist Tuesday Bassen discovered that Spanish retailer Zara had stolen her designs and were using them without crediting her, and now Bored Panda has compiled an extended list of people who have experienced similar unfair treatment at the hands of people too lazy, or too talentless, to create something for themselves. Scroll down to see for yourself, and let us know how you feel in the comments.
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Thomas Pullin's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)
Crazy!! This should get upvotes... it's not freakin triangles!! It's a blatant copy of a very distinctive artwork. Your work is gorgeous btw!
Woman Steals Artwork From Artist Ryan Conners, Paints Flowers On Top Of It And Sells Products With It As Her Own
Lili Chin's Illustrations “Doggie Language” On Kohl's T-Shirts
Ford Steals Firewatch Artwork For A Promotional Ad
Forever21 Gone Wild
It is stealing, but "art"? Come on, dude, you wrote a word on a piece of paper.
Etsy Shop Owner Using Belandkal Artwork Without Permission On Their Laser Etched Products. The Art Itself Is Pretty Ironic In This Case
Art Thief Whose Been Stealing And Selling Prints On Deviantart Finally Gets Spotted Out On Facebook And Called Out
Art Thief Posting Work All Over The Internet As His Own Is Caught Red-Handed By The Artist And Called Out
Fashion Label Brandy Melville Knocked Off The Artist Brain Foetus By Placing Her Embroidered Piece On Their Top
Original And The Copy
"Zara" has some very lazy designers since they only steal other's art work
Samantha Beeston Had Stolen Artist's Lauren Nassef's Drawings (Left) And Used Them In Her Own Pattern Designs (Right)
Stolen Fan Art
Is this a Disney-endorsed item? If so he's sol as Jack and Sally are their intellectual property and even though he created the image, he has zero rights to it.
Originals Vs Rip-Offs
Even though I can't imagine that too much work went into this one, not cool
Rashidi Barrett's Version (Right) Of Matheus Lopez Castro Work (Left). Barrett Admitted What He'd Done And Apologised On His Website
Frenchman Romain Sarkal Eloy Submits A Photoshopped Picture (Bottom) To A Contest And Wins A New Macbook Pro Laptop All Without A Permission Of Photographer Kevin Collins Who Took The Original Picture (Top)
Taylor Swift Posted A Fan Art Which Later Turned Out To Be Art Thievery From Artist Ally Burguieres
Urban Outfitters Steals Artist's Spires Work And Puts In On A Skirt
Original Illustration And Knock-off Version
Band Rapper Sadat X Released An Album With Artist's Jay Roeder Artwork On It Without His Permission
Northern Ireland Painter Martin Bradley Produced Almost “Exact Replicas” (Right) Of Works By American Painter Tim Rogerson (Left)
Modern Dog, A Small Seattle Design Shop, Accused Disney And Some Of Their Partners, Including Target, Of Ripping Off One Of Its Dog-Oriented Designs To Create A T-Shirt. They Even Started A Social Media Campaign To Attract More Attention To The Issue
Creative Agency Is Not So Creative Apparently
Artist's Design Used On A T-Shirt
Snapchat Accused Of Stealing Make-Up Artist's Work For Selfie Filters. They Later Admitted To This Being An Issue After 3 Other Artists Were Copied
Original Work By J.Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)
I don't think of this one as stolen. Just represented in a different style. Artists should be proud other artists try to take a new spin on their work For the classics, that happens all the time.
Print By Hidden Eloise On A Paperchase Bag Bearing A Similar Design
Zara Stealing Again
Controversial Artist Richard Prince Exhibits And Sells Screenshots Of Other Photographers’ Instagram Photos Without Permission
this is sooo infuriating! 90 THOUSAND BUCKS, they also stole pics from the Suicidegirls instagram, and the page started selling prints for 90$ and giving it to charity. This guy is despicable.
Internet Shop Stealing All Artist's Elapuse Art To Make Money Of It
Stolen Fanart
this one makes me want to cry. if art isn't rewarded no one will go through the trouble of being an artist. i fear for a world without art.
The Original Of Polish Artist Adrian Knopik (Top) And Rashidi Barrett's Version (Bottom)
I don't know if it's supposed to be erotic, but they, especially the third one kind of gross me out.
Company Copying Artist's Design
Indie Devs Claim Early Drawings From RWBY To Be Concept Art For Their Game
Almost Copy-Paste
looks like some kid is just learning to draw and don't know better to link back or contact the original artist.
Paintings Plagiarised By Wendy Marani (Right) As Painted By Nancy Farmer (Left)
Artist Shepard Fairey Used A Picture Of B.Obama For His Poster Without A Permission Of Photographer Mannie Garcia Who Took The Picture
Stolen Art
pissed, bc they are making money out of another persons design, redbubble is full of it
Internet Shop Using Artist's Fanart To Make Keychains
Stolen Artwork
dang good think I got here before the Jolo Atlantis guy could criticize the grammar again. Yeesh. Btw that bear mask looks so cool. :D
Samantha's R. Original Artwork On Lil Kim's Single Cover
Jakarta’s Jazz Festival Advertising Materials Look Extremely Similar To Ian Austin’s Original Artwork
