A Website That Steals Art?

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It's been a while since I've written a journal, and it saddens me that I have to write one about art thievery after so long.

There's this website and from what I can tell, it steals art for them to sell for profit. Seeing as most (if not, a fair amount of) artists here on dA post art for free, I will not stand for this. Now, I know this isn't something new. This kind of bullshit has happened before, but that doesn't excuse anything.

I guess it was about time they stole my art: payposter.com/search?key=ciphe…

You think they'd have decent enough taste to steal my newer ones, but nope, I guess whoever/whatever runs the site (even if it's just an automated program) is pretty stupid at best. Hell, they even stole one of my drawings, crappy camera quality and all.

Now, I have no idea whether this site has been around for long, or if it only just popped up recently. I don't know about the amount of traffic this website gets, and some of you might see it as a harmless threat that won't get any traction. But regardless of anything I just said, art thievery is still not a right thing to do, and artists should not stand for it, especially if the thieves try to sell the stolen art for money.

I'm fairly certain no one is going to buy anything from that website, but the idea of them actually trying to profit from something most people do for free kind of makes me lose more of my already dwindling faith in Humanity.

It's even happened to some of my friends, and I'm pretty sure it has happened to others as well.

That's all I have to say, really. I'm not gonna waste any more time. May the winds of time carry you for eternity. Caelum desuper, et tenebris infra.
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MC-Gemstone's avatar
aw man that sucks :/