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BIG FAT REMINDER:

Sun Feb 10, 2008, 9:07 PM
Hello.

Consider this a friendly reminder to all artists to keep your eyes on your shit and if you feel uneasy even at all, slap that giant ass-ugly copyright on your work. You know, that big super-tacky water-marked logo you have on file somewhere but rarely ever use because everyone bitches that they can't see your work through the giant thing.

I realize even that can't stop the most dedicated of art-thieves but hey, every little bit helps.

A fellow deviant-artist has been keeping tabs on a little gallery in Tasmania that happens to be selling a few of my pieces; each one framed and going for $129.

He recently snapped this photo of them for me (and depending on how long you've been following me on here, you may or may not recognize them):

picture gallery


Here are my original files; both are from a little series I did way back in '04 called "Fool's Paradise."

picture gallery-original files


I've emailed them and am waiting for a response.
So that's it for now...I feel like it can be so easy to forget these things. It's unfortunate these people never go away but I suppose for every person making an honest living there are 5 making a dishonest one.

Ciao for now,
b


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:iconsamael696:
wow. assholes.

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Alberto Orsini
Portfolio: www.AlbertoOrsini.com
Blog: www.SaMaeL696.com
:iconquintor-vol-1:
so the only answer must be.....let's stop posting online?
:iconbexe:
That's the ideal-makes-the-most-sense answer, isn't it?

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"Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est." -Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
:iconkonradjakubowski:
that sucks ass

were they available in da print?

I wonder how many of them they already sold

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I should play god and just shoot you myself.
:iconchamplin:
It's truly one of the biggest pitfalls of sharing your stuff with the world, isn't it?

It's a shame.
:iconbexe:
I think at one point in 2004 they probably were.

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"Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est." -Seneca, Letters to Lucilius
:iconkonradjakubowski:
well, anyway, its different when it's a little girl posting images on her blog site and it's a different story when someone makes $$$ from somebody elses work.

Go get them;]

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I should play god and just shoot you myself.
:iconblubox:
To avoid this, do as I do: Shits that no one wants ahah ^^

I hope your problem will be resolved

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Ne pique pas les yeux, évite l'haineux.
:iconjerryhazard:
Whoa.. I remember those totally, I think they are in my fav's.

I know the feeling of having my compositions copied, but damn, to have somebody actually selling your actual images, can't imagine the loathe and outrage you must be feeling. Do you know if you have any recourse?

Thanks for the wake-up call.. and good luck.

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Your life is defined by its opportunities... even the ones you miss.

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