Artist sued for stealing his own work
OK, this may be an odd place to put info about a Twitter Campaign but... I know there are artists out there and I don't know any info other than that I am provided with.
Jon Engle, an illustrator, is being sued by StockArt for copyright infringement on work he claims is his own and they claim he stole from artists on their site.
His blog post is here: JonEngle.com/accused
Not only has he been sent a bill for 'illegal' use of (his own) images but they are contacting clients of his to say he is under investigation for copyright infringement which has led him to be banned from some other work sites and caused quite a bit of problems for him with clients!
You may have seen some of his work without knowing it as he has worked on some TV programmes etc.
OK, I confess to knowing only 1 side of this story, but the info sucks.
Moral: If you have work that you want to retain the rights to you must prove you created it, and when. Don't assume everyone will play nice or fair. If you can't prove you had it before they did, you may be in trouble!
His Twitter: http://twitter.com/relevantstudio
His website portfolio: http://www.relevantstudio.com/
Other examples of his work: http://www.behance.net/Relevant
(cross-posted a couple of places)
Comments
I actually had to laugh at this one. It doesn't surprise me in the least. That is also another reason I encourage artists to document their work and never work for "free."
I sure hope he gets everything straightened out. I solve that problem by not really crreating anything. I just make things work.