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blueiskewl · 1 month
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Moscow Auction House Sells a $1 Million Painting Stolen from a Ukrainian Museum
In Russia, Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovsky’s painting “Moonlit Night” has been put up for auction, according to Ukraine’s former Deputy Attorney General and Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Gyunduz Mamedov, who has reported the auction plans.
Russia’s looting and destruction of Ukrainian museums and cultural heritage sites have resulted in significant losses, with nearly 40 museums plundered and almost 700 heritage sites damaged or destroyed since the invasion began in February 2022, causing cultural losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of euros.
The first report that “Moonlit Night” will be the main lot of the auction, which will take place at the Moscow Auction House on 18 February, appeared on the Telegram channel by Russia’s state-funded news agency RIA Novosti, noting that the painting was estimated at 100 million rubles (approximately $1.09 million) before the sale.
‘In 2017, [Interpol], at the request of [Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Crimea], put the paintings on the international wanted list. Thus, Russia openly disregards [international law], as according to the 1970 UNESCO Convention, the export of cultural properties and transfer of ownership is prohibited,” Mamedov emphasized on X.
In 2014, during the early stages of Russia’s occupation of Crimea, Aivazovsky’s painting “Moonlit Night” was illegally transferred to the Simferopol Art Museum, along with 52 other artworks.
In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some of his works were destroyed in an airstrike on the Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, and others were looted by Russian forces from Mariupol and Kherson museums, including “The Storm Subsides,” which was moved to the Central Taurida Museum in Simferopol, Crimea.
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i-ate-a-purse · 4 months
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Hi!!! Just dropping by to warn you guys not to buy this user’s adopts!!! (Please reblog so others can see!!)
I’ve been seeing them a lot in the cookierun tags. Their username is “milkycreampiggy” and it’s honestly really shitty what they’re doing
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They’ve been stealing other people’s ocs (original owner is “marshii_marshii” on Twitter)
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Stealing other people’s adopts (original owner is “didy414” on Instagram)
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They even sold an Ai generated cookie made BY SOMEONE ELSE?? (Not sure who made it but I literally found it in a Pinterest board with other ai cookies 😭)
In short, don’t buy any of the adopts made my “milkycreampiggy” on tumblr, because they are all stolen from other artists (which you should go support instead)
I heavily suggest blocking/reporting them!
*Update: Seems like they deleted all their cookierun posts, but the others are most likely stolen too. Please don’t harass them btw! Simply block/report and educate others on the matter so nobody else gets fooled*
**Second Update: @vnillatree posted more detailed links to every oc! Pls go take a look!
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fl0atingbubbles · 27 days
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Hey, I saw that a seller on Aliexpress is stealing your art. Aliexpress manufacturers are known for taking from Redbubble to sell in bulk packs of stickers.
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Not sure what you can do about it, but here's the link to the listing.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNxTGMK
urg really?? thx for letting me know, but please, anyone who is interested in my work, just buy it off my redbubble, the support means the world to me.
Btw most of the products on AliExpress are stolen or a scam, so just avoid the place no matter how inciting the prices are >:/
I am working on reporting them (the process is annoyingly and stupidly complicated), but in the mean time if anyone has readbubble alternatives that AliExpress doesn't steal from, I would love to here them (that is if they even exist :/)
Reblogs greatly apricated to try and keep people away from this godforsaken website
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moonjxsung · 2 months
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“Visions of You in Solitude” has been copied WORD FOR WORD on wattpad, with zero credit given to me and even copyrighted by the “translator”.
I am once again asking you to report my almost 30,000 word fic I put my entire soul into writing. I DO NOT ALLOW TRANSLATIONS ONTO OTHER PLATFORMS.
Report it here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/359669368-𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑦-𝐾𝑖𝑑𝑠-𝑆𝑚𝑢𝑡
And while you’re at it, please go spam the SHIT out of this person’s “conversations” board and call them out for stealing the work of several authors on here.
Thank you @straykeedz for bringing this to my attention.
SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW AUTHORS AND HELP US GET THIS TAKEN DOWN.
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shortcakelils · 13 days
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Hi um. This article uses your art seemingly without credit. https://igaming.org/casino/cuphead-casino-cups/ Sorry I don't mean to bother you I just wanted you aware.
AND without permission
BUT THEY USED MY ART IN AN ARTICLE?? 😭 holy crap guys I'm famous /j (the article is so bad don't even bother to read it it looks like it's written by AI)
they got away with it for 12 months hghtgrgrhg
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thank you for bringing this to my attention <33
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melonnabar · 9 months
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Me when I wake up after not being on tumblr for 2 days n all of this happens
I have never interacted w this person at all what is going on and why is he being so petty?? The guy is probably 12 considering the way he’s reacting to people yelling at him for not crediting the original artist but hey nothing like a good DMCA on his entire account could do tho rite
Anyways feel free to report the guy or heckle him into deleting the posts since he doesn’t rly seem keen on crediting reposted art
Here r the original links for all of the reposted artwork above!
And the links to the reposter for reports n stuff
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blatantescapism · 7 months
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Did you see the news about the artifacts stolen from the Stolen Artifacts Museum?
Someone working on the inside of the British Museum has been stealing artifacts from their vaults since at least 2016.
More than one expert recognized artifacts being sold on EBay and alerted the British Museum upper management, but they ignored and gaslit the whistleblowers- for two years.
The British Museum uses the excuse of “protecting” artifacts to justify its refusal to repatriate stolen treasures. The news has reinvigorated many campaigns for repatriation. Especially for the looted pieces of the Parthenon, aka the Elgin Marbles.
The main suspect, the guy who was recently fired, the guy whose name was on the EBay account fencing the artifacts,
was the acting keeper of the Elgin Marbles.
The museum officials and the BBC are giving slanted updates to try to make it seem less bad than it actually is, but it’s bad:
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hey! wanted to let u know that someone dubbed one of your across the spiderverse comics without creding u.
tumblr doesn't let me link videos or anything like that but you can easily search it on yt by writing "The Ultimate Miles Morales"
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Thanks for telling me! They’ve apparently “dubbed” (ai voices) a couple of my comics, which tbh I don’t really mind but do mind the no credit in the video or description or comments, I’m pretty low maintenance when it comes to reposting so pretty funny
I’ll see if I can do anything about it, I kinda doubt it seeing it seems like a whole account just dedicated to not crediting, but here’s my advice
- If you ever see my work (or any artist you know) reposted and not credited, just comment and credit me yourself! So at least people can still find the source someway ^^
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corffee · 1 month
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PSA: So apparently my art was recently stolen and recolored without my permission. This person clearly “finished” these wips that i made a while ago and I don’t allow anyone from using my art, especially like this. Please share this since one of the posts have 100+ notes. Thank you to the user who acknowledged me about this.
Edit: the blog seems to have been deleted
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daydreamerwonderkid · 2 months
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How lazy do you have to be to not only steal my art AGAIN but to repost it in terrible quality, a terrible color swap, and a shitty crop, too? XD
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WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MAKE HIM GRAPE FLAVORED?! XD
LMAO YOU EVEN CUT OFF THE BOTTOM HALF WITH ALL MY PALETTE BOXES
AND YOU STILL CAN'T BE ASSED TO REMOVE MY SIGNATURE???
The sheer LAZINESS OMFG asd;lfkja;ldgka
For those who aren't aware, this idiot stole my artwork 4 days ago and then came onto my original post and tried to claim the art belonged to them.
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When I called them out and then challenged them to prove it by showing the file and WIPs, they blocked and deleted my comments XD
Proof this is actually MY art btw
What a fucking loser
Mini update: I fucking can't XD
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"I been living like a criminal for so long. Now I'm just a criminal" adsl;fkjsa;ldkgj;akljg;lakjg;kajg;jka;lfgkja;jgfa
LMFAO Imagine being the kind of guy that genuinely equates being a criminal/being "bad ass" with lazy art theft AHAHAHAHA
Dude you really can't make this shit up
Update 2: 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Idiot is straight up still reposting my art with increasingly shittier edits, I fucking can't y'all I'm crying 🤣🤣
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thoughtportal · 2 years
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Art museums and stolen art 
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blueiskewl · 4 months
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Disputed Ukrainian Treasures Returned to Kyiv After Dutch Court Ruling
A haul of Ukrainian treasures sent to Europe for an exhibition nearly 10 years ago have been returned to Kyiv from the Netherlands after a lengthy legal battle.
The collection of ancient artifacts was dispatched to the Netherlands from four museums in Crimea before Russia’s annexation of the region in 2014. But the annexation meant their return has not been straightforward.
“After almost 10 years of litigation, artifacts from four Crimean museums that were presented at the exhibition ‘Crimea: Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea’ in Amsterdam have returned to Ukraine,” the National Museum of History of Ukraine said in a statement.
The collection comprised 565 items, including antique sculptures, Scythian and Sarmatian jewelry, and Chinese lacquer boxes that are 2,000 years old, the museum said.
Rostyslav Karandieiev, Ukraine’s acting minister of culture and information policy, described the treasures’ homecoming as “our great historical victory.”
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“It is very important for us to save and protect our history, traditions, and heritage. This is what we are fighting for at the battlefield. We are fighting for our identity and freedom,” he said.
“The exhibition in the Netherlands was showing the history of Ukrainian Crimea, therefore it is exclusively the people of Ukraine who should possess these treasures,” he added.
In a statement published on its website, the Allard Pierson museum in Amsterdam confirmed that the collection had been kept in storage while the legal dispute raged on over whether items should be returned to Ukraine or the four museums in Russian-controlled Crimea, with both sides claiming ownership rights over the historic pieces.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled on June 9 of this year that the collection should be returned to Kyiv.
In its statement, the Allard Pierson museum went on to say that the items were “independently checked and carefully packed in accordance with museum rules” last month and arrived back in Kyiv on Sunday.
Els van der Plas, director of the museum, said in the statement: “This was a special case, in which cultural heritage became a victim of geopolitical developments. After it became clear in 2014 that the judge would consider the case, we focused on safely storing the artefacts until the time came to return them to their rightful owner. We are pleased that clarity has emerged and that they have now been returned.”
Welcoming the development, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy said in a statement: “Until the de-occupation of Crimea, the ‘Scythian Gold’ will be temporarily stored on the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.”
By Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko and Lianne Kolirin.
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lynaferns · 6 months
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Hey, this guy is reposting stolen art and seems that they erase the artists signatures
They recently reposted old art from @8um8ble8ee and didn't even give credit
They have Steven Universe, Undertale/Deltarune and Helluva Boss stolen art too
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caswarrenart · 1 year
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I know a lot of artists are antsy about art theft right now (myself included, I literally just had a terrible nightmare about fighting the physical manifestation of AI, The Mitchells vs The Machines style…). I can’t claim that any of these things can prevent it. But here’s a few things I’ve found useful:
Opening a free account on Pixsy.com. This website does a decent job at letting me know when my images have been reposted. 99% of the time, the results are just Tumblr-copying zombie websites that just repost everything that is already here. But, it’s sensitive enough that it alerted me when my old college posted my work. They were harmlessly using my stuff as an example of alumni work- but I was glad to be in the know, AND they had mistakenly credited my deadname, so I was able to reach out and correct that. I would have never have seen it otherwise. The website has subscription options, but you can ignore them and still use the monitoring services it provides.
Reverse image searching my most widely shared pieces on haveibeentrained.com. This website checks to see if your work has been fed to AI.
Looking up legal takedown letters and referencing them to draft a generic letter for my own use. This takes a bit of the stress off what is already a stressful and often time-consuming ordeal. Taking time to craft a Very Scary, Legally Threatening, Yet Coldly Professional Memo has been worth it.
Remaining careful about what and how I post online. My living depends on sharing my work, so I have to post it. I’ve learned through trial and error how to post lower resolution images that still look good, but aren’t easily used for anything beyond the intended post, and of course, strategic watermarking. Never, ever post full res, print quality stuff for the general public. Half the time it ends up looking unflattering on social media anyways, cause the files get crunched for being large. I try to downsize my images, while set to bicubic smoothening, to head that off. Look up the optimal image resolutions and proportions for individual sites before posting your web versions. For some work, cropping the piece, or posting chunks of detail shots instead of a full view, is a more protective measure.
Look out for other artists! Reach out when in doubt. Don’t steal from others. Learn the difference between theft, and a study/master copy/fanart/inspiration. Don’t assume that all posted art has the same intended purpose as a “how to” instructional like 5 Minute Crafts. Ask permission. Artists are often helpful and supportive towards people who want to study their work! And, the best tip-offs I’ve received have all been from other people who were watching my back. Thank you to everybody who keeps an eye out for my work, and who have been thoughtful enough to reach out to me when they see theft happening 💖 y’all are the real MVPs. All we have is each other.
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emxritus · 2 months
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I'm unsure if the artist knows about this, but their gorgeous art here of Terzo and who I assume to be Omega, is on Temu (as well as amazon) at the moment being sold by third party sellers using their work without consent (Could be wrong but I am 99.9% consent wasn't given to use this art, much less sell it.)
The artist is @obscureaaron , and the link to their original art and post is here.
I'm always browsing Temu to try and find stolen art and then to contact the proper owners, so I hope this goes well and it can be removed. Boost if you want to!
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sharpmarble76 · 1 year
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Hello Sun and Moon artists! I would like to inform you of 2 accounts on Pinterest who are reposting your art without credit! One is OoO and the other is ☆•🍮 Minko 24 🏳️‍⚧️•☆
OoO: https://www.pinterest.com/NoicesOfChaos/
☆●🍮 Minko 24 🏳️‍⚧️●☆: https://www.pinterest.com/phrnphsbutrach/
Some of these artists who have been stolen from are:
@shandzii @oobbbear @pillowspace @miwachan2 @bamsara @lovelymoonmagic @bluwithoutane @fluffffpillow and there are many others! I would tag more but there's a lot and I can't remember it all from the top of my head
Sorry about that everyone, the accounts are now linked.
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