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NEW LIST OF ART THIEVES. And MOAR!

Fri Jul 31, 2009, 2:04 PM
LAST UPDATE 07/31/09

Welcome to all the new members! Thank you for joining the good fight against those who would dare steal and try to benefit off the hard work of others!

UPDATE: As of now members will be shown as watchers of this club. Much easier to handle the influx of people joining. Thanks for joining people and remember you too can help take down art thieves. Spread the word!

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Here's the list of the current offenders. Please note us if one of these individuals has been taken care of and we will update immediately. Thanks!

Active Thieves
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~inuyasharules71 just joined the club a few days ago but yet has a gallery full of colored over screen shots. when sent a note by the club the answer was simply "whatever"

~AndreaAras26 large gallery of copyrighted images

~kilaa0007 severe photobucket syndrome

~shadowluminata alot of motivational posters with copyrighted images

~boby50 random images found on google placed into yugio cards

~LiVyLoU22 many images have been removed but uploaded new stolen work, is very agressive towards anyone that doesn't coo at her work.

~rantl copyrighted doctor who work

~Nalarion more motovational posters with copyrighted images

~MarinaStar14 copyrighted screenshots fill most of their gallery

~porquenomedas naruto fanart that comes back with many tineye hits

~PieTheCrabMaster recolors of pokemon

~Megadragon01 FMA recolors

*frostypenguin14 manga recolor, screenshot and official art

~TamakiCat edited copyrighted images

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~akatsuki-kage has copyrighted works floating around. Edit: screen shots have been removed but keep a watch on

~coolkittens08 is basically using artwork from here:[link] Please help us report.

~mizztee33 Is coloring over screenshots.

~Ulqui0rr4 has stolen Bleach fanworks from other deviants and has now added alot of Final Fantasy screen shots

~ApeEscapeSartke has stolen ape escape works

~snakeuser74 Has stolen works in the form of demotivational posters

~chaotrix has stolen works

~duewa has images in their gallery of copyrighted material

~sasukeninjaway has stolen works and colored over works. Lovely.

~nitapooh has stolen works by the artist Elias Chatzoudis. Claims because she bought it she can post it. Do not engage just report.

~SakuraNakajima has icons and the like made from copyrighted materials.

~kumi-chaan editing copyrighted work

~tabu123 has screenshots

~KekeTanazu stolen work in demotivational posters

~donkeyote90 posting stolen comics and pictures

~MigumiKimura editing Naruto works

~InvaderRueLovesZim has screenshots in her gallery

~Yuki-chan204 massive amounts of stolen work

~AquaFire55 Copyrighted work!

:devmrscullen4eve: has tons of copyrighted Twilight works in her gallery

~ItaXdei4eva screenshots

~mollys-golden-eyes smudging copyrighted images and has a stolen ID (real artists signature still on it.)

~minotopo2000 stolen works

~MJR121719 stolen works

~9Shi copyrighted images with filters applied

~Itachi91Uchiha manga uploads

~VLAD157 thinks manga are coloring books

~TsukikoDaichi copyrighted images!

Thanks for all the hard work!

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Tips on tracking down originals

Tineye is a new program that searches the internet for images, rather than words. It has become an invaluable system in helping track down the originals. It does require you to sign up but it is absolutely worth it.

Another tip on locating originals can be found on Photobucket. Should you find a copy of a stolen picture on that site, you can check the image information which provides the file name. Often times, the original name has not been changed and it will still contain the name of the artist.

Example :pointr: [link]

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:iconhuakaou:
[link] was banned, but ~0000000bacskay is now doing the same thing he was.
Other deviants have already reported him, but apparently at least one report has been deemed invalid by DA staff because it came from a third party and not the artist herself.
Here's what the artist had to say about the previous thief: [link]
I don't know if a link to it was provided in the report that was deemed invalid, but it might be a good idea (but not guarantee of success, as it wasn't in the previous case) to do so.
:iconroninfox:
Ai-yaaaaaa........ *tears at hair in frustration* This person was busted with literally hundreds of images ripped from other people's galleries. Now she's taken to coloring manga scans: ~Genicide-sk8r

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconroninfox:
And now for a bit of lulz:

[link] To make a long story short, ~HawkfrostsAvenger suggested that dA should have a proper category (other than Scraps) for video game screenshots. The suggestion was promptly shot down, resulting in Epic Pwnage. Now all we need to make it perfect is to report ~HawkfrostsAvenger's screenshots.

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconkuroku2:
:iconmidzu-sama: edits over screen shots. You can tell by the facial lines. She even admits to this in some deviations.

And some "manga" pages too. But that's probably stolen as well.

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HAI! MAJIDE!!!!
:iconryuu-ima:
:iconzetsuthecannibal: Uploading Soul Eater manga and screen shots.

Ch.1 Cover- [link] Also on this one, I think where he got it from; that person also stole it. I have the manga from the store and where it says "presented by manga-rain" isn't in it; probably a manga stealing person or company or whatever >:\
Ch.1 Pg.1- [link]

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Like art? So do I! Now doing requests~
:iconroninfox:
Hey, guys. I'm posting a list of art theft cases that need a hand in reporting. Links to originals are available from each thief-hunter who's handling the case.

[link] Theft of anime art from dA artists

[link] Naruto screenshot paintovers

[link] and [link] More Naruto screenshot paintovers

[link] Vocaloid and miscellaneous anime art from around the internet

[link] Suspected thief-- evidence needed

[link] Ripping art from a Japanese artist outside dA. Reports have come back as "Invalid-- we would prefer to hear from the owner of the work."

[link] Tracing Code Geass fanart

[link] Has had art removed by the admins before, because it was found to be from a Japanese artist's portfolio. The thief-hunter suspects that that this thief's many other images are also stolen.

[link] Screenshot edits and video game official art

[link] Ripped from a Japanese artist on pixiv.com: [link]

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconlupinluva:
[link] It's someone whose new to dA, so don't go too hard on them.
They were able to get stolen stuff on the "popular in 8 hours" section though.
Most of their gallery has been reported and removed, but we just need some help getting rid of the last few.

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Butterflies.
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:iconladyvenommyo:
[link] Just this picture needs to be removed. D: It's a rip-off of =Crimson-Hellbender's character and hasnt been dealt with yet.

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:iconchinanir654:
~salamanderkaze has traces and (so far) one screenshot uploaded to this site.

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"Tennessee's state bird is the Mockingbird. Some people think it's the middle finger, but it's not." - Mr. Murray, 3rd period
:iconchinanir654:
[link] Two traces so far, but they'll definately post more if we don't stop 'em.

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"Tennessee's state bird is the Mockingbird. Some people think it's the middle finger, but it's not." - Mr. Murray, 3rd period
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~sinister24 claims the pieces in his gallery are by his cousin who is too lazy to upload them himself...
Already reported these:
stolen:[link]
original: [link] Copyright2005-2009.
and [link] which was also up by 4 other deviants.
There are two other pieces though I couldn't find the original to yet.

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
~ Vince Lombardi
:iconhuakaou:
:icon10rankai: is pretending to be the artist of this site, who is one of the most famous Naruto doujin artists (at least in the NaruSasu fandom), and uploading her work.

Just looking at the "Male/Côte d'Ivoire" in his profile is enough to know he is not the female, japanese artist who doesn't even call herself "10Rankai"; "10-RANKAI" is the name of her site (the artist's name is "emi").
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~CasTR Caught red-handed with works from another dA artist-- they've been removed, but the rest of his gallery still looks highly suspicious (except for the fire pictures, which are actual stock images).

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
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~Twilightwolf4 Had his chance to listen to reason, and didn't take it (and blocked those of us who tried to explain the rules). He's got official Nintendo art and a few movie/TV screenshot edits. Don't report the edits of dA members' works, though-- they're approved by the artists.

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconroninfox:
~Genicide-sk8r [link] - LOTS of HELP needed here! This person has literally HUNDREDS of stolen images. Fortunately, almost all of them come from the same place: Twitpaint.com. [link] (if you don't see the artworks, go to "Asian Language", and click "Most Discussed") When you go to that link, you'll find the individual artists' names and Twitter profiles under each artwork. The artist's names, their Twitter profiles, and the date that they posted the art, need to go into every report. It should also be pointed out that the artists don't have dA accounts, they don't speak English (in contrast to the thief, who speaks fluent English), and they've given no permission for their art to be posted outside their Twitpaint galleries. All these things have to be included in the reports, otherwise they'll be marked "Invalid" due to "not enough information".

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconsamiraku:
Please help. I've trouble with Tineye and slow net connection today, so could someone please check this suspicious deviant [link] who's uploaded the following with different styles and sometimes signatures:

[link] (for sale as print)
[link] (as print too)
[link] (signature not matching)
[link]
[link] another different sig and style and as print)
[link]

There may be more than the ones listed.

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
~ Vince Lombardi
:iconroninfox:
Ahhhh, someone obviously hasn't learned their lesson after being suspended! *ConceptJunkie124 Star Trek screenshot edits all over the place-- they were removed by the admins a few weeks ago, and now she's uploaded a fresh batch. She's practically BEGGING for the banhammer.

Also, here's some RANDOM ANIMU PHAIL: ~LunaKojima

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconroninfox:
Confirmed two photos from ~NyaCherry's gallery as being stolen, and tracked down their sources. I reported them, and one has been taken down; the other is still up:

Stolen: [link]
Original: [link]

The rest of the gallery is very likely stolen as well-- I just haven't been able to track the originals. Help is needed.

Also, we have yet another person who's confused dA with Photobucket:

~rendra86

He's been told multiple times that dA is only for his own work, but apparently he can't be bothered listening. Help is needed tracking originals here too.

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconchinanir654:
[link] Tracing.
[link] Tracing.
[link] Tracing.
[link] Recoloring.
[link] Hasn’t she already been mentioned here, or was that another club? Anyway, she’s pretty popular, and I’m sure a couple people here already heard of her.
[link] Traces and the like.

It's amazing what you can find when you click "fan art" and search "RPC", isn't it?

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"Tennessee's state bird is the Mockingbird. Some people think it's the middle finger, but it's not." - Mr. Murray, 3rd period
:iconzaraun-shyntrak:
~DrEvilDell has several stolen photographs in her gallery.. you can tell because they all get alot of hits on tineye and very little description and the photos are all really small

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Zero tolerance with art thieves

check out my gallery [link]
:iconchinanir654:
[link] PSing screenshots and such to make characters look fat.

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"Tennessee's state bird is the Mockingbird. Some people think it's the middle finger, but it's not." - Mr. Murray, 3rd period
:iconsamiraku:
[link]
Not one piece her own, but seems more like a case of not knowing the rules. Gotta love her journal though that says 'should I draw, as I haven't before?' lol

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
~ Vince Lombardi
:iconroninfox:
~darkkitty101 doesn't quite grasp the concept of "If you didn't make it, don't post it". Attempts to explain the site polices to her (both privately and on her profile) have gone unheeded. She has a piece by *WildSpiritWolf, and the rest of her gallery looks highly suspicious as well. Help is needed in tracking down originals.

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
:iconroninfox:
Detective work needed here! The guys at ^devart need some extra hands.

~Dark-Sea - Some of the anime works are definitely made from edited screenshots, but I don't know where to find the sources. Tineye isn't giving me anything.

~macboy1 - Official wallpaper from Mac OS X, Windows, and other computer or software companies. Not hard to find originals-- it's just that there's a lot to report.

~KivaDeNeko - One of those "Putting text on someone else's artwork makes it mine" people. Will not listen to reason-- don't bother explaining the rules. She's also hidden her gallery, thinking that it'll throw us off. (just click "Browse" to see all the images) =JesIdres is currently on this case and may be able to help with tracking originals-- please check with her for details.

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I SUPPORT ART THIEVES, LOL! [link]

Art theft update: [link]

Giving away free candy!
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WARNING!
Do not click the link from the comment from !iamthesunshinekid. It contains malware and is dangerous! If you've clicked it already, and can't figure how to remove it, please note me!

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I'm Mirage Koas at ~StarOceanArt
I eat art thieves :3

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