I was recently emailled and informed that my art had been seen floating around online under someone else’s name. the images have been taken from here, with their titles intact and stamped with the name “Michelle Stark” and “are”
the quality is terrible, which means they probably wont get too far, but I hate the idea that someone else is claiming credit for my work- what can I do to stop this? I have googled, I have searched different sites for ‘michelle stark’ ‘are’ ‘nude’ and the title names (and any combination thereof) and have come up with nada. do any of you have an idea of how I can track down the culprit and give them a stern talking to? it doesn’t look like polyvore to me (first place I checked).. I can’t afford digimarc so I need to nip this in the bud.
circusgallery, 4 months ago
have them killed
we can forward our mans
details for you
Jo O'Brien
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4 months ago
Do you know what website they are on? Perhaps email the admin of that site?
If not, perhaps ask the person who saw them if they remember where it was?
You could try searching things like the page URL of the original, the name of the jpeg URL, things like that.
Most admins respond very quickly and take copyright issues seriously if you contact them directly.
You might find that the help forum is a better place to get advice?
Samuel Durkin, 2 months ago
I have heard that there is some software being developed by some highly technical people that will not not only find every instance of a image on the net, but also every instance of that image even if it’s been digitally altered. I think it’s adobe and some of the other big software companies working on it, I’ve no idea when they’ll get it on line and how much it would cost to use. but at least one day our images will be traceable.
Ultimately you painted the originals, it’s your signature on the real artwork. If anyone is found to have profited from your work you get to break them.