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Thanks to the internet it's never been easier for people to rip off something that somebody else created and pass it off as their own. It isn't just individuals who do it either, but major well-known companies like New Look, Forever21, and even Disney. We wrote about one such case before, where artist Tuesday Bassen discovered that Spanish retailer Zara had stolen her designs and were using them without crediting her, and now Bored Panda has compiled an extended list of people who have experienced similar unfair treatment at the hands of people too lazy, or too talentless, to create something for themselves. Scroll down to see for yourself, and let us know how you feel in the comments.

#1

Art By Katie Woodger Stolen By Disney

Art By Katie Woodger Stolen By Disney

Katie-Woodger , io9.gizmodo.com Report

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Charm Valenzuela
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best way for it is to post things like this on facebook, twitter etc... Let's see how disney would quiet down a raging fire

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#2

Thomas Pullin's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)

Thomas Pullin's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)

Thomas Pullin , markconlan.com Report

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Caroline Huot
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crazy!! This should get upvotes... it's not freakin triangles!! It's a blatant copy of a very distinctive artwork. Your work is gorgeous btw!

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#3

Woman Steals Artwork From Artist Ryan Conners, Paints Flowers On Top Of It And Sells Products With It As Her Own

Woman Steals Artwork From Artist Ryan Conners, Paints Flowers On Top Of It And Sells Products With It As Her Own

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Beeps
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love your picture though! And you win 10 internet points for the sentence 'puking flowers all over it" :)

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#4

Zara Steals Tuesday Bassen's Artwork

Zara Steals Tuesday Bassen's Artwork

tuesdaybassen Report

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Random Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is outrageous! Zara should be so ashamed!!! They got enough money to hire an entire team of designer FFS, do they really need to steal???

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#5

First Official Art Thief

First Official Art Thief

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Claire Elizia
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be honest that drawing is beyond beautiful I love it so much such a shame someone had to go and steal it!

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#7

Lili Chin's Illustrations “Doggie Language” On Kohl's T-Shirts

Lili Chin's Illustrations “Doggie Language” On Kohl's T-Shirts

Lili Chin Report

#8

Company Stealing Artwork From Artist

Company Stealing Artwork From Artist

gemmacorrell Report

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Nini
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wetseal>> leastwe>> estawel>>westeal>> we steal... Eeeek it's a sign! 😱😱😱

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#9

Ford Steals Firewatch Artwork For A Promotional Ad

Ford Steals Firewatch Artwork For A Promotional Ad

Panic Inc Report

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Sophia Bennani
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Working in advertising, I have to say that unfortunately, most of the time, the clients don't have any idea where the artwork comes from, it's the ad agency or the graphic designers who stole it or are too lazy to produce real work...

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#10

Forever21 Gone Wild

Forever21 Gone Wild

samlarson Report

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Jen Hunt
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've heard of a number of instances of Forever 21 stealing/copying other peoples work and designs, including from companies bigger than them.

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#11

Etsy Shop Owner Using Belandkal Artwork Without Permission On Their Laser Etched Products. The Art Itself Is Pretty Ironic In This Case

Etsy Shop Owner Using Belandkal Artwork Without Permission On Their Laser Etched Products. The Art Itself Is Pretty Ironic In This Case

youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

#12

Art Thief Whose Been Stealing And Selling Prints On Deviantart Finally Gets Spotted Out On Facebook And Called Out

Art Thief Whose Been Stealing And Selling Prints On Deviantart Finally Gets Spotted Out On Facebook And Called Out

alishainreallife Report

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Lisa Panos Fullerton
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for this artist! So awesome you were able to bust this thief's balls! Fr

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#13

Mark Conlan's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)

Mark Conlan's Original Work (Left) And Neda Rabiei's Nockoff (Right)

markconlan.com Report

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Amaranthim Talon
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Notice this art thief is doing it constantly- not the first entry on this page!

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#14

Stolen Art

Stolen Art

FelizaEstrada Report

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Angela Hernandez
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unfortunately there is very little you can do when a company overseas steals your art.

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#15

Art Thief Posting Work All Over The Internet As His Own Is Caught Red-Handed By The Artist And Called Out

Art Thief Posting Work All Over The Internet As His Own Is Caught Red-Handed By The Artist And Called Out

briannacherrygarcia Report

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Shauday Smith
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's Briana Garcia, she works for Disney. I've been following her work for years and she's fantastic. She started in Disneyland and has worked her way into their artist showcases and character drawing demonstrations. She is very talented. Her sketches and illustrations are 100% her property and do not belong to disney or the public unless she expressly says so. Regardless of the subject. If i draw Disney's cinderella, that is 100% MY work. Credit to Disney for their character but MY illustration. If i take YOUR illustration of disney's cinderella and claim it as my own then i am stealing YOUR work. If i take your illustration and try to sell it, i'm putting myself at legal risk for stealing both IP's because i did not make the drawing and do not have permission to sell it as my own goods and i do not have permission to profit from the selling of a copyrighted disney character.

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#16

Fashion Label Brandy Melville Knocked Off The Artist Brain Foetus By Placing Her Embroidered Piece On Their Top

Fashion Label Brandy Melville Knocked Off The Artist Brain Foetus By Placing Her Embroidered Piece On Their Top

brainfoetus.tumblr.com , youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

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Alira
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

by lord, that shirt turned out awful. Looked like the face got some skin problem on it.

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#17

Original And The Copy

Original And The Copy

shoparttheft Report

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Kirsa Rasmussen
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Zara" has some very lazy designers since they only steal other's art work

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#18

Samantha Beeston Had Stolen Artist's Lauren Nassef's Drawings (Left) And Used Them In Her Own Pattern Designs (Right)

Samantha Beeston Had Stolen Artist's Lauren Nassef's Drawings (Left) And Used Them In Her Own Pattern Designs (Right)

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Sybil Billy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They actually stole more than one? That's just... They have no shame.

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#20

Originals Vs Rip-Offs

Originals Vs Rip-Offs

shoparttheft Report

#21

Rashidi Barrett's Version (Right) Of Matheus Lopez Castro Work (Left). Barrett Admitted What He'd Done And Apologised On His Website

Rashidi Barrett's Version (Right) Of Matheus Lopez Castro Work (Left). Barrett Admitted What He'd Done And Apologised On His Website

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#22

Frenchman Romain Sarkal Eloy Submits A Photoshopped Picture (Bottom) To A Contest And Wins A New Macbook Pro Laptop All Without A Permission Of Photographer Kevin Collins Who Took The Original Picture (Top)

Frenchman Romain Sarkal Eloy Submits A Photoshopped Picture (Bottom) To A Contest And Wins A New Macbook Pro Laptop All Without A Permission Of Photographer Kevin Collins Who Took The Original Picture (Top)

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#23

Taylor Swift Posted A Fan Art Which Later Turned Out To Be Art Thievery From Artist Ally Burguieres

Taylor Swift Posted A Fan Art Which Later Turned Out To Be Art Thievery From Artist Ally Burguieres

Ally Burguieres , youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

#24

Urban Outfitters Steals Artist's Spires Work And Puts In On A Skirt

Urban Outfitters Steals Artist's Spires Work And Puts In On A Skirt

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#25

Original Illustration And Knock-off Version

Original Illustration And Knock-off Version

shoparttheft Report

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#26

Band Rapper Sadat X Released An Album With Artist's Jay Roeder Artwork On It Without His Permission

Band Rapper Sadat X Released An Album With Artist's Jay Roeder Artwork On It Without His Permission

JayRoeder Report

#27

Art Stolen From Deviantart User Nerkin

Art Stolen From Deviantart User Nerkin

DiGi_Valentine , Nerkin Report

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Sarah Britt
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What does the shirt say??? I can't tell and it's driving me nuts trying to figure it out.

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#28

Northern Ireland Painter Martin Bradley Produced Almost “Exact Replicas” (Right) Of Works By American Painter Tim Rogerson (Left)

Northern Ireland Painter Martin Bradley Produced Almost “Exact Replicas” (Right) Of Works By American Painter Tim Rogerson (Left)

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#29

Modern Dog, A Small Seattle Design Shop, Accused Disney And Some Of Their Partners, Including Target, Of Ripping Off One Of Its Dog-Oriented Designs To Create A T-Shirt. They Even Started A Social Media Campaign To Attract More Attention To The Issue

Modern Dog, A Small Seattle Design Shop, Accused Disney And Some Of Their Partners, Including Target, Of Ripping Off One Of Its Dog-Oriented Designs To Create A T-Shirt. They Even Started A Social Media Campaign To Attract More Attention To The Issue

Moderne Dauge , businessinsider.com Report

#30

Creative Agency Is Not So Creative Apparently

Creative Agency Is Not So Creative Apparently

isayx3 Report

#31

Forever 21 Accused Of Blatantly Stealing Valfre Designs

Forever 21 Accused Of Blatantly Stealing Valfre Designs

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Sunzilla
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not so sure about this one. I had a writing block with this rainbow and clouds in the 80's. Still have a few pages.

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#33

Artist's Design Used On A T-Shirt

Artist's Design Used On A T-Shirt

justwharton Report

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#34

Snapchat Accused Of Stealing Make-Up Artist's Work For Selfie Filters. They Later Admitted To This Being An Issue After 3 Other Artists Were Copied

Snapchat Accused Of Stealing Make-Up Artist's Work For Selfie Filters. They Later Admitted To This Being An Issue After 3 Other Artists Were Copied

mykie_ Report

#35

Original Work By J.Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)

Original Work By J.Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)

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#36

Someone Out There Is Selling Rip-Offs Of My Designs

Someone Out There Is Selling Rip-Offs Of My Designs

shugarush_accessories Report

#37

Print By Hidden Eloise On A Paperchase Bag Bearing A Similar Design

Print By Hidden Eloise On A Paperchase Bag Bearing A Similar Design

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#39

Original Beekeepers Album Artwork And Apt. 13 Copy

Original Beekeepers Album Artwork And Apt. 13 Copy

youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

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Jace
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would make an interesting court case. The recreation is not the original artwork, clearly, but the concept is exactly the same, from figures, to clothes, down to the masks (not the coloring) and the body poses. The derivative work is much nicer, but it's a stolen concept.

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Original Work By J. Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)

Original Work By J. Scott Campbell (Left) And Benjamin Spark's Work (Right)

youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

#41

Controversial Artist Richard Prince Exhibits And Sells Screenshots Of Other Photographers’ Instagram Photos Without Permission

Controversial Artist Richard Prince Exhibits And Sells Screenshots Of Other Photographers’ Instagram Photos Without Permission

donaldgrahamphotography Report

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#42

Company Stealing Art From Independent Artist

Company Stealing Art From Independent Artist

LaraVakarian Report

#43

Stolen Art

Stolen Art

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Chloe Fletcher
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like she's screaming and about to eat her hair at the same time

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#44

Internet Shop Stealing All Artist's Elapuse Art To Make Money Of It

Internet Shop Stealing All Artist's Elapuse Art To Make Money Of It

elapuseart Report

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Jace
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you are the original owner of the stolen IP, you report this directly to Facebook, not to the person who's stealing your material. YOU are the ONLY person that facebook will take a notification from (the original owner of the IP).

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#45

Viralstyle Stealing From Artists

Viralstyle Stealing From Artists

alisdair_wood Report

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#46

Women Rise Stole My Design Of Princess Leia

Women Rise Stole My Design Of Princess Leia

LadyTatian Report

#47

Chinese Version

Chinese Version

McSkops Report

#49

Stolen Fanart

Stolen Fanart

bts_ucu Report

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earringnut
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this one makes me want to cry. if art isn't rewarded no one will go through the trouble of being an artist. i fear for a world without art.

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#52

The Original Of Polish Artist Adrian Knopik (Top) And Rashidi Barrett's Version (Bottom)

The Original Of Polish Artist Adrian Knopik (Top) And Rashidi Barrett's Version (Bottom)

hoaxes.org Report

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Master Markus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know if it's supposed to be erotic, but they, especially the third one kind of gross me out.

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#53

Company Copying Artist's Design

Company Copying Artist's Design

BHCreatives Report

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Gwyndall
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not just stealing artwork, but directly competing with the same product, a la Zara.

#55

Indie Devs Claim Early Drawings From RWBY To Be Concept Art For Their Game

Indie Devs Claim Early Drawings From RWBY To Be Concept Art For Their Game

XGX787 Report

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Wiktor Osłów
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7 years ago

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wow.. this drawing is bad. why you want to steal and put your name on poor "art" it's like 10 yr old kid drawing

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#56

Almost Copy-Paste

Almost Copy-Paste

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Tiia Lehtola
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

looks like some kid is just learning to draw and don't know better to link back or contact the original artist.

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#57

Paintings Plagiarised By Wendy Marani (Right) As Painted By Nancy Farmer (Left)

Paintings Plagiarised By Wendy Marani (Right) As Painted By Nancy Farmer (Left)

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Caroline Huot
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't worry, the copies are atrocious!! Looks like they were done by an elementary school kid!

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#58

Selling Stolen Art

Selling Stolen Art

morph_for_life , kairuiz Report

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Sarah Hudock
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Go here to report copyright infringements on Facebook. They are pretty quick to take them down, I use it all the time for people stealing my artwork. https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/634636770043106?helpref=faq_content

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#59

When Flattery Becomes Forgery

When Flattery Becomes Forgery

dozegreen Report

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James Blair
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but copying without attribution to the original artist is insincere flatuence.

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#60

Stolen Design Copy

Stolen Design Copy

thebowerstudio Report

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Kami
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7 years ago

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For me, the "copy" is in some way better than the original, But it's my own thoughts…

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#61

Art Thief

Art Thief

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Jolo Atlantis
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7 years ago

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Three posts in a row I find posts with terrible Engrish grammar.

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#62

Claire's Ripped Off This Clare Louise Owen Design

Claire's Ripped Off This Clare Louise Owen Design

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#63

Artist Shepard Fairey Used A Picture Of B.Obama For His Poster Without A Permission Of Photographer Mannie Garcia Who Took The Picture

Artist Shepard Fairey Used A Picture Of B.Obama For His Poster Without A Permission Of Photographer Mannie Garcia Who Took The Picture

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Imma Letchofinish
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shepard's career highlights include taking a photo, add in photoshop filter and then make millions. Photographer sees nothing from it.

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#64

Stolen Art

Stolen Art

dexter_art Report

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Adriana E. Henricy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pissed, bc they are making money out of another persons design, redbubble is full of it

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#65

Internet Shop Using Artist's Fanart To Make Keychains

Internet Shop Using Artist's Fanart To Make Keychains

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#66

Stolen Artwork

Stolen Artwork

gerrenp Report

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Tiffany Zhu
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

dang good think I got here before the Jolo Atlantis guy could criticize the grammar again. Yeesh. Btw that bear mask looks so cool. :D

#68

Jakarta’s Jazz Festival Advertising Materials Look Extremely Similar To Ian Austin’s Original Artwork

Jakarta’s Jazz Festival Advertising Materials Look Extremely Similar To Ian Austin’s Original Artwork

Ian Austin , youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

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beanarts
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The faces are a copy, but I'm sure I've seen that face before, and not in either of these designs.

#69

Stolen Artwork

Stolen Artwork

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#71

Stolen Art

Stolen Art

sicarpenterart Report

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Sarah Hudock
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Teechip is hosted by Amazon Web Services. Send a DMCA letter to copyright@amazon.com - they take For.Ev.Er to respond, but they eventually take it down. The more people serve letters against Teechip, the better. I've filed many now myself.

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#72

Chas Truslow "Killa Bart" Art On Ruvilla T-Shirts That It Marketed And Sold To Its Customers

Chas Truslow "Killa Bart" Art On Ruvilla T-Shirts That It Marketed And Sold To Its Customers

thecatfishchronicles , youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com Report

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#75

This Guy Totally Ripped Off My Favorite Artist Kshocs. Even The Coloring Is The Same

This Guy Totally Ripped Off My Favorite Artist Kshocs. Even The Coloring Is The Same

urlildaydream Report

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Agathe May
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, it s complicated for tatoo. of course the Kshocks s one is gorgeous. But i can imagine that someone can t travel to get this tatoo and ask an other tatoo artist to make it... very common actually. A lot of tatoos are just copy of some design because the customers want it. What we need is a good tatoo artist who can do everything we ask. but asking them to copy some work can just have a very bas result on you at the end, it s a risk sinc everybody as skills in some styles or not... but i dont see the problem. If my tatoo artist dont see any problem to do a copyright caracter or drawing if i ask it... why should we be upset for that one. Should we jail all the tatoo artist who did a mickey on their customers. Wake up people. The customers ask and you just fulfill his wish. It would be some art work from internet, nobody would have say s**t.

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#76

Art Thief Seeking Attention

Art Thief Seeking Attention

nasatommo Report

#77

Stolen Art

Stolen Art

twopoppies_art Report

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#78

Stolen Design

Stolen Design

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Kaleigh Bryant
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So you're mad that someone liked your artwork so much they got it tattooed? I guess nobody can get any tattoos unless they draw it completely themselves,right?

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#79

Apparently My Artwork Is Being Stolen

Apparently My Artwork Is Being Stolen

renatepostma_art Report

#80

Troll Thieves

Troll Thieves

shoparttheft Report

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Aahzmandus Pervect
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And you know for a fact that Boylands isn't getting any restitution from Primark?

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