Post #710449 by Tiki Shark Art on Thu, Mar 6, 2014 11:58 PM

HULA! Awesome idea! I like it! Thanks!

Okay... sorry if everyone is tired of hearing about this, but it effects all artists, tiki or otherwise.
So more on the local West Hawaii Today Newspaper about the Cafe Press using and selling gift items with my painting "Forbidden Island" on them, without my knowledge or permission.

http://westhawaiitoday.com/community-bulletin/new-development-kona-artist-s-lawsuit-alleged-copyright-infringement?fb_action_ids=10202543142152532&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582

Tiki Tribe, what I don't understand, is the money they are spending on I.P. Lawyers (which cost like about 1000 an hour) from this really huge law firm in L.,A. , and then hiring another lawyer in Hawaii to fight me in this...It's costing them more to pay lawyers then to just said, "Oh, sorry Brad. That is your painting. Sorry we didn't check for any proper copy rights, here's some dough. We'll try to be more careful." Right? Be nice about making a mistake? Costing me a big sale. (well, a HUGE sale) But no, they come back with all this "your case has no merit." So, we had to go public. They just don't seem to care. Like they really are too big to care. I guess there are people out there that will happily step on the little guy, steal from small time artists right and left...makin' big bucks... very depressing and sad.