SOMEONE STOLE MY ARTWORK!

[nanuk_dain]

Oh my gosh, I'm so fuming right now. I was just making use of the opportunity to have internet for an hour or two and checked the web for pictures of Rush from Stargate Universe, and guess what, one of those appearing on the google image search looked a lot like one of my manips, but altered. So I checked it out, and guess what, I found THREE of my manips on that person's page, all altered and my signature taken out! Oh, I've not had that in my entire time in fandom, but man, I'm ready to kill her.

But no, I'm a reasonable person, so I actually registered at that site, wrote a polite but very very clear message and asked her to take down my manips. Now I'll give her a few days to comply, and then I'll report her to the site AND I will make sure that all my fandoms, not only Stargate Universe, get warned about her. I'm reasonably sure that I'm not the only framed artist here. And since she provided her twitter, tumblr and facebook, I'm pretty sure I can raise hell if she doesn't take down my stolen and altered artwork.

Tell me, friends, am I overreacting here? I've been in the fandom world for over a decade and I never had that happen to me, but I'm so pissed right now... Please let me know if you think I'm overdoing it. I might not have a clear mind about this right now... I dare say I'm usually a nice person, but right now I feel very malicious...

Yours,

a very very angry Nanuk



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Comments

[wolfspirit07.livejournal.com]

Not at all! No one should steal art of any kind and they shouldn't be allowed to get away with it!

[tarlanx]

You have a right to be angry! Theft is theft. This person is no better than any other plagiarist.

[tinnean.livejournal.com]

Definitely not overreacting. However, if she does respond, I wouldn't be surprised if she claims it's a huge misunderstanding and that it's really her work. Or else she'll tell you it's a compliment and you should be gratified she liked your work enough to snag it.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. Please keep us posted as to what happens. *hugs*

[scorpia-strikes.livejournal.com]

Oh lord, some people........

No, you are NOT overreacting and you have every right to be upset and angry. I can't even begin to imagine how hard you work on these manips and how much time you put into it, and it's definitely not okay when someone just steals that without a second thought. I hope she realises immediately that what she's done is wrong and takes down everything, so that you won't have much trouble fixing this. Can't say I would be surprised if she made a fuss, however... Keeping my fingers crossed for you, my dear!

*hugses and melkesjokolade from Scorpia*