Hey everyone,this etsy store is selling shirt prints of artwork that does not belong to them, including my own. Their name is Tees Atlanta.
I contacted them and they stated that all artwork was submitted to them by the original artists and that reverse image search revealed no other sources, which I – being the original artist of one of their pieces – know to be complete bogus. Either they were short sighted enough to accept submissions by people other than the original artists OR they found these pictures online and decided to put them up for sale without permission from the artists. Either way… this is essentially art theft and seeing as they already sold several of these shirts including one with my own art work… it should stop.
I planned on asking them to take my own work down, but seeing as I don’t know the other artists they may have stolen from the idea of leaving it at that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth… so I come to you. Please signal boost this post, have a look at their store and let me know if you recognise any of the artists whose work was potentially stolen. If you do, you can tell me about it and/or contact them.
I’d like to report their store, but I’ve also never done this kind of thing before so I’m very nervous about taking legal action… I’d feel more secure about this if I had further proof that the other artists involved also did not consent to their artwork being used, or if I knew several people would be filing reports at the same time. If you’ve had this happen to you or have any advice for me, please let me know.
AngelMihe 