Thieves and Liars.

[Cloud23465]

I know it's probably not shocking to learn how low people are... but I found a new low today. Some Looser, theif and Liar stole art work from my dA page and claimed it as his own on youtube. I'm still not sure how I found it But, I'm glad i did... I filed a copyright claim with youtube and hope to get it at least removed. For me as an artist... for someone to steal a picture and claim it as there own is like a slap in the face.... but this looser took 5 of my piece that took me probably 20 hour or more from start to finish to draw... I put my heart into this work and it just scooped up and claimed... it really puts me in a funk.. I dont even wanna draw anymore cause of this.

[jeriddian]

Which art work did he steal, Cloud?

[Cloud23465]

Which art work did he steal, Cloud?

Some of my dragon ball z artwork.
here's the link to the video

Links to the pictures shown in the video on my dA page
They're in order as they appear on this theifs video.

SSJ 3 Goku 7
SSJ 3 Goku 6
SSJ 3 Goku 5
SSJ 3 Goku 1
SSJ 3 Goku 14

[recon228]

Man that sucks, bro...

I guess if there's anything positive that can be said about this, it's that your artwork was of a high enough quality that someone found the need to pass it off as his/her own to make their own non-existent talent look better.

[Cloud23465]

Man that sucks, bro...

I guess if there's anything positive that can be said about this, it's that your artwork was of a high enough quality that someone found the need to pass it off as his/her own to make their own non-existent talent look better.

I guess I could look at it that way... Now I wait for the Youtube people to take action to at least remove the video. I'm also giong through and watermarking and re-uploading the pictures so it will make the whole process easier when making a claim. Hopefully with the watermark... it will deture them from stealing them all together.

[TransWarpDrive]

Sorry to hear about the theft of your artwork, Cloud. Here's hoping the YouTube folks help you by removing that video. You're doing the right thing by watermarking your pictures from now on; as you said, that should discourage them from swiping your work.
Just don't let this bad experience make you quit drawing - you have talent, and I'd like to see you use that talent to its fullest in the future. I urge you to keep drawing; that's the only way you're going to improve and grow as an artist.
Good luck and keep us posted on what happens, OK?

[Cloud23465]

Sorry to hear about the theft of your artwork, Cloud. Here's hoping the YouTube folks help you by removing that video. You're doing the right thing by watermarking your pictures from now on; as you said, that should discourage them from swiping your work.
Just don't let this bad experience make you quit drawing - you have talent, and I'd like to see you use that talent to its fullest in the future. I urge you to keep drawing; that's the only way you're going to improve and grow as an artist.
Good luck and keep us posted on what happens, OK?

So far Youtube and there stuipidity pretty much run wild. here's the reply i got from these idiots.

Hi there,

Thank you for your notification. For YouTube to remove a video based on a
copyright complaint, you must specify the copyright and the work allegedly
infringed. Please respond by explicitly describing the copyrighted work
that you allege has been infringed. The description you have entered is
either inadequate, does not apply to the allegedly infringing content, or
is invalid for the copyright infringement complaint that you are
submitting.

Regards,


The YouTube Team


Original Message Follows:
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From: HrsaILA <Cloud23465@cox.net>
Subject: New YouTube Copyright Complaint Submission
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:59:55 -0700 (PDT)

Hi there, here is a new copyright complaint submission:

Copyright Owner Name (Company Name if applicable):
Joseph E smith


User Country:
US

Username:
HrsaILA

User Email Address:
Cloud23465@cox.net

User Fax:



Describe the work allegedly infringed:Use of my art work without
premission. The pictures uses are my orginial drawing.

URL of allegedly infringing video to be
removed:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axjmu...eature=related





I state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that:

I am the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
I have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law; and
This notification is accurate.
I understand that abuse of this tool will result in termination of my
YouTube account.

Authorized Signature:
Joseph Smith

Sincerely,

The YouTube Copyright Complaint Servlet

In reply I sent
Orginal artwork was stolen via a website and used in a video, the poster
claimed they had drawn these pictures when infact I am the orginal Artist of
the drawing.

[recon228]

Original Message Follows:
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From: HrsaILA <Cloud23465@cox.net>
Subject: New YouTube Copyright Complaint Submission
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:59:55 -0700 (PDT)

Hi there, here is a new copyright complaint submission:

Copyright Owner Name (Company Name if applicable):
Joseph E smith


User Country:
US

Username:
HrsaILA

User Email Address:
Cloud23465@cox.net

User Fax:



Describe the work allegedly infringed:Use of my art work without
premission. The pictures uses are my orginial drawing.

URL of allegedly infringing video to be
removed:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axjmu...eature=related





I state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that:

I am the owner, or an agent authorized to act on behalf of the owner of
an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
I have a good faith belief that the use of the material in the manner
complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the
law; and
This notification is accurate.
I understand that abuse of this tool will result in termination of my
YouTube account.

Authorized Signature:
Joseph Smith

Sincerely,

The YouTube Copyright Complaint Servlet

In reply I sent
Orginal artwork was stolen via a website and used in a video, the poster
claimed they had drawn these pictures when infact I am the orginal Artist of
the drawing.

Maybe give them a bit more concrete evidence... something they can actually use to link the images to you. Try sending them the links to the artwork on your deviantART profile. Playing devil's advocate here, whoever reviews this stuff on YouTube needs to make sure you're not just trying to have it removed out of spite. Give 'em the links to the original artwork... they'll see that the dA profile name matches the email you sent the petition from.

Maybe something like this...

Describe the work allegedly infringed: The video linked below, posted by user ssj3cody on May 29, 2008, features five original pieces of artwork stolen from my artist profile on deviantART.com. These pieces of artwork were drawn and posted in May of 2005, well before ssj3cody posted his video to YouTube, and you can verify original ownership of these pieces of artwork by checking the links provided below. YouTube user ssj3cody does not have my permission to use these five pieces of artwork in his video, and I request that you remove it.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

Joseph Smith

ssj3cody Video

Original Artwork by Joseph Smith 1
Original Artwork by Joseph Smith 2
Original Artwork by Joseph Smith 3
Original Artwork by Joseph Smith 4
Original Artwork by Joseph Smith 5

[Cloud23465]

I acutally put a link up as a video responce showing the actual pictures via my webcam... video responce

[Cloud23465]

Many thank to Recon228 for the information provided. I got results cause of it and the video was removed. Here's the info from youtube.

Hi there,

Thank you very much for your notification. The content has been removed.

Regards,


The YouTube Team


Original Message Follows:
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From: <Cloud23465@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [#423987041] New YouTube Copyright Complaint Submission
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:08:16 -0400

[QUOTE]Describe the work allegedly infringed: The video linked
below,
posted by user ssj3cody on May 29, 2008, features five original pieces of
artwork stolen from my artist profile on deviantART.com. These pieces of
artwork were drawn and posted in May of 2005, well before ssj3cody posted
his video to YouTube, and you can verify original ownership of these
pieces
of artwork by checking the links provided below. YouTube user ssj3cody
does
not have my permission to use these five pieces of artwork in his video,
and
I request that you remove it.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation,

Joseph Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axjmu...eature=related

Linked blow are the orginal piece used in the video that belong to me. The

submitted piece are stamped 2005 when they were drawn and posted.
http://cloud23465.deviantart.com/art...oku-7-18290581
http://cloud23465.deviantart.com/art...oku-6-18290557
http://cloud23465.deviantart.com/art...oku-5-18290525
http://cloud23465.deviantart.com/art...-Goku-16833010
http://cloud23465.deviantart.com/art...ku-14-50577558

Thanks again for the help. Justice was served!