Hire a hit man? :)

She wouldn't let me kill them. I already asked. :/

Can we tie him up and rape him?

OF COURSE NOT!*



*Meeting at 8pm.

sweet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJSjxwrUKkM

Pfffff... doesn't deserve such a pleasure!

Use an eel for rape.

Da hell Idid not mean to reply thar. < ->

I have a feeling that won't be necessary.
DA'll get rid of the account in no time, I think.

nop still there this moring

That’s a bit of an over kill, don’t you think?

This is series, but not that series.

Let’s think of this more reasonably, ok?

What kind of series? Geometric? :3

Opps sorry about that, I meant Serious.

I sometimes type to fast that I forget to spell check myself.

I figured :D but I can never resist a math joke! Also *late* :D

I’m guessing you think you’re quite clever, don’t you?
:3

Herpaderp

…. Ha ha ha, you’ve earned my respect, and that’s something I don’t give out willingly.

Whee! :D

hehe for 1 dollar, the job will be done~

report them to the DA staff. thats the best thing i can say. also letting people know that this user is not really you will help too.

The thing will reporting it to the DA Staff is that a majority of the complaints they get are from claims of Art Theft here and there, so it takes them almost forever to get to every case of accused Art Theft.

so true. so all Rukis can do now is just say that that profile isnt her

You can only report if you have a dA account.

Fortunately, those of us who do can report submissions on behalf of the artist.

i see. though we must have proof that one is infringing on another. but will DA listen to us when we say that Rukis is being infringed but doesnt have an account on DA?

Yes, they will. You just have to put a link to the submission on FA, as well as a link to Rukis' gallery and journal in the report ticket.

i hope it works. Rukis is an awesome artist and person. i hate to see her get ripped off

Well, she won't. Too many people like and support her, including me, to not say anything. The fraud's page is already filled with comments claiming reports against them.

good. if i could remember my password on da i do the same. but i could try and spread the word on here though

I ended up linking the Journal that mentions that she is aware that someone has told her about there being Theft, and I included w/the part that it asks for URL Links to the images being reported as Abuse/Theft, I included the URL to Rukis' FA Profile so ethey could see not only the Journal but also the works to show that there is absolute proof of theft.

It's generally best to link to the exact work stolen, and include this journal or her profile as "other info."

But with the number of people here who've reported it, it won't matter that much.

I did so w/mentioning the Journal here and including in the section under the part where it was the reported stolen work I included a URL to Rukis' profile here to see better that the pieces that I mentioned in my Report can be linked back to the imposter

I linked back to this journal in my complaint. So I don't see why not.

i will do the same. ^^

Link to the submission and/or this journal. The journal makes it quite clear the DA account and all contents are stolen.

yup. i made a journal on here already.

I meant when you file the report with DA on an image. Link to this journal.

ah. well i need to remember my password ^^; its been ages since i was on DA

If it really bothers you, try and contact the dA staff about it. But they're not the best at handling situations like these, so just a warning :c

Only issue is, Rukis doesn't have a DA Account; as she stated, in the past trying to be on DA caused a Virus on her system

Not unusual >..>
dA is trying to crack down on abusive ads, but they're doing a terrible job.

?


How would you need a dA account to contact the admins?
Can't they just use email?

As far as I know, the only way to get in touch w/them regarding the matter of the theft, its easier to have an Account on DA to use the Contact Center. I would doubt there is a way to email them directly

Best advice would be contact DA. But I suspect they wont ever answer.
Next bet is to contact the person directly and warn them with legal action.
If that fails..

There are some people that run for pay sites in fandom that could offer you a path to approach for legal resolution.

did you know that you "I'm write about me in 3 person." lol


yeh, contact staffers.

I'd say report them and confront them, probably put a watermark on your art with a digital signature in the blankspace with a hex program to prove future posts were stolen.

If you scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Contact Us' and go to 'Main Customer service' you can report them there.

Start by reporting the offending deviations.

I think DA have a way to ban an account, which you would have to get in contact with them.

you could also report every art piece

Your best (and sadly generic) bet would be to just contact the admin. And I think the great difference between your and the poser's grammar is quite considerable.

Wow, whoever is trying to copy you types like they arnt even out of middle school yet

Hope this can be taken care of, people who copy are annoying as hell ><

I was about to say, this person can't even spell. Sounds like a drugged happy lol kiddie and steals arts. However it appears to be a sound image of this person....usually I am not so quick to judge, but it really upsets me seeing hard work being stolen like this.

<suppresses going into 2 the ranting gryphon mode about the decreasing intelligence of the world...>

Lol you mean "Comishion" isn't how that word is spelt?

Ahum, yep. And the general attitude that comes through there...

yeah
I like the part were rukis "veeeeery like cookies"

Unless this person is claiming to hire a writer, I think people will easily see right through this... XD Or maybe I just have more faith in people to not be stupid and buy into this...

Do you have Red Lantern under some sort of copyright? You could try contacting a lawyer if DA doesn't take care of it...

All works are automatically copyrighted unless the creator specifically claims that they are not.

Legal action is possible, but the problem is that the person is probably not wealthy, so while you can mess them up financially, it will cost the person hiring the lawyer a good amount either way.... crappy situation.

There *has* to be a report option on the site. I'm really never on it, myself, or I'd probably be more help--but contact the mods and explain the situation.

http://about.deviantart.com/policy/copyright/

"Notification of Copyright Infringement

This section contains the formal requirements of the Copyright Act with respect to the rights of copyright owners whose content appears on deviantART without authorization.

To file a copyright infringement notification with deviantART, the copyright owner or an agent acting on his or her behalf will need to send a written communication that includes substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material. In this regard please provide URLs when you identify the location of the material.

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.



Written notice should be sent to deviantART's designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
deviantART, Inc.
attn. Daniel Sowers Jr
7095 Hollywood Blvd #788
Hollywood, CA 90028
Fax: 323.645.6001
Email: violations[at]deviantart.com
Under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability. Consult your legal counsel or see Section 512©(3) of 17 U.S.C. to clarify or confirm the requirements of the notice."

"Hello.

I am contacting you regarding a Notification of Copyright Infringement of artwork that is located on your website. The artwork currently on display on the following account, http://redlantern-comic.deviantart.com/, is infringing on the joint Copywrite of myself (Your name here) and (AF's name here).

The following items are all created by myself, and are slated for profit release in print media in the month of (January?). At this point, it is requested that the artwork be removed and the account be disabled.

The artwork can be found at the following URL's:
(List all URL's here)

This artwork can be found posted in my personal gallery on FurAffinity ( www.furaffinity.net/user/rukis ), though due to maturity filters you may be required to create an account to view these works. They can also be viewed at the following URL's:
(List all posted URL's here)

I can be contacted directly regarding this incident the following ways:

(Full mailing address, with name)
(Phone)
(Email address)"

Under the penalty of perjury, this information is accurate. If the offending artwork is not removed within 30 days, I will consider seeking legal councel to have the offending artwork removed and will seek any and all punitive damages that may have resulted from your lack of action.

Thank you,

(Your name here)

This!

Also if they're trying to make a profit off of it, get a lawyer to send 'em an official "cease and desist order" letter. ...if it is a middle school kid he'll have fun explaining to his parents what he's been plagiarizing. Usually you just have to THREATEN a lawsuit and that stops it good.

As they say, business is a contact sport. It is your privilege to distribute what you own for whatever price you see fit including free. Even if it is free nobody has the right to profit off of it without your consent (and royalties).

In some way they are trying to make a Profit at best off the Works by doing Point Commissions as it shows in their Journal or DA I.D. on the individual's DA Profile. Even if it may not seem like cash money being paid out to the person, innocent people are gonna stupidly buy points to commission the fraud.

Why so eager to sue? DA'll get rid of that account, no need to threathen them.

Besides, it's just a kid being stupid.

Intellectual Property rights encourage legal action. If someone doesn't defend their intellectual property, they very well stand a chance of losing it.

This means that you need to warn of legal action. If you don't set on the record that you disapprove of your intellectual property being stolen, then you have a weaker case when someone takes your IP and actually makes a profit on it. A judge looks at that and says, "Oh, you didn't mind in THIS case, but the second much more money is involved you start minding? This is inconsistent."

It's not a really pleasant system. But then, IP thieves don't tend to be pleasant people as far as I've noticed.

A fucking disgrace.

Gonna report her.

Id destroy the crap out of them.

I'll throw 'em in my trailer and set it to MISC FROZEN. AWW YEAH, SO FUCKIN' EVIL.

Or ICE CREAM. Now that's just plain wrong.

Eww...human ice cream flavor.

that's pretty annoying, especially the stupidity with which they spew their horrible grammar at people

and you should probably sort this out before he starts getting donations from your work

It looks like she's already coloring Rukis' artwork as other people's characters under the guise of a commission: http://redlantern-comic.deviantart......lery/#/d4ioj4r

I do hope this girl didn't pay for it....

Am i the only one who feels that the "fat" comment the commissioner said was like wow wtf?
:/ That character is skinny. Lol.


But yeah. Hopefully they didn't pay for it :/

Yeah I was kinda shocked at that too... She's skinny but not in an "anorexic I don't eat anything" kind of way... in a "I eat healthy and have some curves" kind of way. I don't get it.

Yeah i know right? Just wow. I honestly just shake my head at people who think skinny means you gotta be a stick.

Agreed.

I think she was joking and not being serious. Not that it matters.

I left DA a long ass time ago for art theft reasons, grrrrrrrrr freakin people *goes to stalk account*

contact DA as the above says. otherwise it had 3 watchers, and 5 copyrighted pictures, and asking for donations, it does imply 100% that they are you and co-worker. but honestly if it was me i wouldn't care with the said details.

The worst part is that this person has a Donate button on their DA site. Thankfully, nobody has used it, yet.

also...no ones gunna believe them cause they dont know how to use proper english XD

yeah report it to DA

If you were to post a journal with links to your copies and their reuploads, those of us with a DA account could properly report them for you. Sometimes it takes DA a while to take action, but sooner or later they will. The more reports in you can get, the more noticed the case will be and prolly quicker to be removed.

I have submitted a ticket to the help desk asking for the banning of that account/IP for you. :3

make an account and report that guy.
i wouldnt worry though,all your fans with a DA account are going to shred him and report him, im sure of it^^

Problem is, she has tried to avoid doing that since as its stated above in the Journal; she had one at a time, but it caused a virus on her computer. Hence why she stays away from DA and can't do anything in regards to Reporting it herself. Its just a case of those of us w/DA Accounts speaking up on her behalf. And hope that it gets resolved

That's Rukis' site, it's linked on her profile page (just checked before I went and reported it to the hosting service).

O I C

its all the pics?

Its not all, there are few or so pieces of her stuff she's had up; even one of I guess a shot of Rukis' hands covered in Henna to show some work in progress of a panel from Red Lantern. I don't know if its a piece found on here, but I could tell from the artwork on the WIP of it all it was more or less Rukis' own work. Thankfully the majority of the Gallery isn't on the imposter's DA, or else there would be a storm of hate.

http://redlantern-comic.deviantart......lery/#/d4ioj4r

Looks like she's already recoloring your artwork as "commissions" .... hopefully this girl didn't pay for it...

oh my god, thats absolutely horrible! someone actually fell for it and got a commission from that asshole? O_o

I don't know if she paid or not but it seems so :/

yeah, lets hope she didnt... that girl seems to have some issues with her idea of fat people (she called the character in the drawing fat, WTF! XD) but no one deserves to be scammed like that!

said it was an art trade.

Same here, I don't look at DA images anymore. >_> Virus also. I hate spiders. D:

I would help, but I just sign up for stuff, don't really know what DA does and does not do.

I'm honestly surprised at the number of people who've had problems with DA and spyware (I hesitate to use 'virus' because viruses generally eat data, where malware and spyware are just annoying). I've been on DA for almost 9 years and never once had a problem.

When I clicked on an image, my virus protector said I had a Virus. So... yeah...

i know some people on da ill see if they can help

my frenda are pretty good artists and should be well known so hopefully thell help get the word out about this fraud

Good luck, speaking from personal experience DA staff usually is too lazy to do anything.

As others have said, you should report them. Anyone else reporting them will only get the "You are not the original artist. So we don't care." Notice from DA. :/ So you have to be the one to report. >.<

At least it was caught right away so they can be removed as soon as possible before too much damage is done.

well, the damage has been done already, as it seems some people actually got "commissions" from him already...

I hope it can be minimized, any damage is too much. If I was Rukis this would bother me to a great degree because it can damage ones reputation.

Dat grammar.

this. lol

If anyone actually thought that was a legit account, I'd feel sorry for them. :/

yeaaaah lol

I almost hope someone actually donates to this impostor. Then you get into the realm of federal or international fraud charges.

well By saying commision and all that stuff is their work is alreayd fraud and exchangeing money for a product they have no right to use Or that is not their work is already in federal grounds of law and can ge tthat bugger burned badly.

I'm a retired dA Gallery Moderator. The best thing you can do to report it is for YOU to submit a help desk report. Although help from other artists making reports is good, the CEA staff won't have means to ban them unless you, the owner of the artwork makes the claim.
http://help.deviantart.com/contact/

Select one of the fields under Copyright/Ettiquette in the Category drop down.
Write up the report- Link them to the account and tell them it is not you.

deviantART is a HUGE website. I've heard people complain about getting their help tickets resolved promptly. But usually, if it's outright theft, they take care of it right away.

That is.. a rather convenient contact thingie.

uh...yeah XD thats what you're supposed to do. Link is at the bottom of the website's page under "Help & FAQ" then you click on a link labeled "Contact the Help Desk"

see, here's the problem. . . I don't have an account. I do not WANT an account. Is there some other way to contact them without making one?

will it not let you submit a help desk ticket without an active account on dA? Did you try?

If not, you might have to make an account. You can make one and then close it when the ticket is resolved.

If you absolutely don't want to make an account, you can cross your fingers and hope that with enough people reporting it, the CEA staff will consider a ban. Just note that they resolve things a lot quicker (and with guarantee) if you the artist submits a ticket. =\

I'll submit a ticket for you. Hopefully they will consider my relationship with the community over there and trust my word. I don't know if they will take action without your direct response though.

Ticket submitted. I'm hoping one of my CEA buddies will read it and consider the circumstances.

I reported the images as stolen, at least the ones that I could locate copies of in your gallery.

"Hello My name is Rukis and I from New York . I hope U will like my arts. And I please for more watch. I'm verry happy"

I must not have been listening to you clearly enough in my time spent with you at cons because I don't remember hearing you speak like this. I could've sworn you spoke eloquently with proper English.

It sounds like they used an internet translator

Reported.

Some people must be really, really bored if all they do is spend their free time harassing others online. :/

On the bright side of things, you work is well known enough to get trolls... well maybe that's around the 50% gray side of things. With a dash of dirty puke green for good measure.

Like everyone else suggested, just report them and hopefully their staff will remove the account. T'is about all you can really do, sadly.

http://help.deviantart.com/238/

A bit from their FAQ on how to report a person for any "issue [you] think is a problem". Getting others to report the thief might help as well, but I don't really know much on this. I barely use DA myself, but I hope they're removed soon

They've been reported, but DA usually likes the owner of the art to say something.

Report the so called "you" aka poser to the DA staff and ask them that you (if u want to) want to file a legal grievance for copyright infringement to the other artist. (Again that is if u want to cause in the process of this legal grievance does cost to initiate.) Or change and/or have a hidden watermark that you can verify if anyone says they got an art piece from you when it isnt you and you can look for ur new watermark (again u should be the only one that knows of it and those that commission u that there is a watermark and where u put it.) However, report the individuals account to the staff and ask if he/she has a link to an FA account and see if he/she has some on FA as a pose of ur characters/artwork

I hate to say it (and beat it over people's hard heads but...)

if it's put on the net, it can, and probably will be copied!

The only way to stop pictures, is to watermark them. Yeah I know people hate to do it, but if you don't want someone ripping you off, that's what you have to do.

Text - is almost impossible -. If anyone has any ways of stopping text, I'd like to know.

Shado

Even watermarking doesn't keep people from stealing shit... after dealing with many people trying to steal my character and the art done of her, I've made it routine to watermark the things I post... and yet I'm still catching people who have brilliantly stolen and posted the watermarked art.... :/

And those worthless shits, have the balls to say it's their work?

Ye gods, some people don't even /care/

Some of them have claimed it as their work, some of them claimed it as their character, and some of them just completely ignore the "DO NOT POST TO FACEBOOK" or "DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE" in the watermark and on the original post because they "love the artwork so much" and I'm "such a bitch" for not being OK with them plastering it all over their pages without credit to anyone.

Just all forms of idiocy.

Just keep being a 'bitch'. Your doing the right thing.

Unfortunately, watermarking doesn't do much for people pretending to BE you. :/

Hmm, that's a good point there.

Suppose if a watermark is made over the picture, it should say something like "original work only seen at [web address of allowed posted site you had posted it to]" and have in fine print some where hidden in the picture "this copy is stolen if posted any where else."

Even watermarks won't deter determined thieves. With enough patience and the right tools, they can be removed, easiest from b&w images.

Aww, Rukis, I am very sorry to here about the theft, and I made sure and posted on their page to stop it and Im gonna report it, sorry I couldn't do more. I hope you beat their face in!

Bitch got reported...

I've sent a trouble ticket to help remove the page... pretty much just linked them your journal and your website.

As unsure as to whether or not any possibilities of any Reportings of this Art Thief, I went ahead and made out a detailed Abuse Report to the DA Staff stating that you had posted up a Journal on here, in which was stated that you do not have an account with DeviantART, as well as stating as to why. And giving examples that are well known to be known as your own work in the part that asks for Examples of the Theft/Abuse. Including a link to your FA account, hopefully that wasn't out of line, but this way, the DA Staff can see for themselves that it is a case of Theft on DA.

The individual is always trying to do Points Commissions on DA under the use of your Work, Points Commission is kind of like paying money for a Commission, except people buy points to use towards stuff like Commissions. Which should give the DA Staff reason enough to either Ban or put Suspension or other forms of punishment upon the Theft.

Hopefully something can be done to assure your Work does not get profited off by someone else. I can't say whether or not this is how you're making your living through your artwork. If so, I do hope and pray for the sake of it all, as well as your reputation as an artist, that it doesn't become tarnished by the Theft

thank you for that. I do not want to start an account just to ban this person

Completely understandable, I know that if a site like DA was causing virus issues w/my laptop I would be avoiding it like the plague even if most of the stuff I fave/watch over there is on there XD But hopefully it'll get resolved

You don't need an account to get DA to take down the art at all. They have to listen to a DMCA takedown notice you send to them or they will risk losing their safe harbor status as a content provider.

When sending them a DMCA takedown notice, they will take down the infringing art, and notify the user of the takedown notice. The user will get a full copy of your takedown notice + your contact details in case they want to combat your takedown notice.

You can also undertake legal action against him for attempt of identity theft and fraud, but I don' t know the law relating to that too well.

To everyone that reads. ONLY RUKIS OR PEOPLE WITH EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM RUKIS CAN FILE A DMCA TAKEDOWN NOTICE. FILING ONE WITHOUT HER EXPRESS PERMISSION IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW SO PLEASE DON'T

Reported.

That’s not going to do anything, I’ve been trying to get this one guy reported for Five months for Uploading three trademarked comic series on his page and the morons at DA haven’t done squat to get rid of the guy.

Series: I Kill Giants, Darksiders and Assassins creed: downfall.

Reporting is still going to do more than not doing anything, unless you have a better plan.

Text from being copy pasted? Disable right click, save and display as an image with a time and date stamp as well as a signature in the white space, digital signature in the white space, I can post a tutorial on how to do this if you guys would like one to protect your art. You can also embed a text file into image files that have passwords on them to prove that it was stolen later on as long as its not a JPG.

"Hello My name is Rukis and I from New York . I hope U will like my arts. And I please for more watch. I'm verry happy"


Oh yeah. Definately you... xD

Reported. No worries girl...we all got your back!

Don't worry Rukis, your name won't be tarnished by some lowlife asswipe. Your loyal fans can smell deception a mile away!

Ever since Deviantart got an inner currency system (AKA "points" ) People have posed as popular artists, steal their artwork, and will promise to do a said commission.
Sad, honestly. It really sucks. I'm sorry it had to happen to you. :C *hugs*

I don't use DA either. But I know a similar thing happened with a competition to design ships for EVE Online. Those who were cheating were called out and dealt with. So via those who have reported and linked to these you should be covered and this thief dealt with. Heres hoping it happens before they can profit from their scam.

It's kind of funny that the person didn't even bother trying to act like you. "I hope U will like my art. And I please for more watch. I'm verry happy." <--- That doesn't even make sense. I laughed rather hard.

Anyway, reported, and linked back to this journal as proof it's not you.

D: Reported.

wow that is just plain horrible . . . . i read the profile and in being a fan of you, Rukis, for a long time I am shocked that they have the gall to do this. One they can't even spell right or have correct grammar . . . . ugh

Good luck in fixing this *hugs*

best bet, give up. DA is a terribly run site, with random people given moderator status, so if they have no reason to want to help you thell just say fuck you. had some dude that stole commisioned art from me and several other people and was sellign prints of them, 3 years ago, DA still hasnt done anythinga bout it

Have submitted an infringement report.

It might also help linking to each stolen image to see the differences in time frames. The one that caught my attention was the Henna photo apparently uploaded there under 12 hours ago but here 5 months ago. Both saying the Henna was done yesterday. ie a quick and poor copy/paste attempt.

There might be something that I could do.... but I would probably get MY DeviantArt account banned. Meh..

reported for ya

woah what a rage in ppl XD why not just report and move along?:P

Will report them as stolen

The way I see it is you can report them to DA staff. I have :3.
And you can take an alternative route and add a trouble ticket through here, DA, and there is an internet copyright agency too. If they are making money off you, the agency is a good way to make sure they wont get much further.

Made a journal to try and help :)

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2988502/

In my experience (I've been plagiarized multiple times, including someone making an account with my RL name), the more people who report the gallery, the sooner Admin's can/will take action. I've had images removed and accounts banned relatively quickly after enough people who knew my work reported the offending gallery (including myself of course).

Mind you, it's been a little while since the last incident. So I don't know if they've been bogged down as people have been stating, or what...

It helps a lot when the artist reports. They get to the 'my art was stolen' a lot faster than 'I don't think they have a right to post this' reports.

No kidding. I stated that.

But one whinny "omg they stole my art" in a sea of whinny "omg they stole my art" reports, isn't going to get anyone's attention unless a shitload of other people are telling the Admin's the same thing. I've seen people wait MONTHS. Where I only had to wait a week, sometimes less to get the problem taken care of.

This inspired me to write this journal because you (as well as other artists) need to be aware of the root of the problem. This may not be your specific case but it will help in the future I hope.
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2988430/

I'd smack 'em with muh FUBAR.

Simple… yet effective , I like where you’re going with this, but we all need to think Bigger!

i, as well as many others i am sure, have reported him/her

I put in a notice on one of the pics that it was stolen for ya; I hope it helps.

This is so sad... I've always loved your art Rukis, and it hurts to see that you're being disrespected this way One thing is that someone tries to copy your art (which is also bad), but worst is that they deliberatly impersonate you to try to gain money for your hard work.

Many (at least 1000 for what I can see) people have reported DA about this, I'm sure of it. It's just a matter of time until that guy gets banned.

Ok. I also reported his/her sorry ass

The answer: Ninja assassins.

That is a shame to see your wonderful artwork stolen by someone else. With enough reports against him and their theft they'll be sure to get in trouble. I hope dA take action against him. Your art is amazing and you got there with work. To see it taken like that is sickening to see, especially as a fellow artist. I really hope that action is taken against them.

This is just skimming the surface more than likely, but here's where you can probably get a hold of someone about it: http://help.deviantart.com/238/

This link is how to report individual deviations: http://help.deviantart.com/155/



That's about all I can toss your way. Hope they get shut down, it's pretty amazing how people think it's okay to do this kind of stuff.

D: Art theif D:

*reported* :)

I said what i wanted to say.

That is all.

"I hope U will like my arts. And I please for more watch. I'm verry happy "

My eyes are bleeding just from that :\

Good luck taking care of that person, if you can.

i write about me in third person

hi i have seen manny of them the best is you use the report service and then you just can wait until the admins work is done.

reported as well

Just reported the guy. I'm sure it will be taken down soon.

Report it to DA admins and they should take care of it.

Also, I can't help but laugh at the terrible english ._. wow.

*looks at the Donate button* :|

i sent a report on the idiot and i hope they get banned, DA just seems to be full of art thiefs, im sick to death of finding my artwork being stolen on FB and other social thingy, but thats the internet for you

I understand your pain, ive had some one here on D.a f.a AND sofurry steal my dragon species. Thing is, D.a picks and choses what they want to deal with, and its generally a "can i get sued if I dont handle this" sort of decision making. But Ill report them for you :3

awwww snap!

Support ticket submitted to DA customer support.

I filed a few reports for you on DA. Linked the original artwork back here and gave them this joural link as well.

The account will be banned eventually and the artwork removed, but there's still some sleezeball out there who is attempting to sell your work. I suggest you let everyone know to keep their eyes and ears open and may i suggest looking into legal matters when these cases arrive? You're about to make a pretty penny and you have every right to protect your work.

report them. i'll report them too.

I like spiders too! <333

You can email their abuse team without creating an account: violations[at]deviantart.com

*sighs* Okay I reallly hope I am not starting anything here. But here goes. *inhale*

Yes art theft and identity theft is very wrong. Criminal even because it affects the perhaps of which the thief is stealing.

YES they should be reported and YES they should make some compensation for what they have done to the person they stole from.

But look at some of those post on their pages and such. Be a whore like the other gutter trash? Sell your body, get F**Ked by your dad. What the freak? That's too much Fake and Gay? Why would anyone say such things to anyone else. Not only are you attempting to insult the person, but you are taking people that have to be prostitutes to earn a living and demeaning them. Calling something Gay in a derogatory manner is putting a negative connotation on homosexuality even on the word. Gay originally meant happy, something positive. So why would people use the word to describe something negative?

Amon is a slave and a prostitute, does that mean he is gutter trash? does that mean he is less than anyone that does not have his position or do what he has to do to survive?

Yes go stick up for Rukis, that is a good thing. Its showing support for Rukis. But don't be slandering other people while you are doing it. It doesn't matter what the person did. Yes its wrong. But you don't slander them and their family, that makes you in same category as the thief. The thief is slandering Rukis by stealing identity and art. So if you dislike it so much why are you slandering yourself? Not only are you doing similar actions as the thief, but you are giving Rukis a bad name by having followers that would do such things.

Report the person, Show support for Rukis, tell the thief to take the art down and apologize thats all fine and good. BUT DONT slander the person or use derogatory words and phrases to put the person down.

REPORT SPAM TO THE DA MODS!

They'll notice us soon enough. Don't worry, I've deal with this countless times.

I took the time to simply report this person.

Reported.

Either this is a troll, somebody trying to make a sick joke - or somebody who is really effing stupid. Reported.

I posted a journal here on FA to help

Also posted to IB as well as I have watchers on there that do not watch Fa as close as they did

its gone

Thought about donating a dollar for the hell of it.

sheesh this sucks

is it me, or is this guy's english TERRIBLE o,o for a guy who is posing as the maker of the red-lantern comic, his english has really gone down hill. xD

Must be from the sex change too... Apparently FtM makes your english suck 8-P

well...i guess you could take this as a compliment. after all, why pose as the artist unless the artwork itself is of some level of quality. :3

There! Now you are in the big shoys as only best and greatest artists get their work stolen. Course, wonder how many people who posted here have downloaded someones Pay-For comic for free?

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Least in a week you'll have some tasty food to nom on to help.

I reported this person as well, hopefully several reports on one account makes DA take action towards it faster.

I've reported this guy to dA's help team. They're pretty good at removing/dealing with people like this in my experience.

That’s not going to do anything, I’ve been trying to get this one guy reported for Five months for Uploading three trademarked comic series on his page and the morons at DA haven’t done squat to get rid of the guy.

Series: I Kill Giants, Darksiders and Assassins creed: downfall.

They can be a bit tricky before and if you report things a lot they may not take you seriously. But when someone is legitimately stealing work from an artist, they're pretty good at taking it down.

There are two DA groups that I've found that are dedicated to the posting and reporting of art thieves. I don't know how much it'll help, but I'll make a post at both of these groups and at least it'll help spread the word.

Also, to report the theft, do you absolutely have to be a member of DA? I see the report artwork button at the bottom of the page, but it seems more like anyone can place a report, not just members.

Anyway, I'll make mention of it all around the places I visit, Rukis.

But at least Rukis has the benifit of being popular enough, and being hsre, that hopefully few people will get taken advantage of. But just one person is too many. Hopefully the barrage of people reporting this person will make a difference vs a solo act.

Send a polite take down notice on DA, and ask for the ban of the user's IP. DMCA is on your side.
Maybe talk to that person. See why...

The most insulting thing? Their grammar and use of language is something even an 8 year old would do better with.

anyone noticed the discrepancies between some of the liner notes' language and what is written into the profile info?

I think this thief is a foreigner, so legal action woudn't be an option at all. only to have them banned from DA.

good luck.

I'll never did understand why some people do it...however I see a donation button so I dunno

DA's copyright statement includes:

"If you believe that a submission on deviantART infringes upon your copyright you may either report the submission using our internal reporting system or send us a copyright notice via email."

Since you don't have an account, you can e-mail them. explain the situation and that this person is impersonating you (that's a criminal offence in many places too!).

Specific info on reporting this to DA, the formal requirements for a cease and desist e-mail are:

Notification of Copyright Infringement

This section contains the formal requirements of the Copyright Act with respect to the rights of copyright owners whose content appears on deviantART without authorization.

To file a copyright infringement notification with deviantART, the copyright owner or an agent acting on his or her behalf will need to send a written communication that includes substantially the following:

1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material. In this regard please provide URLs when you identify the location of the material.

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.


Written notice should be sent to deviantART's designated agent as follows:
DMCA Complaints
deviantART, Inc.
attn. Daniel Sowers Jr
7095 Hollywood Blvd #788
Hollywood, CA 90028
Fax: 323.645.6001
Email: violations[at]deviantart.com

Under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability. Consult your legal counsel or see Section 512©(3) of 17 U.S.C. to clarify or confirm the requirements of the notice.

This seems to be the best course of action, short of everybody picking a deviation to report to have the whole gallery taken down while Rukis gets info prepared.

But by the other comments it's looking like the artist has to report it for them to actually do much. x.x;

[InTheBio]

Rukis is a Graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, with a Bachelors in Conceptual Design for Animation/Film. She is fond of all things natural, and indeed brings a bit too much nature into her house, at times. She lives on a small farm in New York, using most of her time to draw, cook, hike, and draw some more. Her primary mediums are pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and digital color.

I'm write about me in 3 person. [OhGodWhatWereYouThinking]

Reported every one of the stolen works on deviantART along with reporting the user directly to the site. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this mess Rukis, I'm hoping dA will act fast.

So many comments... but you should be able to get contact info on the moderators from the site even if you don't have an account with them.

I sent in a report as well, hopefully numbers results in swift action.

In my own opinion. DA should be notified at least, that way they can handle it from there in their own way. And I think it should be  rukis who should do that. I have an account on DA, and as far as I know, like every other art community site, their should be a Moderator there who can handle it. The aspect of hiring a Hitman would be unrealistic and unwise, cause he or she would have to know where he is located in a physical sense. And if you plan to hogtie him and rape him with an eel, wait for that, so I can get a chance to sell some tickets for that.

I'd buy one...

Went ahead and Reported the User to DA Staff. If enough people do this they will get to the issue faster :)

Reported one picture and gave enough info that it should be shut down. DA has a pretty long report list, so it might take a few days. There's enough comments saying "theif!" that it should deter people giving money.

I'm disgusted. Sick even. I've already submitted an inquiry report because I'm so upset that it took me a minute to write this because

I'S SO PISSED OFFF I CAN"T EWEN TYPES GOOD!!!!!!

Sustained kinetic and directed-energy bombardment of the entire area from a low-orbit weapons platform, followed up by a combined ground and aerospace assault to ensure complete destruction of the target area.

Wha's makin' me laugh i' da fools who is commentin' ona the fakes

Went through and reported all of the uploads with an additional demand that they remove the donation button. Remember, kiddies, fraud can get you jail time.

I just found a bunch of DA art groups designed to help spread the word about art theft, and let them all know about this. Hopefully the mods will shut that person down ASAP, with no lasting harm done.

Make them burn in a pit of cobras >:D

This makes me sick, and don't worry dear. NO ONE who has ever heard of or has seen your work and how you type will think this is you. The only reputation they are tarnishing are their own. Here's a link for a anti-art theft group on DA

http://doombringers.deviantart.com/

And don't fret, there are many people spreading the word on that account and on the stolen submissions they put up, all will be better soon

Find their info
go to 4chan
release the info
say they are a pedo 1%er
Release the hounds

~RedLantern-comic has started a donation pool!

Report them to these guys : http://doombringers.deviantart.com/ They will see them brought down

if we could get eough people to report it then they will delete them ive reported them so...nod nod

Wow those were many commentsa to read. I've reported many times on DA, a couple of times for pictures I did, and the experience says me that the staff is faster if they receive a report from the original artist. But, if many people report her, I think she will be banned soon. You're lucky you have this many people supporting you, if not it would be more complicated.

nope, they refuse to acknowledge anybody but the copyright holder. see their reply below

That's weird. I've reported people on DA who submitted pictures from people on pixiv that hadn't da account, and those users were banned.

Reported, journal posted and bitched at the theif.

I submitted a formal report to the da staff I hope that the person gets banned.
Sorry this happened to you -_-

I just love how everyone jokes at such a serious matter. Seriouly if this person is posing as you and is using it for momentary gain. Contact the FBI. DA will only ban his account and then what? HE will go somewhere else and do the same. Stop it now.

'Warning: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000.'

No one ever calls the law and uses it and it just makes it where they try not to get caught next time. So do something and stop it.

Wow even though I'm an active Deviant and involved in the comic project, it wasn't me either. Someone must really feel the urge to spread it or the desperation to have a comic like Red Lantern. Report it to the staff members. If you haven't already, I can do it for you.

no you can't

Actually - YES, she can! Because she is involved in the Red Lantern comic. She is a part of the work behind it - and so the art is being stolen from her as well. I think, anyway.

hmm...i concede the point. i didn't even think of that, i only thought of it from rukis' standpoint

Since you are involved in the Red Lantern comic, you SHOULD be able to report it as theft - that might be a way to get that fuck-face banned, because dA sure as hell isn't doing anything for me about the whole deal; they are just sitting on their asses doing nothing....

Ya i heard about that. I hope they kick his ass to kingdom come.

i just got a response from the dAmn staff.

" Thank you for contacting deviantART, I will be assisting you with your support ticket.

Claims of Copyright Infringement can only be legally filed by the actual copyright owner of the infringed work or by their legally authorized representative. Since you are not the owner or an authorized representative your notice on this matter is not considered to be legally valid and cannot be acted upon so your ticket will be marked as "Solved" in order to clear it from the queue; please contact the actual copyright owner(s) so that they can file a valid claim with us if they so choose.

While you cannot file a valid claim of copyright infringement in this particular case, as a member of deviantART you are able to use the Moderation system which can be accessed by clicking the 'Report Deviation' link found on every deviation page in order to point out to our staff that there may be permissions issues with certain deviations, but please understand that these Moderation reports will not be treated as a valid claim of infringement and will not receive the same type of response or attention.

--
Daniel Sowers Jr.
CEA Project Manager
Community Operations Division
deviantART Inc
http://realitysquared.deviantart.com

Dec-12 2011 01:24 pm"

Got the same exact response, despite bombarding them with links to Rukis's work and proving that the user is both an impostor and an art thief. Ugh. Way to handle a situation dA.

oh, i'm not about to let them have the last word

"if you want to speak of legalities, then we'll speak of legalities. if you are made aware of copyright infringement, and do nothing to end it, then the website owner can also held accountable for any damages done. i gave you a direct link TO THE ARTIST DECLAIMING THIS ACCOUNT, in which the artist asks those of us who DO have dA accounts to act on her behalf. which, by the way, IS legally giving us permission to act in her stead as copyright holder. i will be passing your lack of action on to the artist, and you can be assured that she will be less than pleased with your response."

I'm just disgusted with dA's way of handling art theft like this. Come on, I gave you links to her Red Lantern page, her FA journal about this, her FA gallery, to the art thief's gallery SHOWING the stolen work that has yet to be removed... And all they can do is say "Blah well you're not the original owner or her agent so deal with it." I love how they admitted that the report deviation system isn't looked at as quickly as the copyright infringement page, which was obnoxious to find with the way they redid the layout.

"...there may be permissions issues with certain deviations, but please understand that these Moderation reports will not be treated as a valid claim of infringement and will not receive the same type of response or attention."

Permissions issues? It's bloody stealing someone's art for profit dA, not just some kid posting screenshots of Pokemon claiming he drew them.

oh, i'm going to keep opening it every time that they close it until they take action. i suggest everybody else do the same. if they are clogged with hundreds, if not thousands, of copyright infringement claims every day, they're liable to take action just to shut people up

I have a DA account and am doing the exact same thing
....
.....once I find the bloody button to report them with XD

i think that i found it under 'contact us' but don't expect it to do much good

It probably won't do much good, but I bet if enough people report this person they will take some notice

I'm really interested in how this goes for you. And your response. XD Let me know?
I reported myself, but I never go on dA, sooo.... yeah.

lol, will do. i half expect them to give me a warning for reopening it

Same here.
It's all those cretins ever do if it's not your work that's been stolen.

I never use DA anymore, but I still know my login info, and while I'm there I'll make sure to report them. You worked hard, and however they try to rationalize it they're stealing your identity, hard earned money, and ruining your reputation. I'm sorry you had to deal with this and I hope that this will all be resolved shortly.

I'd say you might have to bite the bullet and make a dA account, because I reported them and the only response was that the "Copyright holder must make the report" or they won't do a thing about it.
That kinda pissed me off, if I ran an art site, a thief would be deleted, instantly. If I saw this journal, I would have banned that person in seconds.

Artha-Amberose is right. I got the message about it. Here is a screenshot of it.

http://i44.tinypic.com/25sstjq.jpg

Well here is some advice. Dont open your Email Because thats how the guy is doing it.

Didn't report the deviant, but one of the deviations that is for sale, as those who do not own the copyright CAN report those and get them taken down. Gave a link to this journal posting as evidence.

Hi! I just wanted to give you a small update - my help desk ticket on DA for your art thief was marked with high priority earlier and is waiting for someone to review it. The account should be removed soon if all goes well. :>

Each piece would have to be reported. Also, they can't spell worth crap. Wolfs. Seriously?!

Rukis, send them a DMCA copyright infringement notice (also known as a Takedown notice). One for every single piece of ripped off art on that blasted account.

They're in seriously hot water if they ignore those!

Well today I got an e-mail from DA in re to this issue

y2jenn, Jan-12 12:45 pm (PST):

Hi there!
Please accept our sincere apologies for the long wait while we work through our holiday backlog! Thank you for contacting deviantART, I will be assisting you with your support ticket.

We have checked over the activity associated with this profile and have found that it is completely unacceptable so we will be removing this individual from the community.

Please let us know if you see this sort of thing happening again and encourage the copyright owner to get in touch with us here! They can do so even if they don't have a deviantART account. Thank you so much!

☼ Jenn Lee
Support Desk Representative
deviantART, Inc.



I think all of us who sent a complaint helped in getting this accomplished. We are behind you 100%

took them long enough..

I got a similar response now from DA support like crimsonwolf.

Apparently they DO allow anyone, also without an account, to create a support ticket on DA, so that would probably the quicker way to report this if something similar would happen again.