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the ousting of a plagiarist

ekwynn
08/19/03 1:02 AM GMT
(I think this belongs here, not offtopic, as it concerns the whole idea of graphic art and intellectual property, like pictures. So I moved it.)

In case somebody missed it, a plagiarist was removed from this website. All thanks to CAEDES for keeping those who steal intellectual property from uploading these purloined images to this forum. It seemed to me, sad to say, that most people were either unaware or unconcerned about the pictures that were posted by one aeenana, but they were almost all ripped off from other sites or were crude postcard tweaks. Nothing was original. Yet never an attribution was given for anything. She accepted all the compliments as if she had earned them. A cursory glance at her uploads would have sufficed for anyone to pick up all the inconsistencies in her "artwork." It turns out that this person did indeed rip off other artists and removed their watermarks. This is illegal, folks. Be aware, the theft of intellectual property is an offense to the art community.

And it is not something we should take lightly. And if you see some of your work somewhere on another website, you will have a good idea of who is responsible. She will probably change her screen name, but if you do see anything like that don't just
let it slide. It's a bad deal for all of us.
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ekw

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