more stolen art works photocasket.com
kittyKat | 02/20/2007 @299 | edit post

ok this web site http://www.photocasket.com is LOADED with stolen art works... if you see your stuff or other artists stuff tell the artists good luck going through the site its loaded with ads but I have to tell you its ranked pretty much number one for images posted at myspace.. at the front of the page they have a link http://www.photocasket.com/copyright.html but screw that who wants to snail mail someone to get your art works off contact their HOSTING all info about the site can be found at http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp put in photocasket.com

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Halcyonic | 02/20/2007 @323 | edit post

Man theres heaps!. theres like too many artists to even put them all down here. That copyright notice is bull.

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kittyKat | 02/20/2007 @326 | edit post

I know... I started a list I said forget it there is just to many they are smart cookies saying snail me.. this way it will take for ever to take the art works off. I will post this one tho... whos art work is this one? http://www.photocasket.com/goth/Lord_of_Nightmares_by_Dianae.jpg screw it if you find one add it here maybe if we all work together we can work this out.....btw codehead my friend said there is no way to find out who these people really are they are hiding good and im sure for real good reason. [Message edited on 02/20 @337]

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Halcyonic | 02/20/2007 @540 | edit post

hmmm i cant seem to get the site going on my comp anymore, keeps coming up with "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" is it just me?, Or has it been brought down?? if it has, woo!

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Gianna23 | 02/20/2007 @625 | edit post

Nope its still up...

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kittyKat | 02/20/2007 @731 | edit post

MORE INFO ABOUT THIS SITE http://news.deviantart.com/article/24066/ StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90010 Country: US NetRange: 64.27.0.0 - 64.27.31.255 CIDR: 64.27.0.0/19 NetName: HOLLYWOOD-INTERACTIVE NetHandle: NET-64-27-0-0-1 Parent: NET-64-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: [link] NameServer: [link] Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2000-01-10 Updated: 2004-09-13 RNOCHandle: CNO4-ARIN RNOCName: CalPOP Network Operations RNOCPhone: +1-213-627-1937 RNOCEmail: noc@calpop.com RTechHandle: CNO4-ARIN RTechName: CalPOP Network Operations RTechPhone: +1-213-627-1937 RTechEmail: noc@calpop.com OrgTechHandle: CNO4-ARIN OrgTechName: CalPOP Network Operations OrgTechPhone: +1-213-627-1937 OrgTechEmail: noc@calpop.com The above information can be obtained by typing the following commands at a Unix terminal .. $ whois photocasket.com $ host photocasket.com $ whois 64.27.6.44 [Message edited on 02/20 @973]

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JordanRoots | 02/21/2007 @099 | edit post

That sucks! so many artwork on that site!! the thing that annoys me the most is what is written on the first page: Welcome to Photo Casket. Below are all of our categories. Click the link or the picture and search for what suits you best. This website was designed specifically so you can add images to your personal page or blog. Just choose your image, copy the code and you are ready to rock and roll. as if they did all the hard work, as if they owned the artworks! Absolutely stupid, those people don't respect artists. They even stole Diane?! should be put to jail [Message edited on 02/21 @100]

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Diane | 02/21/2007 @107 | edit post

Thanks for creating this thread! The fact that I have been stolen is not that important (if I were the only one I would have sent them a nasty e-mail telling them that they would have serious problems if they didn't take it off) but MANY artists have been ripped! ALL the pictures have been taken without any permissions and they are doing profit with these stolen artworks! My bro had also done the whois thing, I was about to post it here, but it has already been done so there's no need to post it twice I'm really upset to see so many works ripped, there is no respect at all for the artists.... I'm writing an e-mail to the admins of this sh**** website (I just hope that I can find their e-mail address) and I'll try to post the links to all the works I have recognised here if it can be useful.... If all the artists do the same it may work indeed. Too bad that art can't be shared without being stolen [Message edited on 02/21 @109]

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JordanRoots | 02/21/2007 @150 | edit post

quote:  Diane wrote on 02/21 @107 My bro had also done the whois thing, I was about to post it here, but it has already been done so there's no need to post it twice Hum, I don't understand that part... You bro did what? ARE TEHY ACTUALLY EARNING MONEY OUT OF IT??? of course, look at how it is filled with advertisement! At first, I just though; "they're just displaying art" but know that I know they are earning money with that site, I can't help but be very pissed off. This is literaly stealing! making money effortlessly. I read DA's thread and I see gfx is not the only victim. the bad thing about internet is that it's very hard to make laws apply, police has no power in those situations... [Message edited on 02/21 @151]

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kittyKat | 02/21/2007 @611 | edit post

good news people go here http://news.deviantart.com/article/24066/ read my comment or go here make a complaint http://calpop.com/contact.html I spoke to a man by the name of BEN told him how bad this is.. I hope he makes the right move and nukes them off their hosting!

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Diane | 02/21/2007 @637 | edit post

Jordan : the "whois thing" I was talking about can help somebody find the identity of the owner of the website. Since my brother is a geek (and a great one btw ) I had asked him to help us find their identity. I was about to post the result of his search here, but I've seen that someone had already done it. Abuse report sent!!!! Please can everybody do the same? The more we'll be to do so, the faster they'll take this sh*** down. I've seen Kalomus, NoahKh and many other artists' works, I'm doing a list then I'll send you an e-mail to inform them. Thanks again Pam!

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PrincessChex | 02/25/2007 @712 | edit post

Wow thats pretty horrible. Theres a ton of artworks there which I've seen on DA. =/ Hope something gets done about it.

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kittyKat | 02/25/2007 @734 | edit post

I really cant believe the site is still up! my goodness... they just dont care..

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Martin | 02/25/2007 @738 | edit post

I urge every artist to create a ticket per stolen artwork and to add a screenshot of that work at photocasket. You can find calpop's help system here: https://help.calpop.com/ For the record, I have also created a general ticket describing the current situation. Should I get any follow ups, I'll let you know.

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Darknekomata | 02/26/2007 @793 | edit post

eventually they might come up with a way to stop stuff like this from happening :/ just show no mercy whenever you see someone stealing artwork. If they say they got it from somewhere else then they should know that someone drew it in the first place, since art just doesn't draw itself. soon enough they will start to notice more and more people getting fined or shut down. maybe the authorities will make greater penalties for this, maybe common sense will keep them from doing this without the artist consent, or maybe they just wont care and keep doing it. people should know artists aren't just pushovers and are going to fight back if thework is stolen. this is only my opinion though, i dont know much else about this because noone would bother to steal my artwork. well good luck anyways on getting this problem settled. [Message edited on 02/26 @800]

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Martin | 02/27/2007 @419 | edit post

Calpop's rather silly reply to my ticket was: Sergey Network 02/26 19:13 - Have you contacted the website owner ? I think we can expect little from calpop unless each artist personally claims their work and accuses calpop of facilitation the distribution.

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kittyKat | 02/27/2007 @794 | edit post

Thank you Martin for taking the time to place in a complaint..

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ARTOONATOR | 02/27/2007 @910 | edit post

Let's rock&roll.....Nuke 'em. I urge every wizkid to bomb them to overload their system.

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kittyKat | 02/27/2007 @970 | edit post

ok well we have a new one this one isn't as bad as photocasket but it has art work on there that doesn't belong on there.. this dude has a myspace too if you wish to tell them off its posted on the web site his MS link and the email service@hostdrjack.com http://www.myspace.com/116596828 just a few.. http://hostdrjack.com/popup.php?id=2138&type=comment&page=4&cat=Art http://hostdrjack.com/popup.php?id=1799&type=comment&page=9&cat=Art http://hostdrjack.com/popup.php?id=1439&type=comment&page=12&cat=Art

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Amolas | 02/27/2007 @986 | edit post

Hi, i don`t know why you artists have problems with that stuff, they just use it for fun and don`t make money whit it. Don`t be so sensitive and see it as promotion. Nice greets.

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Martin | 02/28/2007 @009 | edit post

Amolas, it is a matter of respecting ones rights. Artists put time and effort in the works they create and as such own the rights to these works. For people to take them and do with them as they please is a violation of these rights. Promotion or not, it should be up to the artists to decide where they want their works to be displayed. In your way of thinking it would also be alright to distribute other peoples music, or movies or software. Fortunately the law says otherwise. Unless an artist offers you his work with the intentions to have it spread around the web, you have to respect his/her rights and ask for permission on a case-by-case basis.

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Amolas | 02/28/2007 @063 | edit post

For me it is not the same, because I´m an artist who is doing art in the free time and just for fun and not for money. Art is for me lifestyle - not profession. I wouldn`t have a problem if someone would use my art. So i can't understand the artists who are thinking in that way, sorry. I think that there is a different because if you buy art, you buy it in a combination with something (print out, booklet, magazin - whatever). And the resolution is also much higher, so it is for me OK. This images on the net are for me the same as you are watching MTV, there you can also hear musik, without paying for it. Or if you looking TV, you see also films without paying for it. So in that medias there are possiblities to consume art without paying for it In the matter of software you have the possiblity to use OSS and free Software or buying limited Editions. Why is there not a way to public digital art in a different way, so that everyone knows how he can use it? With or without limitations, that would be fine. So i would also accept, if someone says: "No, please don`t use this art in any kind!". But i think that a lot of people who are responsible for that sites didn`t know that they are not allowed to do this. So there is not the problem that they didn`t respect the artists, they don`t know that they are doing something against the law. If there exists anything about ArtLicense or something else, please let me know. [edit]: I hope you know what i mean, so i mean a standard system for that and not just the "All rights reserved to BLABLA". Forexample if you public something under a special License, so that it is not possible to link to that image or to click "save as" and stuff like that. Nice greets. [Message edited on 02/28 @072]

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Traff | 02/28/2007 @861 | edit post

Amolas... you can assign a 'Creative Commons' licence to your artwork. This allows you to specify that your artwork may be used 'with limitations'. You can find details here.... http://creativecommons.org/

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kittyKat | 02/28/2007 @958 | edit post

Amolas they are making money off of other peoples art works. 'google ads' thats photocasket site is number one for posting comments at myspace trust me ok?? they are making lots of money and they have no right using other peoples works to do so end of story you said: But i think that a lot of people who are responsible for that sites didn`t know that they are not allowed to do this. So there is not the problem that they didn`t respect the artists, they don`t know that they are doing something against the law. ------------ this is bull they KNOW this is why they have NO email on the site they took off all their contact off their domain name they are hiding and for good reason people from around the world are hounding them to stop they wont they don't care. the site asks you to snail mail them many people have and the art works are still there. photocasket is fully aware of what they are doing. [Message edited on 02/28 @960]

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Amolas | 03/02/2007 @037 | edit post

@Traff: thank you, sounds interesting ;-) @kittyKat: OK, if they make money with this pictures, then it is not ok, because the artists did the most work, and not they. Probably this is not the only site on the web. [Message edited on 03/02 @038]

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Wysiwyg | 03/02/2007 @077 | edit post

quote:  Amolas wrote on 03/02 @037 Probably this is not the only site on the web. There are thousands