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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!

ADMINISTRATORS
`1arcticfox `DWALKER1047 *laurengary `cmptrwhz

ASSISTANT TO ADMINISTRATORS
*anjaleck (Assistant to *anjaleck-=LonesomeFaery) *beigebuddha

INFORMATION AND EDUCATION SERVICES
*droz928 *Marsille *DuckOfDeath

RESEARCH SERVICES AND CORRESPONDENCE
*SethraLavode *KainApophysis =pantherwitch4982

MONITORING AND INVESTIGATIONS
=Almoace =milleniumsentry *davidlee1965 =Illusio-5

PROCEDURES-THEFT PREVENTION
*moofied1

TRANSLATORS
=Re-d-D-ot(Dutch & French)
~no-reaction (Chinese simple and traditional)
~The-Real-Syko (Spanish)

GRAPHICS
*MouseRunner =LyinRyan `Sophquest

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

ASSISTANT TO VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
=Illusio-5 *beigebuddha ~frdmlong

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
*Artress *baba49 ~bcre80v ~BekkaLynn =BleedingPuppet =Druology *ExquisiteDistraction ~eyez409 ~FallingStarOfLight ~Fan-Art =Filliu-Mayragh *Fraxa ~genlisae *im1happy *KK-the-Fox =LeonaWindrider ~Littlebittybonsai =Livana-Deathrose *live2b ~Lleen-Ja `Lovely-Demented *ocelot99992003 =opinionatedelf ~Pawnshopheart00 =PinkMonkeyLove *Rachzee =setkeh *sparx222 *Star-Maiden ~stitchmouth =Sunstone72 ~Trickster4eva =TwilightAmbiance *violettay ~VmtWars ~x-Illia-x :devZimmadonna:

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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.

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~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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MYWALLPAPER.RU INVESTIGATION

Journal Entry: Tue Aug 7, 2007, 8:18 PM


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.

THE POSSIBLE INFRINGING IMAGES

Investigator ~RCPage
RPA080507-1MYW
Original art ~hydropeek APPLESOFT WINIX osx

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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RPA080507-2MYW
Original art ~sannixtudio AluApple

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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RPA080507-3MYW
Original art ~Izobalax An Ubuntu Crop Circle ...

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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RPA080507-4MYW
Original art ~es-xxi AppleRS - Dark

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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Investigator *beigebuddha
BEI080407-1MWP
Original art =tickledpinky Kira kira girl

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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BEI080407-2MWP
Original art ~OrangeBlueCream Request…Eva and Rocket

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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BEI080407-3MWP
Original art +ekud ADDICTATED

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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BEI080407-4MWP
Original art +ekud A MOMENT OF PEACE

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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BEI080407-5MWP
Original art ~Arimana Beauty in blue

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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BEI080407-6MWP
Original art `niteangel Crystallize

Possible infringing image-->[link]
Have screen capture
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: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.

:new: AN ADDED UPDATE NOTE---
If you use the firefox internet browser and download the No-Script Plugin you will be able to prevent the javascript / java / flash plugins that are used by malicious websites to install viruses and trojans while you are searching questionable websites for stolen art.
`cmptrwhz







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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=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2: Aug 5, 2007, 2:27:16 PM
Slight problem with `niteangel's name.

It's misspelled up there.

Wow. They never quit, do they? :no:

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*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Aug 5, 2007, 2:53:01 PM
You wanna know something? I really, really, really appreciate you pointing these things out to me! I mainly copy the rip reports and arrange them to update the journals... and you catching mistakes like this for me is sooooo great! Thank you sooooo much!
Hugs,
Anj

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2: Aug 5, 2007, 3:20:01 PM
You are welcome. When I first started reading it, I was expecting sarcasm. But I found out that was not the case. :love:

By the way, mind if I send you a screen shot of [link];page=12&cat=Art ? I've got it. :)

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For :hump: day: [link]
~AspieAuty
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Aug 5, 2007, 3:22:27 PM
Not at all! The investigator said her computer was acting up and wouldn't do screen shots. If she's anything like me she had wayyyyy to much going on and was running low on memory. It happened to me last night so I had to reboot.
My email address is anjaleck@gmail.com

Hugs,
Anj

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2: Aug 5, 2007, 3:27:45 PM
Oops. I sent it to the hotmail account.

You want me to send it again?

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For :hump: day: [link]
~AspieAuty
*RippedArtTaskForce:iconRippedArtTaskForce: Aug 5, 2007, 3:58:28 PM
Nope... I can go get it. I haven't been using it nearly as much as previously. I like the way gmail threads the messges. I'll go get it and send it to me at the gmail address. *grin*

Thank you!
Hugs,
Anj

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Together We can make a difference!!! Stop ripping by reporting it!
=catluvr2:iconcatluvr2: Aug 5, 2007, 4:58:28 PM
I added your gmail account to my address book. :)

So you'll be getting more screenshots there. :)

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For :hump: day: [link]
~AspieAuty