Welcome to Gaia! :: The Art Infringement Report v2.0 [clear to 203]

Username: seth127
Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=649875&start=30
Proof: This picture is from the Castlevania series and belongs to Ayami Kojima. Here is the same pic at Aethereality.net under her name.

Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=649879&start=30
Proof: This picture is from one of the Dungeons & Dragons guidebooks. Here, here, and even on Amazon.com can you find it.

Username: kakashi19147
Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/index.php?mode=artistPage&postid=13203784
Proof: Repeat postings here and here.

User Name: momo moto poly
Link to Art Arena image: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=683113
Link to Proof: http://white0p.fc2web.com/pict/akatuki2.html
They also left the watermark on the image...

Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=683949
Proof: http://shadowmaster23.deviantart.com/art/Danny-P-39328116

Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=683169
Proof: No specific proof, but it seems to be a filter run on a screenshot (can anyone help with this?)

Username: Zorro the killer
Art Arena: Entire gallery
Proof: The first two pictures in their gallery not only are stolen and edited but are the exact same thing double posted here and here. The pictures have been directly hotlinked from TokyoPop.com and have been edited from their original version with crudely pasted on text. Here and here are some examples of the original pic before this liar edited them.

The third pic is stolen as well since it is hotlinked from acs-onweb.de here.

Okay, I reported this person a LONG time ago. Why has their gallery not been removed?

Username: closetmonkey95
Art Arena: Entire Gallery
Proof: The first picture can be found all over the net. I did a quick search on Google and found it everywhere including here and here. Someone mentioned it is from a Dragonlance bookcover but I was unable to find it.
The second picture I personally have on a folder...


Proof enough?

User Name: Lord..Hack
Link to Art Arena image: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena?mode=vote&postid=739359
http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=artistPage&postid=2888676
http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena?mode=vote&postid=738911
Link to Proof: His entire gallery is stolen from photobucket, if you search for 'Anime Boy' you will find the second image I linked to all over the internet. Same with his other images, they are all different styles and all easily found. The image of the boy is also HORRIBLE quality, it is obviously been compressed and enlarged many many times, no one would do that to their own art.

Username: super green444
Art Arena: http://www.gaiaonline.com/artarena/?mode=vote&postid=770497p
Proof: Again, another extremely obvious one. This is one of the super famous Cyanide and Happiness pictures that are all over the net that rightfully belong to Explosm.net. A blatant copy and paste.



Are the moderators even checking this thread anymore? We're currently 12 pages
beyond the last "clean up" and still nothing. I know the mods are super busy but it's getting really irritating to see stolen art still in the Arena even after it was reported weeks ago gonk