:/ at how the art theft was handled ...

[silverharmony]

Two entries in two days! I'm on a roll lol. The week before our PoT shoot, I did a very quick shoot with the lovely breathless_ness for Vocaloid, siGrE version. It's one of my personal favorite Vocaloid songs & Jill was very handsome so it was great to shoot this with her ^^

Comments

[sinnatious]

Oh wow, someone actually DID that? That's so lame and messed up. It's halfway between plagiarism and identity theft. I can't believe DeviantArt didn't simply delete the images and ban the account outright. Hopefully they'll sort that out soon.

Big compliment to you, I suppose, but it's hard to feel flattered when it's a lot more like feeling robbed. All those great cosplays and costumes and all that work, and then someone goes and claims it's theirs? I hope they learn a big lesson from this. Did they seriously think they'd never get found out? *mind is boggled*

[silverharmony]

She might actually have gotten away with it if I hadn't come across it by chance - I was very lucky. The founder of the Vocaloid!Meiko group (where I'm a mod who accepts people's art submissions for the group) tried to submit that person's photo of me into the group without recognizing it as me 'coz it was an old photo, so I saw it in my dA inbox straight away.

I'm not sure if they learned any lesson yet from this - I've yet to see any response from them. And yeah, I agree that it's completely messed up and mental. I saw comments where people praised her for the photos she stole from me and she was totally like, "thanks! :D <3". What's the satisfaction you get from doing that? Argh. Art theft in general makes me so angry.

[eightroses]

TAT So they're not deleted yet? Gahhhh I hope they will soon.

[silverharmony]

Yeah they're not deleted yet. I feel really unsettled about the fact they're still there ;^;

Thanks hun, I have my fingers crossed too. T__T

[ravient]

oh... i didn't know this song... will listen to it later~~

Josh as Len <- ppfffttt!!! it's really a GREAT joke! LOLOL!!!

yeah.. I know what u feel.. i hope she deleted everything asap.. >_>;;

[silverharmony]

I'm sorry, but that Josh thing is still funny XDDD hi Josh lol

Yeah I hope so too >< thanks Ravi! Sorry that you became involved in this mess.

And yeah siGrE is such a pretty song ^^ it has a Middle-Eastern feel to it that I love <3

[ravient]

yeah.. i found that funny too actually.. LOL I lol-ed in RL when I read my name became JOSH! wwwwww

nah dw bout it~ it's not ur fault, hun~ ^ 3^

[sansele]

*HUGS*

You're very talented. Some people are just stupid. I hope dA will take down the pics once and for all!

[silverharmony]

*Hugs back* Aww you're too kind to me hun! But yeah I agree that some people out there are totally crazy. Still can't believe they could do something like this.

Ahh I hope so too. dA took the wrong action this time 'round, I believe, and I'm really hoping they'll do the right thing this time.

[silverharmony]

One of the photos got a comment that was something like, "wow beautiful work!". And the person who uploaded it was like, "Thanks!! ^_^ ♥".

The moment I read that, something inside me pretty much snapped. What is the satisfaction in getting praise from other people for something that she didn't do? The person in the photos isn't even her. Part of me thinks she might be a troll because technically, what kind of mental person does that, trying to get favs and compliments from someone else's stuff?

I agree that this person specifically should have their account deleted as there's nothing in there that's her own work. I just don't understand why dA didn't take the right action and instead took the back alley route.

[silverharmony]

I think they might've had a lot of reports from all over the site to sift through (and so many people helped me send one in lol =P) so maybe they were just like, yeah whatever, let's just do this. And they didn't realize that it wasn't a simple permission issue, it was a complete theft issue, down to identity theft. That's why they set it to the model release form thing, 'coz they thought the thief simply didn't get permission from me to post up the photos, when the actual case was that I wanted the photos taken down completely.

And yeah, I'm really hoping so. The date stamp on my deviations and her stolen photos do tell the story. I'm also VERY lucky that Ray actually watermarked one of the photos I uploaded (he took the photo) with not only his name, but the date as well. I'm hoping beyond hope that dA notices that mine was uploaded at a time corresponding to the date on the watermark, whereas hers was uploaded 1-2 years later. >_>;;