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His main page has been replaced by a Caramelldansen video but the download link remains and the torrent is still on pirate bay.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

You're as bad as the kid stealing the art in the first place.

"omfg my bf is a lawyer u giuz"

[animehoneybee.livejournal.com]

Yes, because questioning the status quo = being a thief.

I spent my day amending patent specifications and writing letters to CIPO for some Industrial Design files. I broke for lunch to study for the LSATs, which I'll be taking in fall when I apply to the University of Ottawa School of Law.

I'm not sure how good you look when you take the easy route and call me first a troll, and now dismiss me as some 'e-lawyer' type. It would be so much better and more respectable if you could just say you disagree with me. I disagree with you, but I haven't made it personal. Why would I? Only someone who can't find or articulate something more clever will devolve into
such antics.

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

Some bullet points outta' fix this:

* I didn't make that comparison. You talking about your oh-so-important job sounds like the kid claiming he has a lawyer boyfriend. Again I could care less about your job and what qualifies you.

* Don't care. I don't talk about my personal life, I have yet to MAKE this a personal argument. I'm also not here to look good - I'm here to argue a very loud point. "It's not okay." Which you keep reiterating it is, if the artist hadn't turned a profit before the thefter did. That thinking is flat out offensive, no ifs ands or butts. Maybe in Canada they do it different? I don't rightly know.

* Easy route? Troll? I've never said you were a troll. Trolls know when to stop. Nor is this the easy route. Easy would be blowing you off and enjoying myself, easy would be calling you 'crazy' and ignoring you. No, I'm taking the significantly harder route by making an internet argument. One of which I'm ending now.

* I disagree with you. Happy? I thought that was strikingly apparent, especially when you have a group of people giving you good, valid reasons, to rethink your position. You can stand idly by with it, we'll rage and fight and continue being angry when someone yanks our work out from under us.

This is done. You have your own thoughts, I'll stick to the reality of it all. Time for the easy route =).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_patches_/]

Wow... You sure like the brag... a lot. If you want people to actually take you seriously you might want to ease up on the whole "MY ARGUMENT IS VALID BECAUSE I DO/STUDY _____." Looking over this in general you've mentioned what you "do" WAY too often. For all we know you could be making it up. Not to say that you are... but this is the Internet, and people say a lot of things.
At any rate... dropping job titles doesn't make a person any more or less credible.

[animehoneybee.livejournal.com]

I actually don't. I know I've come off that way and I dislike it...but hmm...if you were in my position, and people were at most responses calling you ignorant and saying 'maybe you should actually read up on the subject' and you knew that you actually spent a good chunk of your time involved in the subject, what would you do?

I'm not looking to make enemies here, I just have a different opinion. It's a shame it couldn't just be debated more calmly.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_patches_/]

Well, I definitely wouldn't go the braggart route, as I know that would just make me look worse and annoy people. Rather then telling them what I do, I would just continue to rationally argue my side and actually put my professional knowledge to the test. Telling people you have some 'big fancy job' just makes you look like you're grasping at straws for credibility in your opinion.

I'd say people debated this fairly calmly, considering. People could be a lot meaner... trust me.

[animehoneybee.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I'm sorry for falling into the trap of feeling like I need to react to claims of ignorance. I should just focus on the issue without succumbing to such tactics. Thank you for replying to me in a civil manner, I appreciate it :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_patches_/]

No prob.