330art
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Image Stolen , Please Be Aware

Hi All, 

I just came across another Etsy Shop based internationally today that is selling an exact copy of one of my original paintings as one of their own in several sizes made to order. I have contacted Etsy and I will continue to pursue this. I also contacted that store to delete the listing but not expecting much from them. I found it by accident while Google Image searching my paintings randomly. I do this once in a while to make sure I that am not inadvertently too similar to anyone else. I am just bringing this up to recommend to the original artists here to google search their images to see if anyone else is infringing on you. I have seen several other artist's whose work I admire copied by these mass resellers here and it's really disgusting.

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beverlyartist
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Re: Image Stolen , Please Be Aware

Thank you for posting this. I had been wondering how safe my work is for some time.

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Re: Image Stolen , Please Be Aware

Is there a good way to watermark your images and still have them sell?  I understand it takes away a little from the image but it might help fight it.

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330art
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Re: Image Stolen , Please Be Aware

Thank you for the suggestion, I may have to do that in the future, though these days it can probably easily be photoshopped out as well. 

 

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