New "free art" website

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IMPORTANT EDIT
Just had this comment via FA from one of my watchers:
Major alert - shortly after following that link, my google account has been hijacked and has been mass spammng. I have d/c'ed from the internet (using phone atm), and am virus scanning. Be VERY careful, or avoid altogether.
If anyone thinks they got something nasty I'm really sorry - try running HouseCall ( http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ ) - its an online based virus scanner so it can't be affected by anything on your system. I had no negative consequences from visiting this website but some others have - if you have been affected I am incredibly sorry :(


A friend of mine recently alerted me to yet another art theft rich art site - Never To Much Yiff. You can see it advertised at the owners FurAffinity page and he states:

"You can download and archive of 11,745 sorted by artist. I am not selling it is free to download so enjoy and please donate 2$ every 5$ goes to animal shelter of my choice"
(I took some liberty with this quote... the typos on the picture made me cry).

So in a nutshell, this person Techie9098 is putting up work by other artists without permission, and charging "donation" for them. I haven't checked the artists affected by this though as it requires downloading a torrent with all of these files.

Just a heads up for people.

EDIT:

His main page has been replaced by a Caramelldansen video but the download link remains and the torrent is still on pirate bay.

Comments

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

Uh...The images in the pack were images I WERE selling. What then? The images included are Hardblush.com images as well, images I was paid for, paid to do, images that are paid to be seen and he ripped and is spreading them.

The moment a donation aspect comes into play, is the moment where he's committing a crime. I could care less if he was just sharing FA art (with proper names, credits and watermarking) but sharing it in a bundle with paysite art then asking for money is wrong. This has nothing to do with IP or whatever.

[animehoneybee.livejournal.com]

AS I've stated before, I think that someone SHOULD NOT, and is WRONG, for selling something to the DETRIMENT of the creator. So, I agree with you, but that should be something we consider before we immediately get up in arms. If someone looses no money, as in, someone else sells something they really had no intention of selling themselves, is it still wrong? I think you might answer that it is, and I can totally accept that, even if I don't agree, but it seems like I'm not being allowed to ask the question without being accused of thievery or insincerity myself.