Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Art Theft!



I furnished this video, not because of the news of the signing of the pipeline, but to draw your attention to the gigantic graphic art design behind the signers. It is a stolen design from a fellow deviant artist, on the art website, http://www.deviantart.com/

You would not believe how much art is stolen off of the Internet. Many people do it out of ignorance. But for a multi- billion dollar corporation to do it is just incredible! The artist who's art was stolen, has retained a lawyer and will be going after them for copyright infringement. The Internet has been a blessing and a curse in many ways. Its no wonder as a musician and as an artist I can't make even a modest living. I am just asking that you please consider before you steal someones created works. Outside of a handful of us, hardly any of us are making a living. Part of the reason is no one thinks we are worth anything today, the other is the ease in which you can steal work. I know, there are much more important things to talk about, but it is pretty important to me. Thank you all.

2 comments:

  1. It's ironic that those who are quickest to steal an artist's work are the quickest to sue over "intellectual property"!
    The Corporate world is totally amoral


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  2. It is just as important as anything else!

    The fact that people have no morals, no sense of right and wrong, is what saddens me.

    I would think that someone could decide not to take something that is not theirs, whether or not it is copyrighted.

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