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ArtCopyrightDesignPlagiarism
April 15, 2016

Takedown advise

Takedown Process Advise If you follow my antics with copyright on social media, you know that I have done hundreds of takedowns from hundreds of sources. Whether that is professional sites or counterfeit agents working…
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ArtCopyrightPlagiarism
February 23, 2016

Morality Check

Let's face it, it's about capitalism. If you get a chance to earn a buck or two doing nothing then most folks would jump at the chance. What would sit on the minds of many…
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CopyrightGeneral
February 12, 2016

Simple as that!

According to James Beltz on his PhotoTips podcast some 3 years back, 90% of the websites in the world are hosted on servers located in either the USA or Europe. Now, how is that a help or…
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connections
CopyrightGeneralPlagiarism
February 11, 2016

Crazy Open Community policy

The internet serves as a digital tool. Since it's invention in the sixties under ARPAnet the values and usefulness if this tool have been unparalleled. It has opened the world to a new endeavours, information,…
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CopyrightGeneralPlagiarism
February 10, 2016

Mao Tse-Took My Art

China has a very long history, it also has a very big population, and of course it has Panda bears. Now, everyone would possibly have something to say about China, but in the creative field,…
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bliss
CopyrightGeneralPlagiarism
October 13, 2015

Ignorance shouldn’t be blissful!

It's a difficult career being a freelance artist, especially when the Internet is one of the more common tools to make that living. In todays age, it is getting more and more difficult to sell,…
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CopyrightGeneralProtection
April 3, 2015

DigiMarc

As my month work load seems to have to include some hours spent doing reverse image searching for counterfeiters, thieves and misuse of my artworks, I usually try to curb the flow of damaging misuse…
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Thieverism affair on artfire.com
ArtCopyrightIllustration
January 28, 2015

A Thievery affair on Artfire.com

    It is incredible that  Artfire.com allows this kind of things happen again. Months ago, Barruf, casually found a store on artfire.com selling illegally his pug design; He made a demand (DMCA) to artfire, and after long…
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CopyrightIllustrationPlagiarism
October 28, 2014

What is a reasonable use of art?

Had a really interesting debate on a Facebook group yesterday. It started with a plagiarism warning. It must be said, it's nice to start seeing artists begin to look after each others backs. In this…
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formulae
ArtCopyright
September 20, 2014

Alibaba and the one billion thieves!

It all started when I put pencil to paper. That was over 45 years ago. How is that connected to making waves with Alibaba? Well, that is the day I decided to make this incredible…
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