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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?

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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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INFORMATION AND EDUCATION SERVICES
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PROCEDURES-THEFT PREVENTION
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GRAPHICS
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=Illusio-5 *beigebuddha ~frdmlong

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
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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]




:star:WARNING TO VOLUNTEERS:star:
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

Disclaimer

The views expressed on this website are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of deviantART or my employers.

HOSTDRJACK INVESTIGATION

Journal Entry: Sun Aug 5, 2007, 2:50 PM
REPORTING SUSPECTED RIPPED ART --->[link]
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THE RIPPED PAGES



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.


PSH072807-1HDR
Original art `blackeri
Doves
Print available
Possible infringing image in Angels section-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH072807-2HDR
Original art `blackeri
Eros+Psyche
Print available
Possible infringing image in Angels section-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH072807-3HDR
Original art ~myBlueLight
Maysirene
Possible infringing image in Dark section-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH072807-4HDR
Original art =mmebuterfly
Nightmare and Dreams
Print available
Possible infringing image in Dark section-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH072807-HDR
Orignal art ~Endelva Remembrance wall paper

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH072807-HDR
Firefly by `blackeri

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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PSH080407-HDR
Lust by `blackeri The Seven Deadly Sins: LUST

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]
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PSH080407-HDR
Avarice by `blackeri The Seven Deadly Sins: AVARICE

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]
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PSH080407-HDR
Vanity by `blackeri The Seven Deadly Sins: VANITY

Print available
Possible infringing image-->[link]



Links

Education and Information--->[link]
CLOSED CASES--->[link]
LINK-LIST--->[link]
REPORTING SUSPECTED RIPPED ART --->[link]
NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT 8,000 RIPS--->[link]

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

FRESH-PAPER RIP--->
[link]
YAHOO RIP---> [link]
PHOTOFILE RIP---> [link]
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 1--->[link]
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 2---> [link]
PHOTOCASKET RIP PAGE 3--->[link]
IMAGESHACK RIP PAGE 1--->[link]
IMAGESHACK RIP PAGE 2---> [link]
IMAGESHACK RIP PAGE 3--->[link]
IMAGESHACK-BUTTERFLY RIP--->[link]
TOPDOWNLOADS RIP--->[link]
PHOTOFILE RIP--->[link]
ZEDGE RIP--->[link]
PIMPMYPROFILE RIP--->[link]

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket


Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket


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.

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*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 28, 2007, 11:44:25 PM
hehehehe..already replied...:dance:

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
=Renilicious:iconRenilicious: Jul 29, 2007, 12:01:17 AM
With the site that's listed currently (Blackeri, etc), the same site also had re-edited and animated versions of some of my pictures too. An email sent to them showing the original and a link to the offending rip had an apology sent and the images removed within two days.
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 29, 2007, 5:37:32 AM
Have they removed the ones I mentioned? These that you posted are new to me, I missed them :( . I hope the others have been removed. I supposed if you didn't find them, they have been. Hope so.

I'm sleepy. Can you tell by the broken thoughts and unusual lack of enthusiasm in my "voice"? lol

I'm glad you found these and Thank You for checking this site out. It's not as big as what you guys have been working on, but the fact it caters to MySpace means these people are desicrating (I can't spell this morning...and I just wrote the word "smell" instead of "spell"...) good art and spreading it all over MySpacedom, where it will be spread even farther!

And I still have the "Don't use hostdrjack.com! Art there is stolen copyrighted art from deviantArt artists!" line as my personal quote on my own MySpace page. Hopefully, that will help to turn traffic away from that site until they get more serious on their claim to check out copyrights before adding submission.

You know, I think I'm going to go back to sleep. And stop staying up till 2 and 3 in the morning. Yeah. I think that's what I'm going to do. :yawn:
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 29, 2007, 7:51:08 AM
It all sounds like a plan! I was on there poking around last night and thought I had recognized 4 or 5 pieces from DA. I have been swamped, so I have not posted the update from you as yet. Have 2 hands, limited help.....receiving reports on at least 15 rips at the moment, and constanly updating journal. So, I know...can you report your results please to :iconbeigebuddha: If you were on the actual task force, she would be your Section leader anyway. She can add your infor to her summary she sends to me when I update the pages. That would be awesome! Oh, and get some :sleep:

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 29, 2007, 10:00:27 AM
The rain keeps lulling me back to sleep but now there is a 6 year old something or other pestering me so I can't do that. She's a clingy lil creature and thinks it's just so cute to pound on my abdomen at 4 in the morning with some odd request of looking at letters that seem to form words of some kind that this small female beast claims is a story. I don't buy it. I think it's a chant to keep me awake forever! :lmao:

If I were on the actual task force, I would dedicate my bitching... I mean my well-spoken thoughts on the matter to the RATF and promise to behave lol. So, if you want me, I'm yours. ;)

I will send the links to :iconbeigebuddha: now. If there is anything I can help you with, please let me know. I can transfer my pointless browsing energies over to helping you lol.
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Jul 29, 2007, 10:10:12 AM
You may help me anytime you wish! I will always welcome you with open arms! :hug:ss I do need another person to research things for me sometimes...if you are interested? Let me know...:hug:ss Now, get some :sleep: hehehehehe female beast huh....no monster under the bed? hehehehe My boys use to do the same thing when they were small.

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
~theshadowmistress:icontheshadowmistress: Jul 29, 2007, 10:27:40 AM
Awwww... Absolutely! And, um, could you send me the link to where I posted that info on hostdrjack.com? I can't find it and it's killing me! lol

Well, it's early afternoon now and the wild thing needs supervising lol. I think I'm going to go get some Full Throttle or Red Bull or something. No, Red Bull tastes like ... I'm not going to say because then you'll have to ask me how I would know that and it'll make the situation all awkward... so... :rofl: Okay, now I have to wash my mouth out with peroxide at just the thought. LOL

Again, put me where you want me. Just note me all the instructions on what I have to do as whatever you need me to be :hug: