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Hi everyone, just a warning to all artists and fans out there! This isn't just a problem on eBay apparently, Amazon also has several people stealing artworks and printing them as merchandise to sell without the artist's permission. If an artist happens to be selling merchandise of their work, they'll most likely have an Etsy or storenvy SO IF YOU HAPPEN UPON SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON AMAZON OR EBAY, PLEASE DON'T BUY IT, INSTEAD REPORT IT, especially if you see tons of different art styles (and some official art too) printed in their store. Chances are, it was stolen.
Sellers with stolen art:
www.amazon.com/Characters-Mous…
www.amazon.com/Anime-Fabric-Wa…
www.redbubble.com/people/zetsu…
www.amazon.com/iwatobi-swim-co…
(If you see your art or recognize any of the ones in the first link, be sure to report! and if you'd like, I'll be more than happy to add the seller to the list to warn others)
ok that's it for my public service announcement ty to resake for finding this for me
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www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Painti…
This guy is stealing shit.
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I counted 800+ amazon IDs with stolen copyright material from my print on demand account on spreadshirt but it's the same for most PoD-Sites and many other artists, too.
For your take down notice I recommend the email address copyright [at] amazon.com and since the numbers suggests criminal negligence on amazon parts, if amazon gives you the run around despite the fact that you provided a
- Description
- Link to the original
- Link + ASIN to the counterfeit / infringement
- Sworn statement given under penalty of purgery
- your full address
instead of taking it down within 10 days period, I recommend another complaint, this time with reference to the first and a CC to jeff [at] amazon.com and the FBI Seattle for good measures. That is if you haven't registered your work with the USCO. If you registered with the USCO you might want to take it to an agency dealing with infringements or a lawyer.
Since I collected approx. 40,000 links with infringements of my work the last six months. When amazon makes me mad, which they frequently tend to do, my CC contains the FBI Seattle, Kripo Germany K5 in my police district, DPA mail contact for my region, Harvard Law Press and several others and if it holds true I don't forget to mentioning willful infringement, repeat infringer and criminal negligence.
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Guys, I need some help with my art that's been stolen. This drawing: glitzerland.deviantart.com/art… is being sold on an iPhone case here: www.amazon.com/iwatobi-swim-co…
Obviously, I'm really annoyed about this as they didn't contact me or even credit me and I don't want this drawing sold ANYWAY seeing as its fanart.
If anyone could help out with what I should do I'd be very grateful.
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Hi there! I'm so sorry to hear that but I added the person to the list so people can keep a look out.
You can fill out this copyright infringement form on Amazon to have them remove it for you: www.amazon.com/gp/help/reports…
Just a warning though: they take forever to get to it so it's best to warn your watchers about this seller.
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Thanks for the help! I contacted the seller and they took it down (without a reply back to me or even an apology) but I'm a little concerned other stolen art is being sold by them. At the very least you've added them to the list, but it's awful if they're making a profit on people's hard work.
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No problem! I'm glad to hear they took it down but yeah, if they're willing to steal art for profit, I don't think they'll apologize... You just have to keep a lookout.
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Interesting, someone saw the opportunity and took it, why aren't we artists (well maybe not me) pulling each other together and than selling ourselves just as those on ebay and amazon making bundles so it would be easy to buy this stuff. (i haven't seen anything like this before), anyways this could be my ignorance speaking but I'll say it anyways for the sake of saying something. What would have been fair is that the artists get paid like a % of royalties when one of the products with their art is bought but the world doesen't work like that, ppl like us are inconsidarate bastards. just as the way the worlds nations treated germany after the war.
To do well in the art business you gottta figure out the best ways to sell yourself. Or others, whatever works.
Anyways this stuff doesn't involve me, so why should I even ^^ care.
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There is a petition that is doing just that:
www.change.org/p/amazon-com-re…
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Some artists do sell merchandise of their work and have online shops such as Etsy or storenvy. But you should know that selling merchandise would require holding inventory and to have inventory, the artist would first need to pay out of their own pocket to have their merchandise made. Then, they have to take into account pricing and shipping costs so that they can easily breakeven with the production cost. At other times, an artist might just have leftover inventory from selling at a convention. Either way, why would an artist request to be paid a small percentage off of THEIR work (stolen in this case) when they can simply make their own merchandise and get 100% from it?
Yes, to do well in the art industry, an artist has to how to sell themselves and has to have a product that consumers would want, but how does this relate to art thieves who has zero relations to the artist and is selling the artist's work without their knowledge while taking 100% credit for it?
This might not involve you and whether you care or not is beyond me (but I guess you cared enough to comment), but I put this journal up as a public service announcement and warning for people who might have had their art stolen and not know it, and for people who want to support the artists with said stolen art so that they can contact the artist about it (there was a lot of stolen pieces in the first link and I definitely don't know everyone who had their pieces stolen). Finally, this was to raise awareness so that people didn't purchase these items with good intentions and unknowingly support an art thief.
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The first part is that the artists makes money by creating and than selling the art but you know not all want to bother with that I bet so someone else does and makes some profit why not work together with them but its too late for that.
But this problem that were talking about appears because ppl don't bother or think to or want to sell their art this way. So ppl see the missed opportunity and do so. As i mentioned we don't live in a fair world so its fair (my logic 
Your right about me caring but its not my business yet. I still butt in.
You did a good job on what you set out to do, im just im just.......... someone....
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The one with the T-shirt, *shrimpHEBY was the one who drew it shrimpheby.deviantart.com/art/… I knew the art style right away. There's your proof if you want it!
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Yes, *shrimpHEBY 's already informed me about that, which is why I have that seller listed. Thank you anyways!
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wow.... that first one... so many art pieces on there ...they most of collected art from people for a while... =-=; thats just so...UGHH;;; frustrating OI... i hope it gets taken down soon!
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YEAH IT'S REALLY MESSED UP, i'm hoping someone recognizes who the art pieces belong to so they can report to amazon
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What should I do ; __ ; he stole my art without my permission.
I'm not good in English OTL
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Oh gosh, can you screenshot for me which art piece is yours? I'll try to contact Amazon about it (I think they need proof before they'll take down anything)
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Please contact Amazon and report! www.amazon.com/gp/help/reports…
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Gahh now we have to put huge ugly watermarks in the characters face DXX
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RIGHT NO ONE IS SAFE (my rwby poster still has the watermark on there but they printed it regardless JUST AIYA)
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These design pirates don't care much for the print quality. Cindy Bendel ordered a counterfeit and compared it to the real deal. She dedicated a site to the problem with some interesting articles see amazon-ipprotection.weebly.com…
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OMFG WHATS WRONG WITH PPL THESE DAYS WTH
we should all just put a huge as a butt watermark on everything we made hhhh
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omg right watermark right across the face
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I hate people like this so much, my sis was accused of doing this with her dragons! When all she did was learn how to draw her dragons from an art book. Her style is similar to the artist only because she grew up learning from that very artist.
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OH GOSH SORRY TO HEAR THAT..
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I just noticed, if you look through here, they're also selling mousepads of your RWBY fanart...if you look closely, it still has your watermark on it too... QAQ
www.amazon.com/Characters-Mous…
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SLDFKJ YEAH I SAW but that particular link is just full of stolen art
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*le distant sigh* I hope they stop selling products with artwork that isn't theirs...
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That mousepad thief has UNUSUALLY good taste compared to the other rip offs I've seen (like that tshirt! Yuck!) He actually made a good product! I would totally want one of those mousepads if they weren't stolen! (And I could afford to spend money on silly things like that... (as opposed to a bajillion adoptables...)) Sorry, but they're wicked cool looking. It's still bad though. Shame on that art thief!
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YEAH I HAVE TO ADMIT, THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE MONEY too bad it's off of stolen art
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DLSKFJ omg i just wish amazon would take these down quicker
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That's horrible. People need to quit being lazy and make their own.
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omg right though i don't think these sellers know how to draw, they just have the means to mass produce merchandise off other people's art
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Wow that's real lame. As long as they were reported that's good. I never knew understand art thieves
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YEAH I'M JUST HOPING AMAZON TAKES ACTION SOON SO NO ONE BUYS IT
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Ugggh, I hate when people do this. ;^; It's so wrong.
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oh gosh yeah, especially when they're making money off of it
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SDKLFJ YEAH ;__; i thought amazon wouldn't have this kind of stuff since they seem more professional than ebay BUT UGH IT STILL LEAKED THROUGH
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oh god right something that says MADE EXCLUSIVELY BY ___ AND SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY ___
some of the art stolen has small watermarks but they still printed them just
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LMAO we need HUGE ones. just put it on all the characters faces--------
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*sob*~~My RWBY was stolen to be printed as T-shirt too... Why they did this to us.....*cries*
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OH GOSH ;__; Do you still happen to have the seller's name and is your art still there? I CAN ADD THAT SELLER TO THE LIST IF YOU WANT
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