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I really hate to have to write these journals concerning art thefts, but I think that it is important to record it somewhere and also to make other artists aware of the kind of image thefts that can happen....
Basically, someone has used my Debbie Harry of Blondie drawing as part of a DVD cover design without my knowledge or permission.
I have had quite a few problems with this particular drawing in the past, as there has been instances on ebay of someone trying to sell prints of the drawing, plus other usages such as the below example:
Here is the email takedown request that I just sent :
This refers an image of the singer Debbie Harry of the group Blondie which is a coloured pencil drawing made by the artist Philip Gray.
There has been no agreement of any kind (financial or otherwise) between rockcinema.eu and Philip Gray the artist for his copyrighted image to be used as a DVD cover design,
or indeed to be used in any other way on your website.
The image in question is on the following page on your website: www.rockcinema.eu/1217.html
(please also see below is a screenshot of the page).
You should be aware that it is not permissible to simply use an artists image in this way without any previous correspondence with the actual artist/owner of the copyrighted image.
If you would like any further clarification of the above from the artist - please reply to this message.
We respectfully request that you remove this image from your website immediately on receipt of this notice, if has not been removed within the space of 2 weeks I will have no alternative but to refer the matter for further action, as I cannot have my images being used without permission.
Basically, someone has used my Debbie Harry of Blondie drawing as part of a DVD cover design without my knowledge or permission.
I have had quite a few problems with this particular drawing in the past, as there has been instances on ebay of someone trying to sell prints of the drawing, plus other usages such as the below example:
Here is the email takedown request that I just sent :
Dear Webmaster for Rockcinema.eu.
Please be advised that an image by the artist Philip Gray is being used as a DVD cover design on your website without the artist's permission.This refers an image of the singer Debbie Harry of the group Blondie which is a coloured pencil drawing made by the artist Philip Gray.
There has been no agreement of any kind (financial or otherwise) between rockcinema.eu and Philip Gray the artist for his copyrighted image to be used as a DVD cover design,
or indeed to be used in any other way on your website.
(please also see below is a screenshot of the page).
You should be aware that it is not permissible to simply use an artists image in this way without any previous correspondence with the actual artist/owner of the copyrighted image.
If you would like any further clarification of the above from the artist - please reply to this message.
We respectfully request that you remove this image from your website immediately on receipt of this notice, if has not been removed within the space of 2 weeks I will have no alternative but to refer the matter for further action, as I cannot have my images being used without permission.
Yours Sincerely
Philip Gray
Taking your art seriously.......
I have for the last few years felt somewhat stifled by the fact that my art constantly gets stolen and put up elsewhere online either in one of those random "look at these great pencil drawings" type websites, or worse still there is an attempt being made to monetize my artwork in some way. Over the last few years, I have found someone trying to sell products with my Charlize drawing, trying to sell prints of my Debbie Harry/Bondie drawing, making photoshop brushes of some of my pinup artwork, re-appropriating my Cheree drawing into another artwork, another artist claiming that they have drawn my Charlize drawing, and on it goes.... all the above without my permission of course, most recently 4 of my drawings were put on OpenSea for sale as NFT's (thank you DA for alerting me to this). In most cases it becomes quite a time consuming act to get these removed (especially on the random websites). I have absolutely no issue with people downloading my art for the purposes of collecting it
DreamUp, and the Hegelian Dialectic
Deviantart recently rolled out it's new ai art feature named DreamUp. No sooner had it been released then a whole myriad of artists on the platform were up in arms regarding the new feature, due to the possibility/probability of the ai having been "trained" with all the existing artwork on the Deviantart platform. Not surprisingly upon hearing this news many users of the site have decided to leave the platform with this being the final straw in a steady decline in content and usability of the site over the last few years. Something that is really jarring to me is the huge amount of accounts being set up by non-artists who have seemingly been given a free platform by Deviantart to keep feeding their galleries with other artists or photographers copyrighted works without any checks by Deviantart themselves,. Ironically though, DA are willing to act as copyright police elsewhere on the web and will check whether your artwork is being used for example as an NFT on another site - just so
Someone is trying to sell my artwork as NFT's !!
Always check for other artists using your work....
I cannot even begin to explain how angry this kind of art theft makes me…... With this particular drawing, “Cheree” - I initially spent a lot of time sourcing the different references I wanted to use to create the drawing.
I then had to make them work as a new composition, ensuring that I also added my own style and drawing techniques, I also spent some time thinking up a suitable name for the character.
I then spent many hours actually drawing the picture, followed by many hours (over time) uploading it onto various websites and galleries, and thereafter answering any queries and comments.
With all the above considered, a certain person just came along and thought that he was entitled to just take my drawing/hard work and effort - and use it himself in his own piece - without even a thought about asking my permission to use my copyrighted artwork.
In addition they also had the hide to add their own signature at the bottom of their piece - giving the impression that he had made the
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christ man.. is there any chance you can contact admin support here on deviant art, if you do that, they will look into it, you'll get a reference number on your enquiry to keep and also to check on for the update. Just copy the link to the image of the deviant art user and the image too, and they will in the process investigate it for you. There are a lot of scum bag users here I've been hearing from other peoples journals, saying and sharing the same experience as you. Outside of the deviant art can be a pain in the butt and a stressful process to even try and get things sorted, but the post you put about the deviant user on the brush images of pinup girls, I am dead certain you can get deviant art admins to look into it.
I've been hearing a lot about Patreon too also, but I haven't yet signed up with them, I think I will sign up and then do some research on them and see what their platform is like.
It is so painful to read this stressful experiences of deviant users now.. there is no control on users, fake accounts.. deviant art admin needs to put them self in gear and start finding a way to tackle these issues.
Keep us posted on your update mate
best wishes and thoughts from North London.
I've been hearing a lot about Patreon too also, but I haven't yet signed up with them, I think I will sign up and then do some research on them and see what their platform is like.
It is so painful to read this stressful experiences of deviant users now.. there is no control on users, fake accounts.. deviant art admin needs to put them self in gear and start finding a way to tackle these issues.
Keep us posted on your update mate
best wishes and thoughts from North London.