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Post by Mart on Apr 23, 2006 4:59:42 GMT -5
In December 2005 in a danish program called "Baracuda", they were showing KP eps, and one day I noticed that the backgrounds they used, were backgrounds found on the Internet. This pic lionheart.tsunami-art.com/artgallery/LH-Kim-Running.jpg made by Richard Sirois, was the background they had chosen. It was kinda cool, cause y'know, I knew who had made it, but I also recall hearing that Richard doesn't like people taking his art, even I'm a little scared of just having a pic made by him to the left of all my posts. And I don't think they asked him if it was ok, isn't it breaking the copyright thingy or something? Anyway, just wanted to say this, don't know why. |
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Post by Panther on Apr 23, 2006 12:11:06 GMT -5
I'M SICK OF THIS!!
Some legal action needs to be taken here. Rich's art has been stolen countless times and nothing has ever been done about it!
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Post by Kothoga on Apr 23, 2006 12:16:00 GMT -5
He must sue the danish
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Post by captainkodak1 on Apr 23, 2006 12:48:09 GMT -5
Rich has tried several times to keep people from stealing his art like that. But when it comes to international things like this it is hard to stop. He and I attempted to stop a person in New Zealand from selling his art on posters recently. The company selling the on the internet like ebat made so many requirements of him to prove it was his art he gave up. Also some folks just don't care and basically would say sue me. That is rather hard in other countries. Just keep giving him support. He really appreciates it.
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Post by trollis on Apr 23, 2006 12:54:39 GMT -5
Just keep giving him support. He really appreciates it. Yes Sir  MvH Anders "Trollis" Bernhardsson |
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Post by kristessential on Apr 23, 2006 13:00:49 GMT -5
It must be hard when your art is as good as his. Let's just hope that people learn their lesson. It's wrong to steal.
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Post by ultimatenacotoppin on Apr 23, 2006 13:31:58 GMT -5
That same pic was used on the big screen at a Dallas Cowboys game last year for some kid's contest.
The first Google Image search page for 'Kim Possible' has three of his pics. It's ineviatable that his stuff's going to get spread around.
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Post by Pim Peccable on Apr 23, 2006 18:57:44 GMT -5
Rich has tried several times to keep people from stealing his art like that. But when it comes to international things like this it is hard to stop. He and I attempted to stop a person in New Zealand from selling his art on posters recently. The company selling the on the internet like ebat made so many requirements of him to prove it was his art he gave up. Also some folks just don't care and basically would say sue me. That is rather hard in other countries. Just keep giving him support. He really appreciates it. Maybe Disney would be interested in lending a hand. It is their property (Kim) that's being pirated as well as Richard's artwork. The Infringement is against BOTH parties. |
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Post by teztor123 on Apr 24, 2006 5:17:31 GMT -5
Well there is an up side to this ... if his work becomes more widely known ... people are going to want to know who did it - and it could lead to him getting some paying work.
So ... while it would certainly be a lot better if he got acknowledged ... it's not all bad.
Hopefully he'll end up benefiting from it in some way.
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Post by Mart on Apr 24, 2006 13:06:28 GMT -5
You can't stop piracy, that's for sure, the TV is supposed to remind us about it, they're NOT supposed to steal like that, every Barracuda show (the one I mentioned in the beginning) have a new pic, but a pic find by a google search.
And ebay, if that's true what you say, captainkodak1, then ebay should get kicked so many times, they wouldn't even know what or who Kim Possible is
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Post by Jon Tsuyo on Apr 25, 2006 15:18:00 GMT -5
I'm just afraid he's going to get so fed up with it and just nix his stuff. I don't know if he'd do that, but it'd suck.
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Post by PossibleKim on Apr 25, 2006 21:20:55 GMT -5
Actually according to my memoery, he gave up a long time ago already. He is really piss out as he stated in his deviant art.
I think this is how the world works. Sigh
Nobody ever uphold the knight of the old code.
I am beginning to think that justice is only for the rich
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Post by Pim Peccable on Apr 26, 2006 5:41:04 GMT -5
Actually according to my memoery, he gave up a long time ago already. He is really piss out as he stated in his deviant art. I think this is how the world works. Sigh Nobody ever uphold the knight of the old code. I am beginning to think that justice is only for the rich Welcome to the jaded life This is why I prefer cartoons and superheroes. |
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Post by JuPMod on Apr 26, 2006 6:13:32 GMT -5
Actually according to my memoery, he gave up a long time ago already. He is really piss out as he stated in his deviant art. Which is why I think he no longer makes KP art. He knows people will nick his KP art so why bother to make them? I don't blame him though. |
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Post by captainkodak1 on Apr 26, 2006 7:06:50 GMT -5
I won't say that he gave up on KP. He still treasures the program and the character. But as an artist he felt the need to move on to something else. Look at the wealth of work he has done. He just needed to do something else. It wasn't people stealing his art that made him quit although it did not help. Also, there were a number of people who quite literally flamed him and degraded his work when he decided to take a break from it. It just got to be such a hassle for him he decided to just stop to relieve that part of stress in his life. Just support him in this time. He is a great artist.
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Post by RngrThorne on May 1, 2006 22:46:22 GMT -5
I think a lot of it is also that the Internet is still growing so fast that laws and their enforcement are having trouble catching up.
And I wish Richard the best in his endeavors. Although I do wish that one picture of his with KP in his living room had an explanation.
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