These days, artists often post their work on social media to gain fans and sales. unfortunately, it can also result in their work getting ripped off with no credit to the artist. Some enterprising artists found a creative way to fight back.
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When an artist posts an interesting image on Twitter or Instagram, they’ll often get responses along the lines of, “I’d love to have this on a t-shirt.” Unfortunately, there are bots scouring the intertubes for key words, and they’ll snatch the image for a company that will sell it on shirts without permission, credit, or compensation for the artist. @Hannahdouken came up with an elegant counterattack:
Results were almost instantaneous:
Other artists joined in, and brought in the big guns, who can afford a lawsuit better than they can.
In case the print is too small to read, it says: “NOT LICENSED BY THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY. This is NOT a parody! We committed copyright infringement and want to be sued by Disney. We pay ALL court and tribunal fees.”
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