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Thief-Be-Gone
art by arriku.

Art thieves online is very common nowadays. Artists around the world have become quite protective of their works and started putting watermarks on their art pieces, be it traditional art, digital art, or literature. A lot of people have been curious as to why art thieves have been appearing lately and a few conclusions were drawn. Most thieves that have been taking original artworks and ideas online are companies that are making profit out of the works of the artist and they don't give any notice as to why they used it and where they selling it.


In most cases, artists with enough money take their cases to court and get paid for their works in double. On the other hand, most artists on websites like deviantART and Flickr have their works ripped off without any money to do anything about it.


Another possible reasons as to why thieves steal original artworks from artists are because of jealousy. Some are envious of how the artist is too well-known in the art world and decides to take the artworks for fame. However, most of the time, people who do get artworks from other people without any permission are banned from the website permanently. Another example is the hatred for the artist where the art thief takes this action as a revenge just to spite the artist. These people, consequently, are banned as well. Taking art from other people are considered as a sin, so in this case, karma will always find its way and bite those art thieves in the ass.

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