Please go to funkyfacestudio...
Please go to funkyfacestudio This is serious, we are being robbed… our copyrights are NOT being respected by a certain site Please go and favoritize funkyfacestudio’s journal entry so as many people as possible can be aware of this. THIS IS SERIOUS. Sorry, but I have posted this to ever groups that I belong to so as many people as possible can learn about the issue… Please pass it on.
HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=247766) / and HERE...
HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=247766) / and HERE (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=250511) / are proofs that polyvore.com as never removed the “sets” ... Furthermore, I bet that they still have our links in their database… so anything that is being linked to the images can still get there. I do not have other adresses for the old files that contain our images, but I do have THIS (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=267816) it is a “work” I did a few minutes ago, using some of my own stuff from redbubble that I took… / here are the the links to the NEW files I got in there. / Crokus’ Original (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?id=339915) / and Crokus’ t-shirt design (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing?id=339937) / / Hope you can all see that… I created it there.
So everyone knows a little more where we stand, and what is happening with “the polyvore affair”, I will post here the “communication” th…
So everyone knows a little more where we stand, and what is happening with “the polyvore affair”, I will post here the “communication” that has happened between “them” and I. I personally am not done with this. I want Polyvore to respect ALL Artists’ copyrights. Here is a collection of what was said and done, at the end of this writing, I will explain what remains. It is not over yet. / _____ @Polyvore, I am really concerned about the fact that you have dissabeld your own tags, and thereof, you can no longer find new works that are being directed to your site. / I can proove very well that I can still upload pictures form redbubble to your site. / I just did it once again… / I chalenge you to take your own responsibility and find the works that I have uploaded… (as you would have to find lost works that are just still around on your site.) you are the one(s) in charge of your own network, it is for you to fix the mistakes that you have allowed to be produced here. / Perhaps you should also think about removing all works from other similar sites (but I think that it would be much easier on you to tell your members to upload their own products from their computer… If they have copyrights (like we do here) they must have it on their own computers. When I started to be a photographer, I did it on my own time… I did not “steal” any equipment nor copyrighted materials from more experienced people. How can we teach our children to be their own selves if we can’t even let them produce their own works? What is the message you want to carry? But let me tell you that if you can find my work, and you do remove it as soon as you do, that means that you can do the same with ALL of our works… this is YOUR responsibility. It is disgraceful to see that you allow young people to upload “anything” to your site, and then wash your hands clean of it for letting the whole world use it. I am very deceived. and I demand that you do no longer allow ANY directing from other copyrighted sites… I am watching you, and there are a few people that are too… you just won’t always know who we are… nor which site we come from… deviantart, redbubble, photobucket… or any other sites… theft is theft, and it is not acceptable to profit (in any forms, and you sure do profit from getting original works to be played with to attract your clients.) Please do not sing me a sweet song, for you haven’t even replied to half of us through our complaints… I want to be kept updated here as to know what it is you are doing to ensure our rights. Crokus Label, creator of the petition to which you didn’t really reply but to cut and paste your message from here to there. We have a petition of 181 + yourself there, that states that WE want it all removed. It was your mistake in the first place. Fix it. Show the young ones on your site that one must take responsibilities for their own actions. It might help them trust adults, and learn to accept their responsibilities too. Work on changing how your images are getting on your site(get them to upload from their own computers), because I promise to not give up the fight, and I am willing to go to any length to achieve the respect of our copyrights. Our copyrights MUST be respected anywhere. Redbubble memebers or not. Copyrights are OUR rights as artists, anywhere we be. Regards, Crokus Label Photography, creator of the petition to which you should probably look at carefully, for we are many to ask you to remove our works, and not allow it to be posted on your site. So I leave you to the cleaning up of your infringement mess, and I will be back in the morning to see if our petition was well understood. (I too will be copying and pasting this elsewhere so everyone knows where all this is at now.) __ Polyvore, I am somehow deceived as how you have been avoiding me. My account was deleted yesterday and reinstated today (I never have been abusive in my journey to copyright assertion. So I assume this is why you reinstated my account on your site.) Now, I would have thought that you would have got something to reply at least in one of my messages/requests. But even after sending you messages to your site, messages here and on the other thread here at RedBubble, and a link in your Bubblemail to let you know I had left you a message in both threads, you never respond to ANY of my writings… And that either in private. I am still looking for explanations of how things will be handled from your site to stop this violation of copyrights. Still waiting for you to give me a sign of life. Crokus Label Photography. Crokus: i just replied to your bubblemail. As of last night, we have blocked imports from redbubble.com (because redbubble.com staff requested that we do so). You managed to import your image before our site software was updated with that change. We have taken down your image and sets that you mentioned in your message. (Although, we did not understand why you uploaded something only to request to have it removed a few hours later). As we have mentioned several times: we would be happy to comply with take down notices as long as they come from the person who owns the rights to the image and lists which URLs need to be removed. Please allow a reasonable amount of time for us to respond to your request (we usually respond in a few hours, but please allow 24 hours before you hit the panic button). Also, please note that different people have different opinions about how their images should or should not be used online. We would be happy to service group take down requests as we did with RedBubble.com but please don’t send us request to take down all image from site X unless you are sure everyone affected shares your views. I hope this is not construed as lack of cooperation or respect on our part. I hope I answered your questions. _ Polyvore, I have uploaded these to see how your site was “working,” and what will happen with my images, so I precisely know what and how to make sure copyrighted images are not still being used. As for standing up for all artist that have their rights to copyrights of their own material, I can not stay there and do nothing about it, for copyrights are made to be respected, and the very big majority of your images were taken on the net “randomly” by users that do not have them rights; Therefore, I will maintain my position at asking that everybody’s copyrights be respected. If you do not remove them you might have to deal with the consequences of your “inactions”… Most people form other sites can’t ask you to have their works removed, for they are not even aware that they have been imported there. It would only be fair to refuse to respect their copyrights because you believe that they should all come and warn you to remove stuff that they do not even know is on your site. Copyrights are made for EVERYONE to be respected, and I do not believe that when you say that everybody has a different opinion on the issue, you seem to forget that copyrights are the same for everyone, and that includes your site. By refusing today to take care of the real problem, you expose yourself to lawsuits in a near or far future. I must say that you have made some great efforts to remove to remove redbubble’s member’s works, and I appreciate this. I would really appreciate if you would let us know how you will make your best so your members really understand what are copyrights, what consequences there might be to infringe them, and what changes you will/might make in a near future so all artists/photographers works be protect as best as you can. Thank you for this first reply, I appreciate that you finally found time to respond to part of my concerns. Crokus Label _ What do you think? I am not done… but let’s keep pealing the onion… ;) (here are some key words so people can find this form a search engine: polyvore.com, polyvore, action, copyrights, rights, copyright, internet, infringement,Pasha Sadri, violation, fraud, theft, thief, mission, respect, honor, ceo, founder, community, innovator, thieves, scandal,blog, concern, concerned, Unite, unity, help, violator, law, trust, refuse, refusal, blame, )
The light was on, nobody was home. / The thief was hungry and eat all the children’s bread.
The light was on, nobody was home. / The thief was hungry and eat all the children’s bread.
Subject: The thief in Paris A thief in Paris wanted to steal some paintings from the Louvre Museum. / After careful planning, he got …
Subject: The thief in Paris A thief in Paris wanted to steal some paintings from the Louvre Museum. / After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and / made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away / when his van ran out of gas. / When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an / obvious error, he replied, “Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy / Degas to make the Van Gogh.” (See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else. I sent it to / you because I figured I had nothing Toulouse.)
Who’d be without it? We’re living longer; the diseases that afflicted our forebears are being eradicated; slowly, we’re learning how to m…
Who’d be without it? We’re living longer; the diseases that afflicted our forebears are being eradicated; slowly, we’re learning how to manipulate the hand dealt us at birth. / Still, it’s time they got serious about attacking the gullible gene
I thought I’d share this article that John (kkart) found about a month ago. We all need to watch out for our own work!. http://www….
I thought I’d share this article that John (kkart) found about a month ago. We all need to watch out for our own work!. http://www.photosig.com/go/forums/read?id=238502
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Thief’s Hideout...
Thief’s Hideout has recently been Featured in the Eerie Lighting Group! I highly recommend you check out this up-and-coming group :)
Thank you so much for featuring ‘The Thief’...I did not expect such a rapid and warm reception! This is a wonderful group and I look forw…
Thank you so much for featuring ‘The Thief’...I did not expect such a rapid and warm reception! This is a wonderful group and I look forward to meeting everyone involved. My sincerest thanks again! Barb
OK so i though i would jump on the bandwagon and put this womans Id to you to at least keep everyone aware of ART THEFT… / BUT PLEASE Th…
OK so i though i would jump on the bandwagon and put this womans Id to you to at least keep everyone aware of ART THEFT… / BUT PLEASE This ain’t a witch hunt, we don’t need to burn her / We just need to prevent her from taking whats not hers… New Album Pictures | vili vitska Picture Album / If you feel she has been to check you out you might check this site for any new additions though / I think she may know we are onto her and has removed a lot of stolen work from her pages on various sites that have been posted by other redbubblers… / / Apparently she sells your art on sites such as photobucket and Bulgarian sites. / / VILIVITSKA Sorry to put the cat amongst the pigeons but ignorance is not always so blissful if your wonderful works are being stolen. / Good luck my redbubble friends xXx / PS / If the person is removed let me know and i will delete her here / Also feel free to add any ART THIEVES but only if you have utter proof of this… ____________ / Visual Inspirations wrote you a BubbleMail about 0 hours ago: / This is a group BubbleMail, sent to all members of Bubble Jeopardy “PLEASE BE AWARE” / I just got this email and thought I would pass it on, just in case it may affect any of you. Link. / theft-of-your-work Message. THEFT OF YOUR WORK! Author: dougie1 / Word Count: 137 / browse writing next / IF YOU HAVE BEEN TAKING NOTICE, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT “VILI VITSKA” / HAS BEEN STEALING WORK, PUBLISHING IT ON PHOTOBUCKET, AND OFFERING IT FOR SALE! / PLEASE BE ALSO AWARE, THAT BY GOING TO “EDIT MY PROFILE”, AND SCROLLING DOWN, YOU WILL FIND A TICK BOX, “PREFERENCES”. IF YOU TICK THIS BOX IT PUTS A CLEAR LAYER OVER ALL OF YOUR PICS, SO SHOULD ANYONE TRY TO COPY IT, THEY GET A BLANK PAGE! THANKS TO RED BUBBLE FOR MAKING THIS CLEAR TO THEIR THOUSANDS OF (WIDE OPEN TO ROBBERY) CUSTOMERS!! ok, on this womans fave list, are the following that I know: helen bascom, rose moxon, cheri mceachin, gaild, vonnie murfin, antanas, lucindawind, micmac, and funkyface studio. / Also in a big way are corinne noon, michael j armijo, shanina conway, clair mcadams, and jaqueline roberts / ____________ Rajee wrote you a BubbleMail about 3 hours ago: / This is a group BubbleMail, sent to all members of The Patchwork It turns out that the clear layer that you can put over top of your artwork in RB is more of a deterrent than a preventative factor in stopping your artwork from being copied. Here is a bubblemail that ArtbyDrew sent me this morning about it. As a programmer and a fellow artist, I need for you all to understand that the clear gif setup only discourages thieves, but can not stop them. All images viewed on the internet can be retrieved quite easily from your browser’s cache, irregardless of what browser you use. You don’t need Google or any other site or application to do this. Bottom line… if your visitor has viewed your image… it is already on their computer. Hope this makes all my fellow artists aware! Peace, Drew / ___________ The clear gif layer is better than nothing. I am still going to use the gif layer and the watermark option. / I feel it is up to each individual to decide if it is worth it to upload their artwork to the internet. / I am still going to continue to do it. Eric / ___________
Here’s something more regarding theft of our Art that, with Rajee’s blessing, I copied and pasted to my Journal. It had come to Rajee fro…
Here’s something more regarding theft of our Art that, with Rajee’s blessing, I copied and pasted to my Journal. It had come to Rajee from Drew: Rajee wrote you a BubbleMail about 11 hours ago: This is a group BubbleMail, sent to all members of The Patchwork . / It turns out that the clear layer that you can put over top of your artwork in RB is more of a deterrent than a preventative factor in stopping your artwork from being copied. Here is a bubblemail that ArtbyDrew sent me this morning about it. As a programmer and a fellow artist, I need for you all to understand that the clear gif setup only discourages thieves, but can not stop them. All images viewed on the internet can be retrieved quite easily from your browser’s cache, irregardless of what browser you use. You don’t need Google or any other site or application to do this. Bottom line… if your visitor has viewed your image… it is already on their computer. Hope this makes all my fellow artists aware! Peace, Drew The clear gif layer is better than nothing. I am still going to use the gif layer and the watermark option.
So I read post about user linda858100 stealing peoples work. Seems redbubble already closed her account. I checked and she had commented …
So I read post about user linda858100 stealing peoples work. Seems redbubble already closed her account. I checked and she had commented on three of my images, I hope she didn’t steal them!
Be warned, some creep calling themselves tropicalpassion is ripping off images from RB and posting them in deviantART. Look here...
Be warned, some creep calling themselves tropicalpassion is ripping off images from RB and posting them in deviantART. Look here I recognise a number of shots. Go look and see if any of yours are there. If you have a deviantART account and are able to add comments then DO IT and tell the world that this person is a thief. Tom
*This is a copy/paste from BILLYBOY journal. I encourage all of you to leave a comment on th…
This is a copy/paste from BILLYBOY journal. I encourage all of you to leave a comment on this thief’s profile and contact Deviant Art of your findings as well. The person in question is seeking sponsorship using YOUR art and claiming at as his own. And once sponsored, claims to be able to offer up more of “his new work” every week. Followed a tip off and found this guy on Deviant Art who looks like he’s been busy picking stuff off our friends here on RB… I’m one of them, and I recognize a bunch of OTHERS If you see some of your stuff, you should take it up with Deviant Art as I have, but it might take some time before they react. I was kind of blown away as nothing like this has happened with my stuff before. When I see how many “downloads” my PIC has gotten in one day unknown to me, it kind of made me sick. BB / (Billyboy)
Check out this guy…he claims to be from South Africa and says that all the photos posted on his account at DeviantArt are his…I know …
Check out this guy…he claims to be from South Africa and says that all the photos posted on his account at DeviantArt are his…I know for a fact they are not and have contacted several of the people I knew. Please check this out for any of your artwork or any that you might recognize of a friend’s. Please pass the word! Tropical Passion
I received a flood of bubblemail alerting me to the fact this guy had stolen one of my images and was passing it off as his own and letti…
I received a flood of bubblemail alerting me to the fact this guy had stolen one of my images and was passing it off as his own and letting people download it for free, Thank you to everyone who sent me a message, I have reported it to the host of the site…. I feel so violated. Check out the link just in case yours is there or someone else you know Michelle http://www.4shared.com/dir/6549353/41b07ce6/sharing.html
Remember Ellen’s journal that 2 of her pictures were stolen by UFOlanding on Flickr? Help me out … I’ve seen this picture on RB but …
Remember Ellen’s journal that 2 of her pictures were stolen by UFOlanding on Flickr? Help me out … I’ve seen this picture on RB but can’t remember the artist Think that the person has to know in order to file a complaint. From what I’ve seen the 2 pics belonging to Ellen have been removed from Flickr but the individual is still there … Any help is welcome. Cheers for reading.
Here and Here...
Here and Here If you see it, could you also comment on her so called stream. Thanks! Claudia
Hi all, / I am transferring information from Richard Veal Journal...
Hi all, / I am transferring information from Richard Veal Journal Check here to see if your artwork has been stolen. Cheers / Nedim
I have today had notice that my ‘Ode to a rose on a sunset’ which was a collaborative feature with Mariska last month in Digital Art Comp…
I have today had notice that my ‘Ode to a rose on a sunset’ which was a collaborative feature with Mariska last month in Digital Art Compilations Group has had copyright infringed by someone going by the name of flower_chick on flickr, aledgedly also known as elena harris’ Photostream. Whilst it has now been removed, I have searched already and the profile although empty at present remains open. This is despite finding another alert link this morning / Link here / and another here through redbubble which gives the ccwri copyrights infringement form. / Link here / My thanks to Cynthia host of the Digital Art Compilation Group for quickly alerting me of situation after alerting both Flickr and Redbubble.com ; we are so lucky to have such nice people amongst us here. Thanks to Cynthia and the link she posted by the time I got there the account was already blocked – alas of course they could spring up under another name. This of course is a major worry when someone is trying to go through publishing process! / I think it would be good idea for all here at redbubble to be aware so please ensure your own circle of followers here has the opportunity to read and keep check on their own. In the meantime I know I would be most grateful if anyone sees anything at all relating to my own works that appears to have link to any other name other than with Mariska’s art or my own name, if you would kindly let me know so we can stop straight away and I shall do same for anyone else I notice… / Many, many thanks to all those who have helped in raising and supporting this campaign to both stop the abuse of our works and to raise awareness; your kindness appreciated!
Just to let you all know. / Whatever we said and did, our complaints and statements were listened to very quickly on Flickr, or maybe she …
Just to let you all know. / Whatever we said and did, our complaints and statements were listened to very quickly on Flickr, or maybe she just left coz she had been sussed out!! / the woman in question has been eliminated from the site, for how long i dont know but we did a great job!! / Well done everyone, and thank you for helping us involved in the theft, it goes very much appreciated. / This annoyed the hell out of me and as far as I know, it’s the first time someone has stolen my work, but rest assured i will be keeping my eye out in the future and if i come across mine or anyone elses work i recongnise i will let you all know instantly. / Have a nice day everyone / no need to reply / Laura :)
Hi flks been diggin’ around re copyright thief and found this that I have copied from the twitterfeed of Cassie Peters (angelandspot) fro…
Hi flks been diggin’ around re copyright thief and found this that I have copied from the twitterfeed of Cassie Peters (angelandspot) from twitter. Relevance? Well, I don’t know? / Concerned? You tell me? Genuine? Someone please tell me? Direct copy of link:- ” But http://www.flickr.com/photos/flower_chick/4040840983/ is really Jacky Parker’s on Redbubble http://tinyurl.com/ybpr6p3 / about 16 hours ago from web / Reply Retweet I think all the works are stolen from other artists in this Flickr stream http://www.flickr.com/photos/flower_chick/ she doesn’t have mine / about 16 hours ago from web / Reply Retweet EEks! You better check http://www.flickr.com/photos/flower_chick/ I reconize the work of several different artists in that photo stream. / about 16 hours ago from web / Reply Retweet “ What’s going on folks?
Well what a day its been for many of us on Red Bubble. I was ready to rush out the door for work this morning when I received an alert f…
Well what a day its been for many of us on Red Bubble. I was ready to rush out the door for work this morning when I received an alert from Ozzzywoman that some low-life on Flikr had stolen some of my images. A quick check not only revealed that this person had stolen four of my images but had also filled her gallery with stolen images from many Red Bubblers. I would like to extend a huge thank you to so many of you for the quick action that was taken from this point onwards. The many complaints, comments and blogs that forced this person off Flikr, hopefully for good. It is a worry that there are people who wish to gain from all our hard work but what can we do to stop it happening again – I for one don’t hold out much hope of preventing it recurring. It is so nice though to know we are all family when it comes to this type of situation so Thank You to everyone involved. I hope no one has lost heart and been put off by this incident. My four image thumbnails are below:
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