Crokus Label

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

Here is a link to where you can see that we are being robbed…
I typed in search for “redbubble” and this is what I got… 10 pages of OUR works…

Colin Tobin, 9 months ago

This is sickening…

mick, 9 months ago

yeh go for it,im shocked i have also saved to favourites,so others can veiw it. so far im lucky,nothing of mine sems to be there,but i do recognize alot of work,from this site.
also look up fraud internet sites,in google. they should be able to shed some light. this is so wrong.

Elizabeth Burton, 9 months ago

Are they selling clothes??? Thanks for the heads up!!!!

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

HERE this should do the trick…
If you can’t see redbubbles images, type redbubble in the search space provided there…

I feel like throwing up.. (sorry for the grafic expression)

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

More info on how they do it

Daniela Weil, 9 months ago

I found my work there, something must be done!

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

This is what I am trying to do…

Here to view how bad it is

I suscribed, and I want to find out how it works.. can I have the permission to use your work Daniela to see what and how I can do it…

I will also upload a “dummy” to see waht I am to do with it…

If I understand well, anyone can add an image from anywhere on the net to their site.

That “stinks”...

Terry Bassett, 9 months ago

They do cover copyright in their terms.. is there any way of seeing who submitted the items?

“In connection with User Submissions, you further agree that you will not:
submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant Polyvore all of the license rights granted herein; (ii) publish falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage Polyvore or any third party; “

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

They should not accept works from redbubble or any other site then… They should block incoming content that comes from such sites…

Thanks Terry for the info…

I am still at war though… lol

Halima Mitchell, 9 months ago

I’m uncertain what type of site this is, but I’d recommend contacting copyright@polyvore.com to file your complaint. I found that on their terms under “User Submissions”. I created a screenshot to help anyone locate the user(s) that submitted these photos from RB. Click here—>

Halima Mitchell, 9 months ago

Oops that link isn’t working right. Try this on

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

I filed a complaint… here it is… (sorry for my madness here… it got out of me like this.
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Regards,
Crokus Label Photography, friend of many on RedBubble.com
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Michael Oubridge, 9 months ago

Well done Crokus, you put your point over very well, lets hope they take notice

Daniela Weil, 9 months ago

Well my friend, this letter couldn’t be put in a better way than you did, great job and thank you!!

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

And here is a PETITION I just wrote… Please come, read and sign…

Together we can do it… :)

ECGardner, 9 months ago

I found three of my images on their site, as well as many that I recognize (honestly I recognized most of them). I sent them a message informing them that they were engaging in copyright violation for not only my work, but the work of others as well. I requested that the images be removed, as well as any works on their site that used them. I imagine they will comply, as I’m certain they do not want to face massive copyright infringement suits. Thanks so much Crokus and also funkyfacestudio for spreading the word about this.

Henk Stolk, 9 months ago

Message I sent today to them:
I was told you do use work from redBubble, without informing artists, nor pay royalites. THis is so absurd and I ask you to stop this now.
If I see my work is (ab)used by your site, I will take legal actions.
Regards,
Henk Stolk

Henk Stolk, 9 months ago

hahaha but then again.. I have so much to learn so before my work is ever on their site, I will smile as well, would take it as a compliment and still give them hell! :)

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

Great Henk… :)
here is the link to the

PETITION

Together we can.

(Please also add the following to your signature, for it is a great idea, and I didn’t write it in the petition… it will have more power. and there is the following… —-
“For the past, present and future i prohibit the use of my images without my consent – any requests for use should be made in writing.”

ECGardner, 9 months ago

I just did a search for ‘deviantart’ and found 22 pages’ worth of material from that site. I know some people on RB also have deviantart accounts, so if you do, please check to make sure your work wasn’t stolen from there, as well.

coleen gudbranson, 9 months ago

not good. glad you know about this erin i was going to mail you and let you know that your work is being used

Sherri Hamilton, 9 months ago

Thanks for staying on top of things around here…...... Crokus, and funkyfacestudio!

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

here again in case somebody did not see it yet…

PETITION

Paul Gibbons, 9 months ago

Great work crokus and funkyfacestudio. When can we send the boys round to sort them out? Joking aside a larger watermark would make it far more difficult to perpetrate this crime.

Henk Stolk, 9 months ago

We have some awesome Maori warriors here…

kari, 9 months ago

Thank you soooo much Crokus for being such a leader in this event. I went there and saw many redbubbler’s art and am so mad right now!!! If you need any help in this matter, please do not hesitate to ask for my assistance. I know a good lawyer in town :)

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

lol Henk… lol

Paul… it is right… I have seen a post on Funkyfacestudio that was a nice show of a big watermak… it is a great idea.

Matt Turve, 9 months ago

keep me in the loop, thats not right this is are work.

Dominic Melfi, 9 months ago

I noticed 5000 loaded from ISTOCKPHOTO, they will not like this at all, maybe they’ll have a go at itm, they seem to be VERY sensitive about copyrights and are professional at all times, I am going to email them a link, almost noone at IPHOTO would play at a site like Polyvore… these people are professionals mostly.

Dominic Melfi, 9 months ago

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?query=istockphoto&displayurl=istockphoto.com

To whom it may concern at ISTOCKPHOTO

Polyvore is a wierd site that let’s users post works from all over the Web as long as they have a url. I noticed they are using 1000’s of your pieces, for their use the available image is sufficient. The site gives lip service to the fact that user’s shouldnt post anything they dont have copyrights to but that is a total joke. I am member of a site called Redbubble where members are pretty upset about use of their work. Hopefully ISTOCKPHOTO would add their voice to this discussion.

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

Thnks Dominic… :) this is great..

Sorry guys and gals, I will have to leave the homestead for a few moments… But please keep on forwarding the link to the petition which is http://www.redbubble.com/people/crokuslabel/writing/266182-petition-to-stop-copyright-theft-at-polyvore-com

Or if you rather click on it, it is HERE

Will be back a little later on… life is calling me elsewhere… :)

Much Freedom, Peace, Love, Light, Respect and Honor to all.

Dominic Melfi, 9 months ago

I am a little confused, they may have cut a deal with ISTOCKPHOTO, they have 62,000 images from ISTOCK that have the ISTOCK logo across them and claim they are royalty free. (logo stays on when user makes a design) Maybe ISTOCK thinks it is good publicity.

Apparently these polyvore members take STUFF from all over the web and create designs, so that get shoes, tables etc etc from on-line stores and all other kind of stuff, then lay it on with your artwork, actually kind of like a cut and paste clip/art shop. Once it is on the polyvore site, I guess (I’m not sure) it becomes available to all members.

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

I’ll be back shortly… please keep on forwarding the link to the petition so we get as many as we can to let them know that we are many to disapprove of their usage of our works… :)

Gotta go for now… see you all soon. Petition

Dominic Melfi, 9 months ago

Sent to Polyvore feedback

I am a member of redbubble, your site encourages copyright infringement by providing tools to import other persons work easily into your site. All works on Redbubble are copyrighted and protected intellectual property. The members of this site are not happy to find property of members galleries on your site without their permission. It would be advisable to block redbubble from your tools. I would encourage you to do this voluntarily. If your users want to use copyrighted work they can download it to their own computers and you can provide an upload. In this way you are not a party to the intelectual infringements. As it is the tools you provide make you a party to this activity.

pmistric, 9 months ago

Apparently, my moon glo image was stolen because I got notified by my friends here on this site, but I went to check it out and didn’t see it there. I guess they removed it. sigh...I can’t even sell one damn card here and my image gets stolen. I’ve only been on this site one week. How sad?

Daniela Weil, 9 months ago

The ART STOLEN and posted without my permision… or yours
Is HERE:
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?displayurl=redbubble.com&idx=thing&sort=

Daniela Weil, 9 months ago

Also , take a look in my portofolio, at what I did with the picture they stole from me!

Crokus Label, 9 months ago

They are still using the “sets” that people created with our art…

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/search?idx=collection&query=redbubble&x=0&y=0
the sets

Deri Dority, 9 months ago

Here is a portion of their service agreement:”

You understand that any items you import, and sets you create on the Website will be made available to the public. Further, you hereby grant us, our affiliates, and our partners a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, nonexclusive, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, transfer, transmit, distribute, and publish the sets you have created using the Website.”

Hmmmm….....

Sara Lamond, 9 months ago

Well – there’s a fine reason to GIVE US A REASONABLE WATERMARK!!!!

Sara Lamond, 9 months ago

Hopefully RedBubble is listening…

Sara Lamond, 9 months ago

ok guys…. i’m searching all of the links you’ve put up here -can’t find any reference to redbubble at all now… have the nice redbubble people spoken sternly to them? or am i just searching wrong.

Still – really highlights the copyright/watermark issue. I’m willing to bet everyone who’s found their work on this site would support the option for a bigger more obvious watermark!

Matt Sillence, 9 months ago

Nor me now, think they havae got the message

Simon Turner, 8 months ago

the problem is users are submiting the works, the save their bottoms by saying that you must not import anything that is copyrighted (like 99 % of images by law) but I bet once a users has imported it the user (probsbly unknown) is responsable for the theft and they can claim the altered work as theirs WE NEED A WATER MARK OVER THE IMAGES, if a user of RB really wants to see it without a water mark they should contack us and ask