Huge thanks to everyone for all the priceless information, tips, fruitful discussion, and collegial sharing/protective attitude evident above - in addition to sympathy for anyone whose work is being/has been unjustly exploited. We must stay vigilant and continue to protest where appropriate.
 
Joan

Good job, Corrie on busting that thief!
How did you find that?  Makes ya wonder where else your stuff is being stolen, or any of our stuff from GCU.
 
Some people have no class.
 
I see the thief also whined about you, Corrie, on her blog...that you wanted your stuff off her site.
She's got some nerve, eh  
 
EL
 

Yes, Jeff's right... many people (and not just those in the scrapbooking community) believe that if an image is on the Internet, it's "free" to use as they wish. This particular woman wasn't being malicious, she really just had no clue. I explained it to her in the email I sent.
 
Corrie
http://www.corrieweb.nl

Quote from Norma_133903 on Jul 10^th, 2009, 3:24am:

 
Didn't know something like that existed, thanks for posting this.

Avis, I have too seen her post, that she should ask permission, but when it was posted I can't remember.
But though she had written it there it still wasn't legal for her to offer free downloads of stolen art, because she never bothered to ask any for permission, I surely have never seen any mails in my in-box of that sort.
 
Big Huggs
/Inge

Avis, I have to agree with you. I don't think she meant to cause problems, but, like a lot of people she didn't worry about it, either. As long as no one said anything, it didn't matter to her. And, she has had a bit of a "hurt" attitude about the whole thing, as though she is being lambasted by all the nasty, money-grubbing artists who aren't willing to "share" when that's what art is all about, sharing. Yeah, uhuh.   I don't mind sharing some things when asked, but I do mind someone taking without asking. And, although she does say that she gave credit, she didn't give credit on her product. Also, if she is giving someone else's work away, then people who downloaded her stuff would think they could do the same, and/or, sell it themselves. Since she has been doing it for awhile, I would be very surprised if that isn't the case. I didn't find anything of mine on her site, but then, who wants scantily clad girls/guys on their scrapbooking stuff?  
Kathy

Quote from Nasser_16 on Jul 8^th, 2009, 1:07pm:

I can't believe that this is the blaze attitude first taken by GCU! Obviously Corrie, Inge and others whose art had been blatantly stolen felt otherwise.  Many of us who have art on GCU have art in many other places - for SALE.  If these artists had taken this suggested stand that it's fine to rip off GCU artists as long as there is a GCU widget on your site, I sure would be questioning just how interested GCU is in protecting  the artwork of it's biggest profit makers.  I feel that attitude is as insensitive as the one taken by the "rip off"  blogger.
 
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