tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post498973226419906797..comments2023-12-18T06:30:15.682-05:00Comments on No Naked Walls: Susannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18127810095193584227noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-15187858570891121132010-05-05T22:57:30.571-04:002010-05-05T22:57:30.571-04:00Great discussion. I've never checked to see if...Great discussion. I've never checked to see if any of my iomages have been downloaded or if they are on some unauthorized website. There's so much else to do, I've decided this is one battle not worth fighting since it doesn't seem winnable anyway without a lot of effort. If someone wants to steal my images, God bless 'em... they'll eventually get theirs.Deborah Younglao, Silk Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061468237401282943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-43241854516994914752010-04-30T09:51:48.913-04:002010-04-30T09:51:48.913-04:00Hi Susanne,
I have had a number of my pieces downl...Hi Susanne,<br />I have had a number of my pieces downloaded to an address in China and one of my pieces has been downloaded many, many times to various sites. I decided that for me, it is best to take it as a compliment and be thankful that my work is getting out into the world as I hoped it would. Kathleen's comment about others "lacking the creative ability to generate new and innovative works" basically sums up my feelings. If my work can inspire someone as others inspired me, in the past, to find their voice then I am honored.....not making a living easily, because of pirating, but honored none the less.I hold the hope that those who are able will choose to be honorable and purchase my work.Gail Allen Fine Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05252075439485842083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-30004577044147534652010-04-21T08:16:57.301-04:002010-04-21T08:16:57.301-04:00Interesting comments everyone. Thank you. A coup...Interesting comments everyone. Thank you. A couple of other things came to mind. I have had quite a few students doing art projects at school contact me. They have to chose an artist whose work they like and then write and do some artwork in a similar style. One girl in the UK even sent me a photograph of a portion of my Jazzy Cello painting that she had done in watercolour. So it could be that this is the reason for some of the downloads. I noticed that another series of images had been downloaded in the UK yesterday. A while back I had one person from Italy who spent lots of time looking at my musical paintings everyday for about a month or more and I felt quite dissapointed when they stopped. Anyway there is nothing we can do about it if we want a web presence.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127810095193584227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-22376951305502903612010-04-19T21:43:38.889-04:002010-04-19T21:43:38.889-04:00Hi Sue,
This is a tough topic and try as we do, i...Hi Sue,<br /><br />This is a tough topic and try as we do, it is really difficult to protect our work from copying. The only comfort I can find comes from the words of my friend and mentor Lexi....they can copy our work but they lack the creative ability to generate new and innovative works. <br /><br />Last week another blog started a similar discussion which I found informative and thought I would share...it relates to jewelry: http://andescruz.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/april-talk-about-blog-snow-leopard-network/ The basic underlying principles are the same.<br /><br />I have heard of https://myows.com that Eva mentioned. I believe it came about as a result of an artist being sued by someone who copied his fire stand sculptures. The copy cat was suing the original artist challenging his right to copyright his own work!!! How is that for outrageous?<br /><br />You are one of those artists that is innovative and develops new work all the time. I hope no one is copying you but if they are they are limited by what they copy.<br /><br />Thanks for the info on Art Fair Insiders too! I appreciate it.Kathleen Krucoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660304273988326222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-65480541164324653992010-04-19T21:14:52.156-04:002010-04-19T21:14:52.156-04:00Great post Susanne. I've heard of artists all ...Great post Susanne. I've heard of artists all over having problems with this. I use statcounter too but I don't really look at it closely enough to see if any images are being down loaded. Perhaps I should. I've also been thinking of using a watermark but I hate the look of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11758526025749551046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-52212015554248890822010-04-19T19:36:40.422-04:002010-04-19T19:36:40.422-04:00This always concerns me when I put images on the w...This always concerns me when I put images on the web, but I am like you, I really don't know what to do about it and I don't make my images smaller, so I guess that is just the price we pay for posting our images for others to see and enjoy.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035457399883116952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-29370870909168196952010-04-19T12:50:25.836-04:002010-04-19T12:50:25.836-04:00I've dealt with rip off artists every since I...I've dealt with rip off artists every since I've been a professional artist One time I Googled my name and found a site with artists that used my abstract prints, enhanced them with other elements, like birds and trees and then used my name to sell them!!!<br />I'm working on my new web site and someone told about this company, https://myows.com/ that is suppose to register your work to help in case you want to sue. However, I don't know any thing about it. Have you heard of it? <br />The bottom line is, it's the price of doing business with images the public likes. My website is important. I just sold a very large painting because of it.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566258201228886795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-41968936355580005492010-04-19T10:35:12.121-04:002010-04-19T10:35:12.121-04:00I think it's better not to know but then I am ...I think it's better not to know but then I am one of those people who tend toward the 'head in the sand' way of dealing with problems. I hate to think of people stealing an artist's images and selling them but by the same token, I'm not sure that anything can be done about it. I guess we just have to be flattered that someone liked our work enough to steal it until there is a solution to the problem.Nancy Goldmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08957674798737272474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25881205.post-5137346748733252192010-04-18T13:35:45.259-04:002010-04-18T13:35:45.259-04:00I hope they just wanted to have your beautiful wor...I hope they just wanted to have your beautiful works to look at and enjoy or as reference. Thanks for this insightful post. You're right, its hard for artists in any genre to totally protect themselves with all the technology at thieves disposal.<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.com