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by Co-founder Unbearable Lightness :iconunbearable-lightness:
Dr. Carla Johnson [link]



Sadly, I’m posting this journal because of =dragonfly-oli’s journal post [link]

In this journal, dragonfly shows a work I just featured by one of our members    :iconsnowfall-lullaby:
Spring Light by ~Snowfall-lullaby
and a work by our member    :iconpawelmatys:
When evening comes by =whisk9119

that were stolen by an art thief and posted on his website.  

I went through this person’s website pages – and there are plenty of them – and saw other works by our members that have been stolen.  My sympathy and support go out to ~Snowfall-lullaby and =whisk9119 and all our other members whose works were stolen.  I know our gallery shows the very best work on deviantART, and apparently the art thief knew that, too!

Please fave this blog post to get the word out and help us stop the thief!

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`Whimsical-Dreams Apr 6, 2012   Photographer
Sadly I don't think we can ever stop art theft completely. But if we all support one another, and let the thieves know we will do everything we can to protect our art, and the art of our fellow "true artists". We can make a difference, however small.

I will never understand the mind set of these people when they think they can just right click, and save whatever they like. It's disrespectful, sad and shows huge lack of creativity on their behalf.
My heart goes out to these deviants/artists. I'm going through the same thing myself, and it just disgusts me at their lack of empathy for the original artist.
If I can do anything please ask. :)
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:iconunbearable-lightness:
That's a good, practical attitude because I've given up trying to stop people from using my images, usually without credits. If it's an aggregator blog, I contact the person responsible, and they usually will add the credit. If it's someone passing the work off as their own, I contact the server. Ultimately, whoever powers that site is legally responsible for content and will remove the stolen works AND the person who did it.
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:iconunbearable-lightness:
Everyone, please hang in there and don't despair. I am researching what actions we can all take regarding theft of our art. I will try to have something written by tomorrow. I'm finding great methods I did not know about...and this is better than watermarks.
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Mood: Shame !doffactory Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
I think i should leave this group ...
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Mood: Sadness !doffactory Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Because with such a groups we are just helping those who want to steal, to steal ... you need some quality pictures? Let's have a look at the well known and famous groups at dA ... should I continue?
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:iconunbearable-lightness:
No, you should take everything off dA and hide your pictures in the dark.
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!doffactory Apr 6, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Ok, going to do so.
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:iconunbearable-lightness:
I really hope you don't. Your work is beautiful, and I love to see it.

Art thieves have been around as long as art has been created. My work was stolen from dA long before we had groups. It does happen, and I hate it, but the alternative would be not showing your work online.
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=Azzeria Apr 7, 2012   Photographer
I don't think it's being very realistic basically blaming the groups for the results of art thief's. As a thief, you can also go and browse the most popular of all time, the last month, and so on, and the results would be nearly the same.
I hope you're not going to leave this group, as I personally consider it to be one of the better groups around. Not only quality wise, but also because the admins in this group puts in a real lot of effort, and they're always friendly and helping out with what they can.
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