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Since RATF has made DA members aware of so much stolen art, how many of you now watermark your images?

45%
147 deviants said I made my own watermark, and put it on everything.
24%
78 deviants said I use the DA watermark, it is much easier.
22%
71 deviants said I do not like watermarks, so I don't use them.
4%
12 deviants said I don't care one way or the other.
4%
12 deviants said I dispise watermarks and refuse to use them on my work.
2%
7 deviants said What is the point of watermarking?

Shoutboard

Please be advised that ALL displays of any images on the RATF pages which include the External RATF site, are for noncommercial research purposes to further our investigative efforts in connection with possible infringements and we will remove images immediately once we identify the information required or have authorization from the copyright owner to continue displaying the works.


from *im1happy
To :iconrippedarttaskforce: THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING A GREAT JOB!! The center of it is us the Community bonding together to make a difference

from *beigebuddha
For.......:iconrippedarttaskforce: The Admin'. and Volunteer's........:rose:


NOTICE TO ALL RATF STAFF:
You have all been divided into categories for the special services you are providing. Each one has a distinctive icon which you will need to place in your journals to identify you as a member. These are only for RATF members...if you do not have the ability to post the thumbnail, a link will be great. We want to let our communities know that they can report theft to you as well. If this should happen, please note us, and we will assign the investigation. Thank you to all of you for volunteering your help to Stop Art Theft!

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`1arcticfox `DWALKER1047 *laurengary `cmptrwhz

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=Illusio-5 *beigebuddha ~frdmlong

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1. Maintain a professional attitude in all comments, and communications with the highest standard of integrity.

2. Stick to facts - operate on the basis of fact, not rumor.

3. Verify with the artist that their work is stolen, and do not under any circumstances assume that it is.

4. Refrain from bashing, foul/obscene language, yelling or calling someone a thief. This will absolutely not be tolerated under any circumstances...EVER!

5. If you are a volunteer, stay dispassionate and neutral in all your communications.

6. Refer all policy issues to the RATF administration.

7. Refer all disputes involving theft accusations, to the Administration staff to handle.

8. Remember that your actions/communications reflect on ALL RATF staff.

9. Refer disagreements about copyright issues to the Administration staff to handle.

10. Be aware that we will not tolerate “unorthodox” or illegal manners of handling theft.
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INTERESTING INFORMATION AND HELPFUL LINKS....PLEASE CHECK OUT!!!!!

Preventing Theft [link]
Online Copyrights [link]
U.S. Copyright Office [link]
Digimarc [link]
deviantART Wikie Entry [link]




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PLEASE BE AWARE, there is the distinct possibility that you may search a site that will put you at the risk to get viruses, Trojans or Spy/Malware!! Please keep your anti-virus signatures up to date and do frequent scans. Having more than one AV and/or Trojan programs is better. There is NO perfect protection, but we recommend (we get nothing from this) that you download the free version of McAfee SiteAdvisor. [link] It resides on your toolbar and warns of problem sites. You STILL must use common sense, though! If you wish to not do searches for RATF because of this we will understand. While searching two nights ago, 1arcticfox had a malware/Trojan deposited on her computer called “Error Safe”. It masquerades as a Microsoft notice box, asking you to download “Error Safe” to check for errors in your registry. She did NOT download this, but still was infected and is still dealing with that – even though she runs 3 Anti-virus programs and has 2 firewalls! More information on this will be available soon.

Shoutbox

~sukiyakii-chan:iconsukiyakii-chan:
How horrifying. D:
Sun Jun 8, 2008, 3:27 PM
*fantasydreamer24:iconfantasydreamer24:
:worship: :salute:
Mon Mar 17, 2008, 12:45 PM
~OMFG-Fairy:iconOMFG-Fairy:
O=
Mon Dec 10, 2007, 6:22 PM
~jimmytc25:iconjimmytc25:
~.~
Wed Dec 5, 2007, 7:05 PM
~pipertim:iconpipertim:
Eros+Psyche how do you steal overpaint?
Tue Nov 6, 2007, 7:51 AM
~Krad-Eelav:iconKrad-Eelav:
Keep up the great work! :salute:
Sat Nov 3, 2007, 6:46 PM
~elita141:iconelita141:
Great idea!
Mon Sep 3, 2007, 5:14 PM
=CindeeRoo:iconCindeeRoo:
RATF :worship:
Sat Sep 1, 2007, 12:56 AM
*FrisianDude:iconFrisianDude:
:salute:
Sun Aug 26, 2007, 1:35 AM
=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2:
Another :salute:
Thu Aug 23, 2007, 6:23 PM
=matimoo:iconmatimoo:
KUTAW guys!!! :hug:
Mon Aug 20, 2007, 1:20 AM
~Ash360:iconAsh360:
this club rules, keep up the hard work :D
Sat Aug 18, 2007, 4:52 PM
^znow-white:iconznow-white:
:hug:
Fri Aug 17, 2007, 4:57 PM
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress:
Just a quick :hug:
Thu Aug 9, 2007, 1:35 PM
=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2:
:salute::police::salute:
Thu Aug 9, 2007, 12:43 PM
~firebird101:iconfirebird101:
Hmm... anyone ever checked fanart.com?
Tue Aug 7, 2007, 1:13 AM
=Zimadonna:iconZimadonna:
GO TEAM GO! :#1:
Sun Aug 5, 2007, 11:35 PM
~SparkzaBme:iconSparkzaBme:
:blowkiss: :smooch: :boogie: :dance: :worship: :hug: :cuddle: :highfive: :w00t: Thank you for the service you're doing, We appreciate it.
Sun Aug 5, 2007, 4:37 PM
*WiseWanderer:iconWiseWanderer:
Congrats to all of you for your work
Sat Aug 4, 2007, 4:17 PM
~Raptor13270:iconRaptor13270:
YESSS..... Get them all :evillaugh:
Tue Jul 31, 2007, 6:28 PM

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PIMPMYPROFILE INVESTIGATION Update 8/9/07

Journal Entry: Thu Aug 9, 2007, 9:20 AM
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LINK-LIST--->
[link]
REPORTING SUSPECTED RIPPED ART --->[link]
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 1--->
[link]
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 2---> [link]
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 3--->[link]
ZEDGE RIP--->[link]
PIMPMYPROFILE RIP--->
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PIMPMYPROFILE INVESTIGATION

Please be advised that ALL displays of any images on the RATF pages which include the External RATF site, are for noncommercial research purposes to further our investigative efforts in connection with possible infringements and we will remove images immediately once we identify the information required or have authorization from the copyright owner to continue displaying the works.


Update August 9, 2007

Investigator *Artress

ART080907-2PMP
Orignal art *deligaris Snow Fairy

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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ART080907-3PMP
Orignal art *deligaris Snow Fairy

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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Investigator ~genlisae
GEN080607-3PMP
Original art: ~shadorma Butterfly Rose *note-2nd use of this image.

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have Screen Capture
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GEN080607-4PMP
Original art ~beyondsomewhere Lilacs 2

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have Screen capture
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GEN080607-5PMP
Original art ~Nogert Lilacs

Possible infringing image-->[link] profile.com/generators/preview.php?mode=myspace&layout_id=105654
Have Screen Capture
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GEN080607-6PMP
Original art ~xblackbutterflyx Lilacs

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have Screen Capture
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GEN080507-1PMP
Original art ~shadorma Butterfly Rose

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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GEN080507-2PMP
Original art ~Himmelmez Crimson Butterfly

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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DEVIANT REPORT #1 07-14-07 DISCOVERED BY :icondruology:Druology
Possible infringing image on PIMPMYPROFILE

Original Work On DA

Print available

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We are working as hard and as fast as possible to deal with all the information coming in.

We are swamped and apologize - respond times to comments/questions may be slow.

We are not perfect – note us if there is an oversight…it is not intentional.

Comments left on the RATF site by others - are THEIR opinions – not necessarily ours.

We need volunteers who will uphold the volunteer code of ethics.

We WILL NOT tolerate unprofessional conduct or illegal or unorthodox methods… period.

This is not a vigilante task force.

We simply want to help people with their art theft and copyright issues.

We are volunteers and do not deserve abuse, we are merely assisting you to resolve your rip issues!

NOTICE
The Ripped Art Task Force gallery and images contained in it are Copyright ©2007-2008 RippedArtTaskForce. All rights reserved. All the materials contained in this deviantART gallery may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted, borrowed, duplicated, printed, downloaded, or uploaded in any way without the express written permission of the owner of said image. These images do not belong to the public domain.

Devious Comments

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*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 23, 2007, 10:44:27 PM
It is awesome!!! :iconwarpedorbit: made it for us. I think it is excellent.

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
`Elandria:iconElandria: Jul 24, 2007, 4:51:08 AM
Pimpmyprofile isn't so bad right now for rips its the other less scrupulous sites that do myspace layouts (hotprofileplus for example) that people really need help with.

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USED MY STOCK? PLEASE SEE MY JOURNAL HERE [link] AND SEND ME LARGE VERSIONS FOR MY ARCHIVES PLZ!!! :hug:

Please don't speak... it would spoil the illusion I have that makes you intelligent... -.-
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 24, 2007, 12:45:52 PM
Thank you very much! We are looking into that very site. I have already spotted 3, but if you know of more, please send us the information. The more eyes, the better! :hug:ss

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 25, 2007, 10:37:26 AM
I hope you guys get this one settled, but I'm sure you will. Y'all rock!

As for pimpmyprofile, Elandria has kind of a point.

The thing is, they aren't the ones offering the images. People upload the image for pimpmyprofile to turn into a code for them to use to create their profiles.

However, pimpmyprofile and other code generator sites KEEP the created profile on record as sort of an advertisement of ways people have used their services.

It's best to track down whomever created the code to begin with, which I think will be quite difficult unless pimpmyprofile will release that information (not likely).

Since I have moved my writing to MySpace, I will keep an eye out. I already discovered one graphics site for MySpace using all kinds of images from once again Princess of Shadows and blackeri. I wrote to the artists, the owners of that website, and even the people I saw using the images as MySpace comments. Nothing back yet. I will be creating a journal entry about it soon, but the site is hostdrjack.com. Tons of ripped dA there! If you check out Princess of Shadows journal, I commented under my other dA ID with a link to their procedures. You won't believe the nerve of them!

Gotta Run!
Take care!
=Gflady:iconGflady: Jul 25, 2007, 1:07:52 PM
dont forget to add livejournal and the communities that make icons from stolen DA artwork, I've seen a few, but will certainly keep my eyes out now and note you with what I find. :)

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Member of Designing Divas & Asel Club
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 25, 2007, 2:46:53 PM
The above images is also at: [link]
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 25, 2007, 2:48:07 PM
Sorry, the link is for hostdrjack.com
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 25, 2007, 9:44:52 PM
You know, I have heard about this, but am not real familiar with it. Can you please note me when you have a few minutes, and tell me what you can. I would appreciate it! Thank you?

Deb

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!