Post #706836 by Tiki Shark Art on Wed, Feb 5, 2014 11:54 AM

TikiTacky - I am really sorry to have to say this to a member of the tiki tribe, but....WAKE UP! You are fooled by thieves.

You are falling right into the trap these sites are using. They require NO PROOF, (that's right I said NO PROOF!) when you up load an image for THEM TO SELL. They sell YOUR ART on items, and then give a royalty back to who ever up loaded them. So, who up loaded then? Funny how no one can ever quite seem to then find that person when someone finaly notices whats being sold is stolen art, and lawyers are dragged in at great expense.. They often disappear. Can't be found because they moved. Or are broke and have no money. I think they are a Cafe Press stooge often, getting their cut, while CafePress is reaping in the dough.

What happened to the copy right laws in America? They are being broken on the web every day.

Sorry to be so mad, but lets see how you'd feel after having your life's work stolen, and your only $250,00.000 sale taken away from you by crooks you had never even heard about.

Nobody seems to care. Most buy into this "third party crap". This is a smoke screen! The law is being twisted. The law is being broken. Artist's life work is being stolen.

Then someone like you comes along and sez "Oh...it's not the web site's fault." The web sites are making it easy for crooks to break copy right law.

The web site makes the product. Sells it for money, hands the crook a royalty fee. So, who's fault is that? An art thief would not have the chance to do this with out the web site making EASY for them.... no... it must be the web site... their business plan is one to rip off art, make money selling it, and get away with it as long as possible.

AND now they make millions, and hire the biggest law firms that can always out spend any single artist. We have no chance against this.

I urge you to educate yourself . Please, please PLEASE... Go to this "Artists Rights Blog" and read about how this is not only happening now, but is spreading.

Cafe Press ripped off me. Cafe Press Ripped off Crazy Al, and, right now, Cafe Press is ripping off Sam Gambinoi - and he even had his image registered with the copy right office, attained a lawyer, and still can not figure out how to stop Cafe Press from selling his art online on many many products.

Does this sound like a growing problem, or do you think am I just making this up?

PLEASE, check out this blog...

http://networkedblogs.com/Tvc3i

[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2014-02-05 12:09 ]