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84 Times Artists Caught Companies And Fake Artists Copying Their Work And Selling It As Their Own
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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#1
Art By Katie Woodger Stolen By Disney
Charm Valenzuela 8 years ago
The best way for it is to post things like this on facebook, twitter etc... Let's see how disney would quiet down a raging fire
Randy Allos 8 years ago
I would crowdfund a lawsuit, with the reward/payout being a percentage of the settlement if you win.
Randy Allos 8 years ago
I would expect them to quickly offer a settlement once they realize they won't get away with it. Especially if you make more noise with local media etc.
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PurpleUnicorn 8 years ago
Looks like an exact replica to me, they haven't changed it at all. Good luck with getting some redress!
Sarah Eldridge 8 years ago
Where did you find that bag and are you SURE that Disney crafted it? There's a good chance it's a knock off company. PS, I googled "Disney Alice in Wonderland cosmetic bag" and not one image of that bag showed up anywhere.
Ryan Rogers 8 years ago
Also the screenshot is from the Disney Store website
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Amaranthim Talon 8 years ago
File a DMCA takedown notice- be ready to prove it's your work. http://www.dmca.com/FAQ/What-is-a-DMCA-Takedown
Roxy Eastland 8 years ago
Considering how quick Disney are to bring aggressive legal action against the smallest, most remote, business producing an item with an unlicensed Disney image, this behaviour is doubly reprehensible. I hope that she does seek legal advice because she does have rights.
Benj 8 years ago
You had "so much respect"? For DISNEY??!! They are, and always have been business first.
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
They don't respect any other artist that are not designing for them.
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Thomas Pullin's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)
Caroline Huot 8 years ago
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!
Aurelia Grey 8 years ago
Doing this to a creative person, deliberately, is on par with child and animal abuse in my book. More, to sign something as your own work when it isn't is low down, scuzzy, sleezy and a crime.
Nia Hilton Wohl 8 years ago
I wouldn't necessarily compare it to abuse, but it's definitely bad.
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Rã Field 8 years ago
..& again beautiful, though changes that must happen must come from ALL of us Artists, as The Law of Business IS NOT here for the mere; we are the mere accordingingly as fighting for oneself will not work & this is so known by those running this Ordered World..You & others can doing amazing NEW ideas to protect yourselves, though will you?....
#3
Woman Steals Artwork From Artist Ryan Conners, Paints Flowers On Top Of It And Sells Products With It As Her Own
Beeps 8 years ago
Love your picture though! And you win 10 internet points for the sentence 'puking flowers all over it" :)
Ivan Aguilar 8 years ago
She took something from you and modified it, just as you did with Frida's work: https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-with-monkeys.jsp
J Browne 8 years ago
By law "Cease and Desist" letters hold a great deal of weight and she sounds scared since she told you, you should "keep quiet". You can download a sample off of the internet and publish on your site that it was sent to her. Good for you in publishing her response to you! Many artists don't realize the power they DO have and it is letting people get away with it that hinders the possibility of protections for others.
Sarah Mark Cleverley 8 years ago
Mmm not exact but the original is a self portrait of a mexican painter frida kahlo painted in 1940 so you kinda STOLE ART TOO!!!!!
Agathe May 8 years ago
give us her name and we can trash her ^^ I can t believe this b***h told you to "keep quite". She s so direspectful, you should not let her go with it.
#4
Zara Steals Tuesday Bassen's Artwork
Random Panda 8 years ago
This is outrageous! Zara should be so ashamed!!! They got enough money to hire an entire team of designer FFS, do they really need to steal???
Captain Planet 8 years ago
It is never a question of "needing" or not it is alway's a Cost/profit calculations. Same as the right price for a product is one the customer is willing to pay. Not the cost + a small margin. They probably still have an entire design team. But it still saves them designers and time to steal stuff.
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Amina Hays 8 years ago
This is nauseating. I never shop at Zara but I know people who do; I'm going to show them this and get them to boycott this disgusting bully of a company.
Cookie 8 years ago
The arrogant response by Zara really makes me angry!!! Please contact the lawmakers of your country. We need laws that protect intellectual property. The law is behind the times. Shameful that big companies that can afford to pay would steal even such a small amount from someone. Really unethical. Boycott them and let these thieves' businesses die.
Captain Planet 8 years ago
This is justice in the western world. You are right if you can afford it. Else you are wrong. Justice is for the priviliged. The more money you have the more right you are. In an ideal world every party would have acces to the same amount of tools to prove their point.
Steven Fleck 4 years ago
The funny thing is that everything Tuesday Bassen has here, isn't their original work either. These are pretty common ideas that have been done over and over again, over the years. You can't actually claim that this is your original work when it isn't original in the first place.
Maggie Collins 8 years ago
Can you "quietly" get a patent on this? Then you can sue her a*s off for using it! That is all I can think of. Good luck, really, very good luck.
Gregory Mead 8 years ago
That letter that claims that they are a major corp. and you're an indie will come in very useful in the lawsuit.
#5
First Official Art Thief
Claire Elizia 8 years ago
To be honest that drawing is beyond beautiful I love it so much such a shame someone had to go and steal it!
Just JoLynn 8 years ago
I agree that the drawing is beautiful but it doesn't translate well into apparel.
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Douglas Thorburn 8 years ago
Contact them and tell them they can keep using your image for 5 buck a sale, paid monthly with an annual audit.
Arnoud Lievers 8 years ago
Damn, its kind of a shame I can't buy this sweater now. Also Don't have any money, so probably good.
#6
This "Artist"
Little letitia 8 years ago
Agreed! "Oh I can't even trace hands and fingers correctly so I'll put a stolen tracing of a doggo here"
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Isabel Tamayo 8 years ago
And they say imitation is the highest form of flattery... It's the highest form of annoyance, actually. :/
Dorka 8 years ago
You have to admit, Jeanett says it is "jeanetticallyModified"... However i also miss the link to the original...!
rabbitsrabbit 8 years ago
Maybe she meant it to say the work is about human modification and not her stylistic modification? Cause it just looks like a badly traced copy with a dog.
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Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
This is just a twisted spot the difference, the differences are where the "artist" messed up.
Wiktor Osłów 8 years ago
well... there are some similarities... but this dog.. I think it's just a coinsidence...
#7
Lili Chin's Illustrations “Doggie Language” On Kohl's T-Shirts
Sari Kadison-Shapiro 8 years ago
Lili....can you tell me where I can get a poster of your doggie language? Do you sell it online? It is very special. Love your work.
Robin Thompson 8 years ago
I would contribute to a crowdfunding initiative to pay for that lawsuit
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
It's ridiculously expensive to sue someone much less an entire corporation. Your best bet would be to take this and share share share on as many social media sites as possible. Get others to share it and try your damndest to make it go as viral as possible. If you can do that, you might just be able to get enough people making enough noise to catch their attention. Maybe then they'll at least compensate you in some way for the use of your work. And even if you do decide to go the hire a lawyer and suing route, I would still do what I suggested about making it go as viral as you can. Get enough people's attention and it should be easier to get the companies attention.
Douglas Thorburn 8 years ago
Well .... tha company is mud to me ...... They probably won't make that much on them anyway but do a small claims suit for the max.
#8
Company Stealing Artwork From Artist
cpd228 8 years ago
I have a Facebook friend who had a Youtube video hijacked and used by a company without ant permission. It's cost my friend thousands and the company that stole it is doing all kinds of excuses not to pay him. The video was a personal one of his wife seeing their daughter off on her first day of school.
Shirley Jones-Crowell 4 years ago
What goes around comes around!!! What one plants is what they reap!!! One can only hope this happens!
Little letitia 8 years ago
Seriously your way of typing is a headache and should be shot in the head so as to stop said headaches.
Load More Replies... Douglas Thorburn 8 years ago
unfortunately it just shows to go ya that even free / stolen art expenses won't save a small business.
Johanna Zamora 8 years ago
Creative Nail Shop also copied, too: http://creative-shop.sells.com.ua/creative-shop-plate-43/p1656 They sell nail polish stamping plates and plate 43 copied the dancing pugs
#9
Ford Steals Firewatch Artwork For A Promotional Ad
Sophia Bennani 8 years ago
Working in advertising, I have to say that unfortunately, most of the time, the clients don't have any idea where the artwork comes from, it's the ad agency or the graphic designers who stole it or are too lazy to produce real work...
Devin Best 8 years ago
I think you are right, but they are still responsible for what they allow the agency to produce for them, even if they are ignorant.
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Full Name 8 years ago
I guarantee Ford management does not condone the stealing of the artwork. They know the cost-benefit analysis is absolutely not worth it. This is the result of sloppy oversight from the people who created the ad. Heads roll over this type of thing because Ford does not want potential nationwide bad press over artwork that's worth a few hundred to a few thousand.
Aghwotu Ovuoke 8 years ago
I don't know all that is involved but what does it cost to credit the original owner of an art work? I would be heart broken if I labored to produce something and then an individual or company comes in and then steals it. THAT. WOULD. HURT. A. LOT!
Rã Field 8 years ago
Advertising,Advertising & more, this is my final statement, they are the biggest part of *ucking peoples perspectives,& making themselves look great & harmless~ They are the Evil in disguise.. Learn that if you have interested international clients that want to see areas of your work//speak with confidence in business & show only a corner area of your work; explain it takes 3 months before your copyrights are filed,& let me tell you IF they are serious they will work your way..Most persons of excellent Art skills Will be able to form their own secured Allowed business by simply understanding that its a requirement to know business, as well as their skills properly to execute safely ones brilliance. Accept there will be some small losses, expect though a better & smarter you that will keep your heart healthy~smile~ as you can win, i’ve done it,& totally by oneself. I hope that my sharing might get your good souls/& minds thinking a tad differently from my msg’s ,much love to you all:)))
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
Ok I keep seeing these comments from this same person everywhere and I just gotta know one thing.....where can I get some of whatever it is you're smoking so I can get out there like this person is for the weekend 😂😂😂
Load More Replies... Douglas Thorburn 8 years ago
old ad so not sure what you can get for it but present Ford with the evidence and see.
#10
Forever21 Gone Wild
Aahzmandus Pervect 8 years ago
It is stealing, but "art"? Come on, dude, you wrote a word on a piece of paper.
Sill Marien 8 years ago
I posted almost exactly the same comment before I saw yours. Guess I've stolen your art huh? :)
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Cherie O 8 years ago
Forever 21 prints 3:16 on their shopping bags. Their owners/founders are deeply Christian. Google it. Soooo, what happened to Thou Shalt Not Steal??
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
If it's so simple to make "just a word", why didn't they just come up with their own instead of taking this exact image?
Tony Ionno 7 years ago
Disney has done this numerous times! The most blatant being when they stole Joy Division's album art to make a Mickey shirt. http://www.nme.com/news/music/joy-division-34-1271466
#11
Etsy Shop Owner Using Belandkal Artwork Without Permission On Their Laser Etched Products. The Art Itself Is Pretty Ironic In This Case
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
I've actually noticed that this happens a LOT on etsy for some reason. I mean, a LOT LOT. They really need to crack down on this s**t. They do it because they think they can get away with it without consequences. Perhaps if they started shutting folks down/banning people and threatening legal action against those that steal artwork and try to pass it as their own, they might stop feeling so confident about attempting it. Cuz as of right now, people think nothing of doing it.
Kelli Pike 2 years ago
I'm a HUGE fan of the popular K-pop group Stray Kids (their music is INCREDIBLE; they're not so big in Korea, because their music is much more hip-hop/rock influenced than most K-pop; if anyone wants a couple song recommendations, DM me!!!) and unfortunately finding items that are actually original is a needle in a haystack; it took my 9 PAGES of looking to find something original (handmade reproductions of earrings worn by my favorite member), and they're always copying each other.
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makki 8 years ago
think of it on the bright side...your artwork was so good that they felt the need of stealing it
Ildiko Okido 8 years ago
Try telling that to f.i. Madonna when you use a sample from one of her songs. She'd sue you before you can blink.
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Lyone Fein 8 years ago
OMG....I am an Etsy craft person, and honestly, so many people on Etsy plagiarize it is just sickening. Why they think it is OK to use other peoples'/companies' art on their products, I have no clue.
#12
Art Thief Whose Been Stealing And Selling Prints On Deviantart Finally Gets Spotted Out On Facebook And Called Out
Lisa Panos Fullerton 8 years ago
Good for this artist! So awesome you were able to bust this thief's balls! Fr
Patrick Joseph 6 years ago
Digital artists are all thieves anyway .. The law gets real murky regarding digital ownership
La Dung 8 years ago
Well it's a fan art so it's not really against the rule tho, but that guy selling them is.
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Mark Conlan's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)
Amaranthim Talon 8 years ago
Notice this art thief is doing it constantly- not the first entry on this page!
Dagmar Galt 7 years ago
Plagerism...Is the admission ..of CREATIVE BARRENESS....LOSERS GOING PUBLIC..SOO ..small RADICALSILVAFOX74
Agathe May 8 years ago
"oops i did it again" is the line she should copy ^^ she s such a scum and copy others a lot
#14
Stolen Art
Angela Hernandez 8 years ago
Unfortunately there is very little you can do when a company overseas steals your art.
Sabina Draws 8 years ago
Don't downvote Angela, I know about one type of art theft being sold on Amazon and people from Amazon said that it wasn't their fault and they can't do anything about it. It's a loop so the artists that have been robbed of their artworks can mostly never end up getting back what they deserve :(
Verner Carlberg 8 years ago
miniinthebox is a retail company, so it's not really their problem. The manufacturing company is the one that should be blamed.
Katie Jamberri Nails 8 years ago
Not their fault maybe, but definitely their problem.
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Art Thief Posting Work All Over The Internet As His Own Is Caught Red-Handed By The Artist And Called Out
Shauday Smith 8 years ago
That's Briana Garcia, she works for Disney. I've been following her work for years and she's fantastic. She started in Disneyland and has worked her way into their artist showcases and character drawing demonstrations. She is very talented. Her sketches and illustrations are 100% her property and do not belong to disney or the public unless she expressly says so. Regardless of the subject. If i draw Disney's cinderella, that is 100% MY work. Credit to Disney for their character but MY illustration. If i take YOUR illustration of disney's cinderella and claim it as my own then i am stealing YOUR work. If i take your illustration and try to sell it, i'm putting myself at legal risk for stealing both IP's because i did not make the drawing and do not have permission to sell it as my own goods and i do not have permission to profit from the selling of a copyrighted disney character.
Chiemi Honda 8 years ago
Oh my god! I feel so cheated! I commented on his page! Pisses me off! I hope he gets what's coming to him! Great work Ms Briana!
Danya Anderson 8 years ago
The thief is a total s**t. However, many commenters need to brush up on IP and contractual law with regards to whether the artist or Disney owns the work. Regardless, f**k this guy.
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
The woman is an artist that works for Disney so...
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Catlady6000 8 years ago
About 20+ years ago, Disney sent a cease and desist to a daycare that had painted Mickey and Minnie on the walls
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
I was just saying something about that on another one of these.
Load More Replies... Wezbie 8 years ago
It isn't an issue if they aren't selling it. She may not have created the concept but she drew those images so they belong to her. Disney will not care that people are drawing their very loved characters. It is free advertisement after all... Selling it on the other hand may cause a little more trouble...
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#16
Fashion Label Brandy Melville Knocked Off The Artist Brain Foetus By Placing Her Embroidered Piece On Their Top
Alira 8 years ago
by lord, that shirt turned out awful. Looked like the face got some skin problem on it.
Isabel Tamayo 8 years ago
Digital karma. You stole an art. Put it on a shirt and it ended up looking like a piece of trash.
Diane Diggs 8 years ago
Yes!! That shirt looks terrible!! If I hadn't viewed the original design first, I may not even have recognized this poor substitute as the same design.
#17
Original And The Copy
Kirsa Rasmussen 8 years ago
"Zara" has some very lazy designers since they only steal other's art work
Yeseul 8 years ago
okay, so I have always hated "Zara"....for me they have the ugliest and most overpriced clothes EVER (at least in my country....and at least in the women part)...sorry, but I am happy to find one more reason to dislike them :D Apart from that emotional outburst on my side, I m pretty sure they have enough money to get good designers work for them and not have to steal other people's work....or they could at least contact the artists and give them credits and money for their talent they later use to make even more money......
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
And judging from the dozens upon dozens of bad reviews on their company Facebook page, they have a buncha rude a******s working for em as well lol.
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Samantha Beeston Had Stolen Artist's Lauren Nassef's Drawings (Left) And Used Them In Her Own Pattern Designs (Right)
Pat 8 years ago
I have no talent when it comes to drawing or painting. But I still wouldn’t steal someone else’s stuff. To have talent & be so lazy to do it is just shameless. Idiots. I am glad to see them called out. Too bad the true artist gets ripped of by these scammers. How many people buy products & never know what they have is a stolen design.
#19
Stolen Fan Art
beanarts 8 years ago
I wonder if this company has an official license agreement with Disney and or Tim Burton and if they're allowed to use fan art based on their licensed intellectual properties. I'd have to brush on my character copyright knowledge to see if you'd even have a leg to stand on in chasing them up. You'd be better off asking Disney if they approved this, and then see what their take on it is. I do wonder if companies are allowed to take fan art based off their licensed characters without paying the fan artist.
Owl Payson 5 years ago
I think you can’t sell fan art un permitted excepting some circumstances but companies including the company your fan arting can’t profit off your work.
Load More Replies... Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Hope they and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal , which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will.
Angela Hernandez 8 years ago
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.
#20
Originals Vs Rip-Offs
Robert Herczeg 8 years ago
Even though I can't imagine that too much work went into this one, not cool
Sybil Billy 8 years ago
Actually, they're pretty well thought out. Clever designs. Complexity doesn't equal quality - hence the ripoff of something that works.
Load More Replies... Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Hope Bershka and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal , which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will, and i hope Vandol just disappears.
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
Lol you just gonna keep adding store names to your comments as you go down the list?
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Rashidi Barrett's Version (Right) Of Matheus Lopez Castro Work (Left). Barrett Admitted What He'd Done And Apologised On His Website
Anouk 8 years ago
Nicely worded apology but still not exactly sure how making an EXACT copy of someone else's work could be a 'mistake'. I call b******t.
Jace 8 years ago
Mistake is not the same as accident. You can make a mistake intentionally. He didn't say it was an accident.
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Marney Poland-Morris 5 years ago
Sounds like he had a lawyer or publicist draw up his apologies.
Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Really Hope Bershka and Urban outfitters and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal, which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will, and i hope Vandol and Sarkal Eloy just disappear, Barrett apologized, so they don't get anything, and i am wanting Disney to apologize about stealing alice in wonderland artwork.
#22
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)
frederic eeckman 8 years ago
I had to google that ! Copyleft is "the practice of offering people the right to freely distribute copies and modified versions of a work with the stipulation that the same rights be preserved in derivative works down the line."
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Kori K. Warriner 8 years ago
They aren't the same. Top has rounded spots, bottom has square spots. I call BS.
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
I'm guessing you didn't bother reading the part where it said he had photoshopped the original image? As in, photoshopped it to make the pattern square.
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Jessica Schultz 6 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_leopard_moth Yes, it is this moth. :)
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Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Really Hope Bershka and Urban outfitters and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal, which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will, and i hope Vandol and Sarkal Eloy just disappear.
#23
Taylor Swift Posted A Fan Art Which Later Turned Out To Be Art Thievery From Artist Ally Burguieres
Rylee Wolf 8 years ago
If everyone drew hyperrealistic, art wouldn't be art. It'd just be a slow camera. Modern art is about expression and ideas, there is no one
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#24
Urban Outfitters Steals Artist's Spires Work And Puts In On A Skirt
Lisa Greene 8 years ago
I've heard of Urban outfitters doing this over and over again! If you love art (and artists) don't shop there!
Shelley Jennings 8 years ago
REALLY? we have so many designers out there. Wouldn't you think this could come to anyone's mind???
Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Really Hope Bershka and Urban outfitters and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal, which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will, and i hope Vandol just disappears.
Alira 8 years ago
the motive, perhaps yes. But pay attention to the shade (see the blue lines there?). It was much too similar to be 'coincidence'.
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#25
Original Illustration And Knock-off Version
Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Really Hope Bershka and Romwe and Urban outfitters and Forever21 go the way of Wetseal, which is going to go the way that Zara and centurylink will, and i hope Vandol and Sarkal Eloy just disappear, Barrett apologized, so they don't get anything, and i am wanting Disney to apologize about stealing alice in wonderland artwork.
#26
Band Rapper Sadat X Released An Album With Artist's Jay Roeder Artwork On It Without His Permission
Christine Butler 8 years ago
The Good Mythical Morning logo is just a flame......can't see the copy issue here it is also a different shape flame and writing in a flame is not exactly new! The issue here is the exact copy of the match shape and flame.
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#27
Art Stolen From Deviantart User Nerkin
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
What does the shirt say??? I can't tell and it's driving me nuts trying to figure it out.
LD Beatty 8 years ago
Not every fkn person in the world speaks English idiot
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Northern Ireland Painter Martin Bradley Produced Almost “Exact Replicas” (Right) Of Works By American Painter Tim Rogerson (Left)
Jace 8 years ago
They're not exactly the same, but they absolutely are derivative and so similar as to be effectively "rip offs".
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#29
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
#30
Creative Agency Is Not So Creative Apparently
heyerlein 8 years ago
Actually I once had a Problem like that. I briefed a Photographer abrought for a project and sent an image as example of the mood wich i wrote next to the image. What I got back was an exact reshoot of the photo I sent... sometimes things like that happen
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Sop Hie 8 years ago
not sitting in your shorts on cold pavements might help with your bladder infection ;o)
Sheralyn 8 years ago
Normally I would dismiss this complaint - after all, no one has copyright in a human pose - but what convinced me of the copying was that even the 'ratio' of the girl's legs in the photo to the background are almost identical. I'm not sure what the correct term for the 'ratio' is.
Teresa Taylor 8 years ago
The original is much nicer anyway. I LOVE the muscle and tendon definition in it. It shows the power and beauty of the human body. The imitation smoothed those all away and made the model's legs look like plastic.
Teresa Taylor 8 years ago
Oh, and the shoes in the original are obviously used. They've got they beat up look to them and the laces aren't perfect. The copy has brand new perfect shoes perfectly laced. Utterly fake. The original is LIFE BEING LIVED. The copy is obviously staged to sell some c**p.
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#31
Forever 21 Accused Of Blatantly Stealing Valfre Designs
Sunzilla 8 years ago
Not so sure about this one. I had a writing block with this rainbow and clouds in the 80's. Still have a few pages.
Caroline Huot 8 years ago
exactly!! I mean, obviously the F21 knocked off Valfré.... but I'm not sure it's an original design from Valfré? I remember stuff quite similar to this from my childhood too
Load More Replies... Christine Butler 8 years ago
I don't know why the girls would not want to pay for the designs, think of all the good will they could glean for their brand if they did!!
Maria Persson 8 years ago
I think you cannot copyright rainbows.. I have had lots of these rainbows as a kid in the early 80s.
#32
Stolen Artwork
Lucy Tripp 8 years ago
The company Beartrap/Blackbear are using the design as their logo. People are then getting tattoos of the company logo...which is stolen art.
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Artist's Design Used On A T-Shirt
Jace 8 years ago
Yes, but the actual artwork itself is clearly copied, by the same company caught doing this to other people's artwork.
Load More Replies... Linda Gulley 8 years ago
Why is Caroline downvoted? She's 100% correct. I worked at McDonald's when Mac Tonight debuted. This is all copyright infringement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Tonight
Aghwotu Ovuoke 8 years ago
I've come this far on this post and it just occurred to me that if I ever post anything on Instagram or DeviantArt (hopefully), it just might be stolen. Not cool at all.
#34
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
Diane DesAutels 8 years ago
I'm afraid I don't quite feel the outrage on this one. When somebody posts a special-effect makeup TECHNIQUE, I'd assume others can use it, too. Is it just the commercial profit angle that's a problem?
Sarah Britt 8 years ago
Makeup artists still have a right to their work. They could've at least approached her and got permission and given her credit.
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IBe Testin 6 years ago
The thing is with this is that this concept has been done many times before and it is not a near perfect replica or even too much of one
#35
Original Work By J.Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)
Master Markus 8 years ago
What ugly s**t to copy. Don't copy Scott Campbell's stuff - he's a representation of some of the worst in comic art since Liefeld.
Janine von Vengerberg 8 years ago
...dear gods, i always try to forget Rob Liefeld exists, thanks for reminding me....
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Sarah Hudock 8 years ago
No, this is theft and copyright infringement. The copy is what's called a derivative work - also illegal.
Maria Guzman 8 years ago
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.
Manolis Grifoman 8 years ago
The problem here is that the original artist doesn't take any credits. Of course artists should be proud other artists try to take a new spin on their work, but they should give credits to the original creator
Load More Replies... Linda Gulley 8 years ago
She should use that knife to make someone give her a sandwich. Her back must be killing her.
Clau Razo 8 years ago
i guess he could state that the drawing is not his property but the technique is
Christine Butler 8 years ago
It is a full on copy of someones design!!! it doesn't matter how one renders it, the only thing he can claim is that he painted it!
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Someone Out There Is Selling Rip-Offs Of My Designs
Diane DesAutels 8 years ago
Hard to tell — shiny jewelry is difficult to photograph, and that's a poor attempt.
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Print By Hidden Eloise On A Paperchase Bag Bearing A Similar Design
Corina Alvarez Loeblich 8 years ago
all plagiarisms will have the same result: mediocrity
Load More Replies... Master Markus 8 years ago
Why does that bear have a horrifying cat mouth? Bear mouths stop at the end of the snout.
#38
Zara Stealing Again
#39
Original Beekeepers Album Artwork And Apt. 13 Copy
Jace 8 years ago
This would make an interesting court case. The recreation is not the original artwork, clearly, but the concept is exactly the same, from figures, to clothes, down to the masks (not the coloring) and the body poses. The derivative work is much nicer, but it's a stolen concept.
#40
Original Work By J. Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)
Douglas Thorburn 8 years ago
Tell Disney .... mickey is in that painting ..... they will sue his a*s.
Agathe May 8 years ago
this artist use a lot of other image to his on work so i dont know for that
Ali Crean 8 years ago
I’m not saying this wasn’t an appropriation, but a lot of modern pop art uses the base of other popular images to create dialogue or commentary. Mixed media pieces like this might have many layers to the statement the creator is trying to make, this one using several. This is very different than someone who is lifting an image and calling it their own or trying to resell something that doesn’t belong to them. In many cases the pop artist will credit the original artwork and artists in it’s use. Real artists want to express themselves in their own words and work.
Kikk Roxx 6 years ago
Did you see the first one he copied above that is literally basically the same but with the Vincent Van Gogh background because that doesn't seem like what you are describing to me.
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Controversial Artist Richard Prince Exhibits And Sells Screenshots Of Other Photographers’ Instagram Photos Without Permission
Tiffany Zhu 8 years ago
Even though it technically credits the artwork properly (description and creator still intact) it isn't okay to just take it without permission in fact it is illegal, even if credited properly.
Angela Hernandez 8 years ago
I have a feeling that the exhibit was more of a comment on how freely we share ourselves now a days where anyone can see and take us without permission.
earringnut 8 years ago
this is actually commentary on another artist who did the same thing with non famous people's facebook pages. this is satire of the highest order.
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Adriana E. Henricy 8 years ago
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.
Master Markus 8 years ago
Doesn't make him not a s**t artist. If you take people's art and then be all "Oooh I made a comment about Facebook and our lives! Aren't I clever!", and then get paid thousands of dollars for it, you're a bad person, and the system allowing him to do this is broken and frankly, stupid. I miss art being appreciated for what it is, rather than just what it symbolizes.
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Company Stealing Art From Independent Artist
Anna Whalon 8 years ago
Making "Fanart" is different than "Copying". Art from copyrighted characters is considered the artist's private art, but the distribution or selling of fanart based on copyrighted characters is considered stealing (in terms of monetarily) and usually artists that have inspired art that want to produce it contact the studio that copyrighted the characters and work out arrangements to sell it. So, it's considered your own, because it's "inspired" but that you can't sell it without their consent.
Load More Replies... Angela Hernandez 8 years ago
Yeah the image doesn't contain and copyrighted property in it...
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#43
Stolen Art
Chloe Fletcher 3 years ago
Looks like she's screaming and about to eat her hair at the same time
Rebecca Blazeiko 6 years ago
That picture was drawn over 10 years ago when It wasnt easy to find who the original photographers were. The photo did not include a watermark. I didnt know who the photographer was.
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#44
Internet Shop Stealing All Artist's Elapuse Art To Make Money Of It
Thegreatcountryofverden 8 years ago
Quick! Hastily Photoshop the arrows from the Disney steal onto this user's icon! (The one that's stealing, dummy.)
#46
Women Rise Stole My Design Of Princess Leia
Jace 8 years ago
Good way to get that removed, so i would report it to Disney....
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Chinese Version
Tiffany Zhu 8 years ago
I'm sorry but if you can't read chinese they are advertizing something completely different and unrelated to crediting the artist whatsoever. In fact, its a description to a website
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#49
Stolen Fanart
earringnut 8 years ago
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.
#50
Another Stolen Artwork
#51
Artwork Stolen By Asos
#52
The Original Of Polish Artist Adrian Knopik (Top) And Rashidi Barrett's Version (Bottom)
Master Markus 8 years ago
I don't know if it's supposed to be erotic, but they, especially the third one kind of gross me out.
Adrien Addams 8 years ago
Aaaand this has nothing to do with the subject of this page
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#53
Company Copying Artist's Design
#54
This Artist Is Getting Angry
Talise Snyder 8 years ago
Even if they aren't, if they are cartoon characters that have been replicated in the art style of the artist, it is still their work.
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#55
Indie Devs Claim Early Drawings From RWBY To Be Concept Art For Their Game
Tiffany Zhu 8 years ago
Art comes in many different forms. Meaning, art can be anything from manga to framed poodle barf splatters. It's just up to your taste of style but anything that is similar to expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power (quoted directly from Google.com). Obviously you have horrible taste in just about everything, I mean stereotyping art that looks like a 10 year old's art??? Shallow much? I bet if starry night wasn't famous and some random genius college kid painted it you would have thought it was ugly paint splatters. Good luck not being criticized. Just kidding, have fun looking at how many dislikes your comment can get.
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Almost Copy-Paste
Tiia Lehtola 8 years ago
looks like some kid is just learning to draw and don't know better to link back or contact the original artist.
Roxy Eastland 8 years ago
I agree. Many people, especially children and teenagers, copy artwork they admire as a way of increasing their skills. There is nothing wrong with that. And if they feel they've done a good job they'll be proud and show people. Acknowledging the original artist is a polite thing to do and good way to increase links in the community. That said I have no idea if the original artist has approached the copier, in a friendly manner, complemented their work and asked that in future they acknowledge who drew the original picture. If not then that should be the first step. If they have then they have a right to be annoyed. That said, it's not a legal manner unless they are profiting in someway from it or commiting fraud (e.g. getting into art school), just a matter of manners and decency.
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Stanimira Deleva 8 years ago
So...? Many people learn to draw by copying pictures, I doubt he tries to sell it?!
beanarts 8 years ago
If they're not selling it and just showing off art they've used your art as reference from... I guess you could ask them to credit you. It's probably not going to get you very far though. Artists copy other artists to practice drawing all the time. It's a good copy, but if it's just some private drawing, consider it a good tribute that went uncredited.
#57
Paintings Plagiarised By Wendy Marani (Right) As Painted By Nancy Farmer (Left)
Caroline Huot 8 years ago
Don't worry, the copies are atrocious!! Looks like they were done by an elementary school kid!
Yeseul 8 years ago
well....it all depends on whether the copies get some money (for unknown reason, I agree)...
Load More Replies... Chloe Fletcher 3 years ago
They're not that similar, so I wouldn't worry about this one too much
Tuncher Shefkaev 8 years ago
Are you sure you aren't mistaken? Marani's copies are on the right.
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Selling Stolen Art
Sarah Hudock 8 years ago
Go here to report copyright infringements on Facebook. They are pretty quick to take them down, I use it all the time for people stealing my artwork. https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/634636770043106?helpref=faq_content
Jace 8 years ago
Side note to everyone else: It has to be the owner of the art making the report.
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When Flattery Becomes Forgery
James Blair 8 years ago
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but copying without attribution to the original artist is insincere flatuence.
#60
Stolen Design Copy
Steve Lor 8 years ago
Are you serious? The placement of the flowers are the exact same with the ones in the same positions having the same poses (i.e Bloomed, Overlapping, Not Bloomed).
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Art Thief
Adriana E. Henricy 8 years ago
oh my god, do you know how many people speak more than english? JFC chill
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#62
Claire's Ripped Off This Clare Louise Owen Design
Samantha Robinson 8 years ago
I can see the similarities and I'm not saying Claire's is innocent but I'm kind of on the fence about this one being a case of a ripoff.
Agathe May 8 years ago
they totally did ^^ but change things... at the end they took the idea so nothing you can do about tit
#63
Artist Shepard Fairey Used A Picture Of B.Obama For His Poster Without A Permission Of Photographer Mannie Garcia Who Took The Picture
Imma Letchofinish 8 years ago
Shepard's career highlights include taking a photo, add in photoshop filter and then make millions. Photographer sees nothing from it.
Angela Hernandez 8 years ago
While there is a posterize filter, you would NOT get the kind of quality and detail in the 'stolen art' by just slapping it onto the original photo. The artist created the image using the pose as reference. Still should have gotten the artist's permission or at the very least credited them, but the process was not as simple as you're saying.
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Campy Warhol 3 years ago
This case is WAY more complicated than it appears here. First off Shepard got permission to use a photo that was nearly identical to this one. Second off the photographer wasn’t the slightest bit mad and actually befriended shepherd, it was the company he was working for that was super upset.
Sharon Chance 8 years ago
I consider just about everyone of Shepard Fairey's so called artworks plagiarism.
Andrew Batmann 8 years ago
It's very much still theft. I'm a painter, and if I use a photographers imagery I ALWAYS ask for permission.
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#64
Stolen Art
Adriana E. Henricy 8 years ago
pissed, bc they are making money out of another persons design, redbubble is full of it
Roxy Eastland 8 years ago
Yes, pissed off. It would be flattering if they'd asked to pay for the copyright to use it on their tee shirts.
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#65
Internet Shop Using Artist's Fanart To Make Keychains
#66
Stolen Artwork
Tiffany Zhu 8 years ago
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
#67
Samantha's R. Original Artwork On Lil Kim's Single Cover
Jace 8 years ago
It would help if the original was shown in proper context, rather than just the theft.
Load More Replies... James Blair 8 years ago
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but copying without attribution to the original artist is insincere flatuence.
#68
Jakarta’s Jazz Festival Advertising Materials Look Extremely Similar To Ian Austin’s Original Artwork
#70
Stolen Art Being Sold Online
#71
Stolen Art
Sarah Hudock 8 years ago
Teechip is hosted by Amazon Web Services. Send a DMCA letter to copyright@amazon.com - they take For.Ev.Er to respond, but they eventually take it down. The more people serve letters against Teechip, the better. I've filed many now myself.
Jace 8 years ago
Does it require the original artist to make the complaint or can anyone send a complaint?
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Chas Truslow "Killa Bart" Art On Ruvilla T-Shirts That It Marketed And Sold To Its Customers
Jace 8 years ago
No, it's not. It's perfectly legal to create fan art that does not get sold or hired.
Load More Replies... Jace 8 years ago
Fan art is fine, though it cannot be sold. Stealing someone's creation of fan art is still stealing. Selling someone's stolen fan art is a great way to get them shut down because the owner of the IP will likely have more ability to take action than a fan.
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Art Thief
#74
Stolen Art And Even Costs Nothing
Emmanuel Courtecuisse 8 years ago
oh...and did you credit the original photographer by the way?...
#75
This Guy Totally Ripped Off My Favorite Artist Kshocs. Even The Coloring Is The Same
Agathe May 8 years ago
Well, it s complicated for tatoo. of course the Kshocks s one is gorgeous. But i can imagine that someone can t travel to get this tatoo and ask an other tatoo artist to make it... very common actually. A lot of tatoos are just copy of some design because the customers want it. What we need is a good tatoo artist who can do everything we ask. but asking them to copy some work can just have a very bas result on you at the end, it s a risk sinc everybody as skills in some styles or not... but i dont see the problem. If my tatoo artist dont see any problem to do a copyright caracter or drawing if i ask it... why should we be upset for that one. Should we jail all the tatoo artist who did a mickey on their customers. Wake up people. The customers ask and you just fulfill his wish. It would be some art work from internet, nobody would have say s**t.
Red&Critters 8 years ago
A good tattoo artist won't copy another one's design. They may use elements of the design or do something similar, but they wouldn't make an exact copy.
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Brianna Cutler 8 years ago
I don't want to agree with this. If the tattoo artist claims that it's his design in his shop then yes it would be wrong. There are a many people with the EXACT same tattoo cause they like it and would orefer the original work. But yea if the tattoo artist markets the original design as theirs then I believe its forgery. Just my opinion don't mean to start anything lol
Maria Persson 8 years ago
But I think making the same tattoo as someone else is ok. Or do I need to ask for permission if I see someone in the city with a nice tattoo and I want to do the same?
Jace 8 years ago
Stolen art is stolen art. It doesn't matter what medium it's on.
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Shana 8 years ago
Hmm... Isn't it like really flattering if someone gets a piece of your art as a tattoo? Unless ofcourse that person goes "oh I drew this myself". (Might wanna ask permission from the artist to get it as a tattoo though I suppose...)
metalheavy 8 years ago
The original artist, kshocs, is a tattoo artist. So this isn't a case of someone taking another form of art and getting it tattooed, it's someone taking a tattoo artist's work and having it done by some other tattoo artist. It's doubly gross because of the person who requested it from another artist AND the artist who was willing to tattoo/copy someone else's work.
Load More Replies... Kaleigh Bryant 8 years ago
Remember guys we can't get tattoos we like unless WE drew it ourselves.
Jace 8 years ago
OR the tattoo artist creates the art themselves. Stolen art is stolen art. It doesn't matter what medium the art is reproduced on.
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Art Thief Seeking Attention
#78
Stolen Design
Kaleigh Bryant 8 years ago
So you're mad that someone liked your artwork so much they got it tattooed? I guess nobody can get any tattoos unless they draw it completely themselves,right?
Shana 8 years ago
Getting it as a tattoo isn't so bad, but going around and saying it's her own design is.
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James Blair 8 years ago
Hopefully the girl is good looking so at least it's on a decent canvas and not on the butt of some $2 chicken head on crack row.
Stanimira Deleva 8 years ago
The tattoo artists get money for the work and not for the pictures. he girl just saw a pretty picture on the internet and liked it for a tattoo. Maybe she just wanted to say that this is not from the tattoo studio catalog. So if you want to get Justin Bieber's face tattooed you need to ask him? This is not a commercial use of your pictures, you should not complain - it is not like you are losing money! You put your art on the web and of course, someone will like it.
Kim Hunter 8 years ago
I have a whole folder full of stolen pinterest images of tattoos of my commercial Canada maple leaf souvenir images. An embarrassment to the victims to know they are forever marked by a stolen commercial souvenir design.
Jace 8 years ago
It's sad how few people understand intellectual property law and ethics. Especially bizarre that people seem to excuse it when it's a tattoo. Tattoos are not a free-for-all to steal artwork. No, an unapproved tattoo copy of someone's artwork is not flattery. It's theft. Flattery does not pay the bills. When the tattoo artist gets paid (knowingly or not) for copying someone else's art, that's an exchange of money for stolen art, and the artist is not getting that money (getting no compensation for their intellectual property being used/sold).
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
Using the word "fursona" ... get help. You're just maladjusted people dressing up.
#79
Apparently My Artwork Is Being Stolen
Roxy Eastland 8 years ago
Oh, unless it was fan art and not for sale. Sorry.
Load More Replies... Maria Persson 8 years ago
But thats Beetlejuice and a shot from the movie. Or this is the film maker claiming its his picture? Or the actor maybe?
#80
Troll Thieves
Aahzmandus Pervect 8 years ago
And you know for a fact that Boylands isn't getting any restitution from Primark?
Maria Persson 8 years ago
I had those when I was a kid.. is this Jade Boyland the creator of the troll character in the late 70s/beg of 80s?
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Its me 8 years ago
Just fund a funny detail... Post #58 from this thread shows a design from instagram @crimewa.ve. I found the instagram account @crimewave and found a "nike knife" which is also shown at the bored panda thread "Artist Turns Logos Of Famous Brands Into Weapons, And The Result Is Dangerously Awesome" Snap2-59ca...d86837.jpg 
Anna Hämäläinen 8 years ago
This makes me so sad. Specially when the copycats are big companies stealing artwork of new and young artists knowing that the original artists can't do a thing to protect their work. Obviously designers get inspired by the things that they see and might eventually end up creating something similar, but just copying what they see is so low. I have this top which has been fairly popular ever since I made the first prototype in 2013. Over the last year so I've seen it being copied plenty times. The one on the left is my original design. One on the right is IHeartRaves's version titled as "Exclusively designed by the IHeartRaves team". dreamwarri...b1171a.jpg 
Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
What I want to see are the reactions of the thieves and how those stories unfolded, be it catching red-handed, lawsuits and other actions. I hope the thieves get what they deserve, starting from social exclusion, through embarrasement and undermined "talent" to heavy financial punishment. How can you be so insolent and steal like that?! Have you no shame?
logical fallacy 8 years ago
It's very hard to actually punish them. Those Zara and Berska things are sold all around (saw them at the store only a few months back), and people were buying them like crazy because they're cute indeed. Did these people know the designs were stolen? Probably not. And even if they were, convenience would have probably won anyway. Lawyers cost a lot of money, and usually artists are short on that. The only ones who can easily be taken care of are those small businesses selling stuff online, by spreading the word. But the rest? It's going to be very hard.
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Melissa Nucera 8 years ago
Not sure where the original copying took place, but HomeSense is selling ornaments with an obvious copy of my artwork printed on them. HomeSenseC...d4c3b0.jpg 
Jace 8 years ago
Looks like they didn't steal the original photo, just copied it as an illustration. Depending on whether or not your fox in a suit photo creation is used as a business identity, it would probably be hard to get them stopped, especially if you cannot afford lawyers (if it's a representation of your business, then you can sue for brand confusion). Do you have your own works on a website? Promote the hell out of them everywhere you see this copy. Send take-down notices every time you find your stuff copied and see what happens.
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nuronuro 8 years ago
So ironically, it was here on Bored Panda, where my art was stolen. I posted my necklaces in the comments of an article about galaxy necklaces. Apparently someone saw it here and made a copy of my design. 20729278_1...1551bc.jpg 
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
I saw your necklace, it was cuter then the original posters necklace they showed- easier to wear too!
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nuronuro 8 years ago
So, ironically, it was here!!! On Bored Panda, where my art was stolen. I posted my necklace design in one of the comments on Bored Panda featuring galaxy necklaces, and apparently some company or factory saw it and made a copy of it. 20729278_1...7cb079.jpg 
Caroline Whelan 8 years ago
This frustrates me so much. People have no respect for the amount of skill and time it takes to produce an artwork. With bigger companies, if they like the artwork enough, I'm sure they can shell out enough to pay artists for their time, but they just don't want to bother. Bigger companies know they can get away with ripping off smaller artists, and it is so maddening. I myself recently had my work ripped off. I do searches of my images from time to time with Google Images to see if anyone is illegally using my work, and I came across someone using my illustration for a brooch. fox-brooch...040f71.jpg 
Jace 8 years ago
Was your illustration posted online somewhere that Google Image Search can find it? Most likely, this is how most of these rip offs are being made. Instead of hiring an artist, they're appropriating stuff they find with search engines and not caring about the source. The only solution to this particular problem is to never post your stuff on line. Get into galleries or sell your own product with clear watermarks on the photographs of your merchandise, but don't post your stuff online in any usable size. This is frustrating indeed, because how do we artists share our works with others without them being harvested?
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Simon Clarke 8 years ago
I had a tattoo artist copy one of my self portraits and now my face is tattooed on at least 5 people (that I know of) around the world tattoo-pic...dcc192.jpg 
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
I can't even begin to understand why a stranger would want that.
Load More Replies... Its me 8 years ago
Just fund a funny detail... Post #58 from this thread shows a design from instagram @crimewa.ve. I found the instagram account @crimewave and found a "nike knife" which is also shown at the bored panda thread "Artist Turns Logos Of Famous Brands Into Weapons, And The Result Is Dangerously Awesome" Snap2-59ca...d86837.jpg
Anna Hämäläinen 8 years ago
This makes me so sad. Specially when the copycats are big companies stealing artwork of new and young artists knowing that the original artists can't do a thing to protect their work. Obviously designers get inspired by the things that they see and might eventually end up creating something similar, but just copying what they see is so low. I have this top which has been fairly popular ever since I made the first prototype in 2013. Over the last year so I've seen it being copied plenty times. The one on the left is my original design. One on the right is IHeartRaves's version titled as "Exclusively designed by the IHeartRaves team". dreamwarri...b1171a.jpg
Alusair Alustriel 8 years ago
What I want to see are the reactions of the thieves and how those stories unfolded, be it catching red-handed, lawsuits and other actions. I hope the thieves get what they deserve, starting from social exclusion, through embarrasement and undermined "talent" to heavy financial punishment. How can you be so insolent and steal like that?! Have you no shame?
logical fallacy 8 years ago
It's very hard to actually punish them. Those Zara and Berska things are sold all around (saw them at the store only a few months back), and people were buying them like crazy because they're cute indeed. Did these people know the designs were stolen? Probably not. And even if they were, convenience would have probably won anyway. Lawyers cost a lot of money, and usually artists are short on that. The only ones who can easily be taken care of are those small businesses selling stuff online, by spreading the word. But the rest? It's going to be very hard.
Load More Replies... Melissa Nucera 8 years ago
Not sure where the original copying took place, but HomeSense is selling ornaments with an obvious copy of my artwork printed on them. HomeSenseC...d4c3b0.jpg
Jace 8 years ago
Looks like they didn't steal the original photo, just copied it as an illustration. Depending on whether or not your fox in a suit photo creation is used as a business identity, it would probably be hard to get them stopped, especially if you cannot afford lawyers (if it's a representation of your business, then you can sue for brand confusion). Do you have your own works on a website? Promote the hell out of them everywhere you see this copy. Send take-down notices every time you find your stuff copied and see what happens.
Load More Replies... nuronuro 8 years ago
So ironically, it was here on Bored Panda, where my art was stolen. I posted my necklaces in the comments of an article about galaxy necklaces. Apparently someone saw it here and made a copy of my design. 20729278_1...1551bc.jpg
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
I saw your necklace, it was cuter then the original posters necklace they showed- easier to wear too!
Load More Replies... nuronuro 8 years ago
So, ironically, it was here!!! On Bored Panda, where my art was stolen. I posted my necklace design in one of the comments on Bored Panda featuring galaxy necklaces, and apparently some company or factory saw it and made a copy of it. 20729278_1...7cb079.jpg
Caroline Whelan 8 years ago
This frustrates me so much. People have no respect for the amount of skill and time it takes to produce an artwork. With bigger companies, if they like the artwork enough, I'm sure they can shell out enough to pay artists for their time, but they just don't want to bother. Bigger companies know they can get away with ripping off smaller artists, and it is so maddening. I myself recently had my work ripped off. I do searches of my images from time to time with Google Images to see if anyone is illegally using my work, and I came across someone using my illustration for a brooch. fox-brooch...040f71.jpg
Jace 8 years ago
Was your illustration posted online somewhere that Google Image Search can find it? Most likely, this is how most of these rip offs are being made. Instead of hiring an artist, they're appropriating stuff they find with search engines and not caring about the source. The only solution to this particular problem is to never post your stuff on line. Get into galleries or sell your own product with clear watermarks on the photographs of your merchandise, but don't post your stuff online in any usable size. This is frustrating indeed, because how do we artists share our works with others without them being harvested?
Load More Replies... Simon Clarke 8 years ago
I had a tattoo artist copy one of my self portraits and now my face is tattooed on at least 5 people (that I know of) around the world tattoo-pic...dcc192.jpg
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
I can't even begin to understand why a stranger would want that.
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