SKFFA Update and the Ebay Issue

[kristensk]

Website Updates: The SWAT Kats Fan Fiction Archive is updated! 5 new fanfics and 1 new author this time out.

Project Updates: Finally have ideas for my last two short challenge fics, so I'll try and get them written today. And, I'm hoping all this fic-writing has managed to kickstart my writing juices as regards "Miscomm". It needs it. At my current rate, it'll be done in ten years since I keep putting out something like a chapter a year.

And, Stuff:

Here
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Here

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Is it worth reporting? What's involved in that? Do you have to prove the art is yours and, if so, how?

And, for the record, I'm not frothing at the mouth over it or anything. It's annoying, but I know anything I post to the internet risks being "borrowed". (Though it did tempt me to use my "No more Mr. Nice Hanyou" icon just because.)

Comments

[jessiesk.livejournal.com]

O-kay... do you still have the original pics with your name on 'em? I know you put TA at the bottom and the date. That appears to have been removed from the ones on eBay. If you report this guy to eBay you can show them your original pics. He didn't even give credit to your work, which he really should... :/

[kristensk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I still have the originals. And, in the case of about three of them, I have unflattened copies. Ie: I have my working files from Photoshop and/or Painter with the images broken into three or more layers, while this person only has whatever jpg copies they downloaded. If that's any help with this sort of thing.

[jessiesk.livejournal.com]

Contact eBay, tell them you're the artist of the images. You still have some of them on FyreSight I believe. Point eBay to those. And the layered images would help proove you're the original artist. It's your art, they shouldn't be making money out of it, I'm sure that breaks a law or two on its own.

[countrykat.livejournal.com]

You can definitly report these to the people at EBay and they will remove them and I forget what their policy to the seller is. I think they ban them or something. You seriously need to do something though as they are making money off your artwork. I would email them promptly and provide proof you are the original artist (Heck I'll even back you up if you want me to and I'm sure others would as well), and they are usually really good about doing something about stuff like this.

[kristensk.livejournal.com]

I want to report it, but I'm trying to figure out what you do when it's fanart. Ie: I'm not exactly the copyright holder. Granted, that's why *I* don't sell my fanart and never intended for it to be sold.

[kazari21.livejournal.com]

Ooh nice pics!!! *goes to see the new Fan Fic*

[ex-felonykat242.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I wonder if this person has a DA account too. :P ::hugs:: I'd report it definately, like CK said I think there's reason to and a place to as well. You can proove they're yours originally by the dates of uploading on sites like side7 and your own. In fact, maybe talk to the side7 admins, or go to that link they have for copyright infringement for more info on this sorta thing.

[ash-the-woof.livejournal.com]

As much as I'd LOVE to flame the idiot who did this to you, I think I'll just settle on reporting him/her. I don't know what else to add since the others before me have said pretty much everything. I just hope whoever did this gets banned. *hugs*

[kitsunelady.livejournal.com]

I think you should sic Jess on them...

*sits back and eats popcorn while things explode*