Art Theft Scam

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***Update***
We have a bigger and better website now that breaks the list down alphabetically and shows images so you can better see what has already been identified. I will no longer be updating the list on the blog. Please visit the new site to view the list art4loveisafraud.com/index.htm… and we have a dedicated email for you to send updates to thale@art4loveisafraud.com. The site is still under construction, so not all of the images are up yet but everything should be up in the next day or two. Please give us time, this is a big undertaking.

I have a new journal entry you may want to read that gives helpful tips for searching for screenshots dlr4553.deviantart.com/journal…


***Update***
The list has gotten so long that I can no longer update it in this journal. You can see the list on my blog blog.deirdrereynolds.com/2011/…


Everyone on DeviantArt needs to be aware of a website called art4love.com that is stealing art from this site and selling it for hundreds of dollars. They claim their art is handpainted by the artist themselves and they offer certificates of authenticity. I haven't finished browsing their gallery and I have already found at least one artist's work on the site that I could definitely verify and I have seen several others that look familiar. Even if you think that no one would ever steal your work, check anyway.

The link for the site is 67.90.44.118 They are masking the site right now, so anytime you go to a new link on the site you will need to replace "www.art4love.com" with the i.p. address 67.90.44.118 to access the location.

There is a DA article about this dametora.deviantart.com/journa…. Please share this in your journals and with all your groups.  This site is huge and is ripping off artists and buyers alike. We have to spread the word!!

Kafai has posted a journal with a link to her photobucket account where she has posted over 500 screenshots of the website kafai.deviantart.com/journal/L… This would prove very useful for any kind of legal action against this guy.



I am so disgusted right now. I just found ~titiavanbeugen's The dream of a butterfly titiavanbeugen.deviantart.com/… on the site i691.photobucket.com/albums/vv….

For any of you who do not know, Titia passed away a little over a year and a half ago. She was a wonderfully talented and inspirational fractal artists and seeing her being ripped off like this literally chokes me up. Stealing from someone who is no longer around to protect their property is the beyond contempt.

***Update***

Got a note from :iconnoctuart: informing me that he has stolen work from another artist who has passed away, hakubaikou. I am at a loss on how to contact anyone about this. I don't know if I should send a note and hope a family member is checking their accounts occasionally or I don't know what..this is so disgusting! Let me know if you have any ideas.




I've decided to make a list of all the pieces that I have found stolen on art4love.com. I have contacted all the artists. If you find any that are not listed here, send me the information I will add it to the list. Please make sure you contact the artist, or if you do not feel comfortable contacting them, send me the information and I will do it.

***Update***
The list has gotten so long that I can no longer update it in this journal. You can see the list on my blog blog.deirdrereynolds.com/2011/…


:icongene-ash: also has a list of artist that have stole art as well gene-ash.deviantart.com/art/Ar…

Thank you :iconmyah5000:, :iconstuck-in-suburbia:, :iconange-ll-os:, :iconalriandi:, :iconiridestris:, and :iconcalaymo: for helping add to the list.



Well it seems they have finally pulled the site down completely. I have not been able to access the site since about 3am this morning. I am assuming that since I am getting links to screenshots from all you guys that you are having the same problem.

Thank God for Kafai! If she hadn't taken the time to make screenshots s691.photobucket.com/albums/vv… of the whole website we would have nothing to work with right now. If you haven't gone over to her journal and thanked her, please do kafai.deviantart.com/journal/L…

But this still sucks in a way because I know that I was having some success using tineye to find the original artists of some of these stolen artworks. Now that we can't access the website, that option has been taken away from us. But we will get this done! The more people we tell, the more chances we have of someone recognizing a work that we couldn't quite figure out.

Since the links are not working, we need to get screenshots to replace them. As you can imagine, this is a major task for one person, so I am asking for your help. I am removing the links and putting a {screenshot needed} placehold in its place. If you happen to find a screenshot for one of these missing links, please let me know so I can add it.

And don't worry, all those links are not lost. I saved a text file of the journal before I made any changes so I still have them in case they are needed.

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SpaceKitty320's avatar
THEY STOLE FROM A DEAD PERSON? HOW COULD THEY???!!!???
ASSHOLE! :iconpinkamenaderpplz: I'M LOSING MY MIND!