I can’t say ‘never’ but what I can say is the only way I am able to travel out of state is if I have a large amount of clients in a certain area, and a place to sleep. Hopefully in the very near future I’ll be able to travel more often. :)
One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with this link.
And here is my United/World of Love line:
My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the…
Not a fan of Urban Outfitters, but hopefully this will reach out to people. It sucks to be stolen from.
(via hautemacabre)
So this amazing artist Dave MacDowell did a painting based off of one of my photos. Its absolutely beautiful, and his work has been incredibly well received in the outsider art movement, regularly featured in Juxtapoze and shown all over the country, and even in Europe.
Its truly a fantastic piece. A gorgeous portrayal of Kacie from what was already a gorgeous photo.
The only problem is that I was never asked permission for this piece to be made, and by all rights this completely violates the rights I have for intellectual property. I’ve dealt with this before, numerous times, and normally it is somebody who makes a horribly shitty version of one of my photographs and sells it as a screen print, or book cover, or what have you.
David made something fantastic, so rather than have him destroy it, which after I contacted him I was given the option to do. I settled to let it exist provided I receive proper credit for what is his use of my intellectual property, and a tiny amount of financial compensation if the piece sells.
I’m not greedy his pieces sell for nearly 40x what my print of the same image does.
But thus far I have received no credit what so ever on any of the numerous times he has posted pictures of the image, no credit in the gallery, and no credit even on facebook.
So for those of you who don’t understand why I get so irate about paintings and sketches being done of my work this is why. Even when I try to be reasonable it doesn’t work out. You’d think an artist a million times more established than myself would see how big of a slight to me and the art community this kind of shit is. Its not flattering, its not helping my career, and its basically an insult to the medium of photography.
You’d think they’d understand having been where I am before, but they don’t. So this is why the next time this happens I’m saying “torch the fucking thing.” I work too hard to deal with this kind of aloof bullshit.
When artists steal other artists work….
Thankfully I’ve only caught one person who made sketches of my photos to sell on post cards. Everyone else has been kind enough to give credit where it was due, or even compensated if something were to sell. But yeah, this is just a slap in the face. This person doesn’t realize that giving credit can actually help you grow your audience, and maybe even gain you more respect because it’s okay to be inspired by others. :P
Original Images by: Greg Truelove & Dangerously Dolly
To read company info about Fatal Clothing llc, view this link.
“Our reputation for providing unique artwork, quality and service has impressed all our clients.”
I find nothing unique about referencing photographers hard work to create designs to stamp on products for profit without notification or royalties paid. After many attempts to contact this company, they have left me no choice but to publicly stand up on yet another case against fraud.
These t-shirts are seen in stores all around the nation. It’s not just a local brand, it’s become a national brand. Here, they have a list of dealers: Fatal Clothing Dealers. In the event they remove this page for their protection, ask me and I will provide you with a PDF.
I will do my best to contact every dealer I can, but I cannot do it without your help. If you want to help out, contact your local dealers and direct them to this page.
“Why not just sue?” If you have ever had to sue someone, you would know how costly and timely the process is. Having been there, it’s NOT fun! Unfortunately from what I’ve been informed, copyright only protects you if the image in its original form has been used without consent. Which would make it even harder for anyone, myself included to make a case against this company.
So what can we do about it? Raise awareness. You’d be surprised what a little bit of word of mouth can do.
Please support artists, not thieves! If you could understand how hard it is to make a living as an artist/photographer, it’s just not fair for companies like Fatal Clothing llc to deliberately take food away from our plates.
If you know what it feels like to have something you own or created taken against your will, I imagine that you have already reblogged/shared this post.
Thanks for all your support guys!! Although they keep sweeping those posts under the rug, I saw many of you raise awareness on their Facebook page. Don’t let them go unnoticed.
Hey Corwin!!
Thanks so much for the heads up! I keep hearing + reading different things. Until I actually have enough money to hire a lawyer this will just go on and on. I figure, let them make their buck for now, when I finally get the chance to get back at them legally, they’ll probably have to go bankrupt. lol. Think of it as a savings account, damages are piling up waiting for me to make a claim.
Anyway that overseas stuff sucks so much. There are printers in Thailand directly printing my images on t-shirts on mass production scale. These t-shirts have been spotted all the way from Australia to here in the U.S. …Total bogus.
Fatal Clothing or Fatal Rip-Off?
Original Images by: Greg Truelove & Dangerously Dolly
To read company info about Fatal Clothing llc, view this link.
“Our reputation for providing unique artwork, quality and service has impressed all our clients.”
I find nothing unique about referencing photographers hard work to create designs to stamp on products for profit without notification or royalties paid. After many attempts to contact this company, they have left me no choice but to publicly stand up on yet another case against fraud.
These t-shirts are seen in stores all around the nation. It’s not just a local brand, it’s become a national brand. Here, they have a list of dealers: Fatal Clothing Dealers. In the event they remove this page for their protection, ask me and I will provide you with a PDF.
I will do my best to contact every dealer I can, but I cannot do it without your help. If you want to help out, contact your local dealers and direct them to this page.
“Why not just sue?” If you have ever had to sue someone, you would know how costly and timely the process is. Having been there, it’s NOT fun! Unfortunately from what I’ve been informed, copyright only protects you if the image in its original form has been used without consent. Which would make it even harder for anyone, myself included to make a case against this company.
So what can we do about it? Raise awareness. You’d be surprised what a little bit of word of mouth can do.
Please support artists, not thieves! If you could understand how hard it is to make a living as an artist/photographer, it’s just not fair for companies like Fatal Clothing llc to deliberately take food away from our plates.
If you know what it feels like to have something you own or created taken against your will, I imagine that you have already reblogged/shared this post.
Thanks for all your support guys!! Although they keep sweeping those posts under the rug, I saw many of you raise awareness on their Facebook page. Don’t let them go unnoticed.
