I got a message on deviant i recently looked over here it is:
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Hello,
I figured you might want a quick heads up to let you know that http://www.identityprops.com have snagged one or more of your submissions and are using them to make money.
I've already contacted DA over my stuff.
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I looked over the website and didn't see anything for a little bit and thought it was probably an advertisement...and the i seen it-
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/5665/unledane.png
I wasn't pissed off at all,but then I seen they put a watermark over the picture and it kills me to know that someone took my beastly beast design and charged 10 bucks for each one (WITH A WATERMARK!)
http://www.identityprops.com/media/c...card_front.jpg
and i can't do a damn thing about it,im only 13 years old!
Please tell me what i should do
Ignore it?Email them?
Original Pieces:
Umbrella
http://xxdelitexx.deviantart.com/art...-PSD-174769040
Tricell
http://xxdelitexx.deviantart.com/art...Card-180210981
How many of ya'll can say you've been ripped by a company?
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05-31-2011, 07:20 AMNecrothalassHow many of ya'll can say you've been ripped by a company?
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05-31-2011, 07:27 AMGaaf
What can you do as 13 yo. well im not to sure about the copyright about art in deviant art. but i think your best option is to mail deviant art. tell them about this website and what they did with your artwork. if its forbitten than im sure they will take action. But since its a PSD file to im not to sure.
think your best option is to mail deviantart, and let them tell you what you can do... -
05-31-2011, 07:41 AMedwinpabito
sue them
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05-31-2011, 07:41 AMGallagher
On the site is there contact information? If so contact the company itself. DeviantArt can't really do anything, but since you uploaded your work to dA then your work is copyrighted to some extent, but I doubt that you're going to be doing anything relating to the law seeing as how your only 13 and to be honest in the broader scope of things it's really nothing, no offense, they could just delete it and cover their tracks. Contacting them and letting them know the work is copyrighted (check on dA for the copyright details) and stolen may incite them to remove it, best bet imo.
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05-31-2011, 07:48 AMNutter
Maybe get into contact with PayPal and explain to them what has happened.
Link PayPal to your DA page and note the date that the artwork was posted. Also link them to any threads on here that display the image. If there's one thing you can try and that is fuck with their payment method. Many people won't buy off sites without PayPal since it's a recommended payment method.Quote:
Payment, Pricing & Promotions
We prefer paypal as a payment method, however you can always send a International Money Order, Cashiers Check or even Cash. A address and name will be provided to you at the checkout.
Also be careful with how you write the message to them. If anything, tell them that they have used your artwork "without consolidation" and against your wishes.
If you wanna run some drafts by anyone, send them to me. I'm pretty handy with writing some mean messages as some of the guys on here will be able to tell ya.
EDIT: Also sueing them won't work since you are not the registered owner of the Umbrella Corp logo. That'd be up to Capcom if they wanted to sue. -
05-31-2011, 08:20 AMNecrothalassI lost you at this part.What would paypal and a paypal account of mine haveQuote:
Originally Posted by Nutter
to do with my artwork?
But I have a list of ideas:
*Request a payment for my art
*Ask some hackers to crash their site
*Deal with it
Requesting them to remove it is no option for me and non-judicial justice shall be served.
Note:I wouldn't have cared as much if it was just posted there to be sold,but they put a watermark over what was a PSD Resource,intended for people to have personally printed,studied or used as a signature. -
05-31-2011, 08:32 AMMareI think I might close my dA after seeing this.
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05-31-2011, 08:33 AMNutter
Well under PayPal's long Terms and Conditions I'm pretty sure there is something stating that a site cannot sell something that is legally not theirs, ie: Your artwork. I wouldn't bother about chasing up for compensation as that's just gonna end with no outcomes so rather then getting the site to remove the piece, put them in the legal hot water with the site that will be distributing the income to them. If it works and PayPal stop dealing with the site, it could be enough to force the owners to review their contents, or if you really are lucky even close the site if they aren't making any money.
A good example would be with Minecraft. Notch actually had a little fight with PayPal because they limited his account when sales spiked, probably because they had to check to see if the transactions were legit. [Link]
EDIT: Dude... Why close your DA account? They have nothing to do with it. -
05-31-2011, 09:54 AMAllseeyineye
threaten to sue them...
it might scare them off :p -
05-31-2011, 03:50 PMPet
Threatening to sue will accomplish nothing. First thing I would do is use their sites "contact us" page and submit an email asking them to remove the 2 that you made, and linking your deviant art links of each image to show they are yours. If they do not do it themselves, follow what nutter said, emailing paypal support as they do not, and will not allow illegal transactions through their service.
You are the only person who can make this happen. I have already had to contact 2 websites about my own art, and they have since taken them down, so it is possible. -
05-31-2011, 05:40 PMMareQuote:
Originally Posted by Nathan Enns
^ That is terrible, its like go F**K off and make your own shit.
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05-31-2011, 06:03 PM-KV.Noname
you can sue man ..... u posted it to DA which means it is Copyrighted ... the courts will look at that and ching ching bling bling money money ...lol no really e-mail them if they dont offer to pay the right to use it then sue there pants off
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06-01-2011, 03:32 AMNutterThe only thing Necro will be able to sue for is the loss of sales but judging from the site there probably won't be many sales to begin with. Even then a good lawyer will be able to argue that Necro wasn't making a profit in the first place and that he freely distributed the PSD through deviantART so the site should not have to payout since technically Necro is somewhat allowing his piece to be modified for personal use.Quote:
Originally Posted by -KV.Noname
That's why he should contact the site and then PayPal and request them not to allow the sale of his art since it's against his wishes. Companies and Lawyers will do anything to avoid payouts. -
06-01-2011, 05:27 AMcC.Agitator
They said that it was made by the concerted effort of the internet... hmmmm
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06-02-2011, 12:06 AMNecrothalassWhat does that mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Agitator
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06-02-2011, 02:13 AMTimentia
i wonder how that went
a guy goes around deviant art and is like
oh nice card for our business.. save image as
post on site for 10 usd
done : D -
06-04-2011, 12:24 AMwfcamb
You'd be surprised to know how many people/businesses on the web steal other artists work.. I remember when I first started in graphics.. Eh, around age 14 or 15, I believe the company Neopets was just getting started online.. As crappy as the creation I made was, they took it and used it for promotions on their website.. I emailed them, told them who I was and threatened to "take action" (couldn't really 'cause I was underage, but they didn't know that.. :p). They took it down within that week..
