New "free art" website

[shirikdraguinea.livejournal.com]

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His main page has been replaced by a Caramelldansen video but the download link remains and the torrent is still on pirate bay.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

[leahtaur.livejournal.com]

Typo right in the URL, oh ma gaaaaaaah--

Sorry. Nothing constructive to say, that's all I could focus on. :P

[synviver.livejournal.com]

I think it might be good to actually get a list of all the artists that are in said torrent. I can't do any downloading myself right now, as I'm at work, but when I get home, if no one's beaten me to it, I may just toddle over to BitTorrent and snatch that up. :x

Then again, I shudder to think of what might be lurking in there. D:

[keaalu.livejournal.com]

I don't think he understands how torrents work, mind you, since someone on FD_2 pointed out he's not even seeded what he's advertising.

[synviver.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I just saw Ash and Zeddish mentioning that.

As I said - Torrents. You're doing it wrong.

[dingorama.livejournal.com]

Can I just have a grammar nazi moment here and dismiss this guy as an idiot immediately by pointing out that his URL is "Never To Much Yiff" --it should be Never TOO Much Yiff. Dumb ass.

I just sat in on some of his chat room convo and watched him battle with concerned artsts. He just banned everyone that was telling him that art theft is wrong and he gave some song and dance about how he'll shut down his website for a $20 donation (yeah right), and that it's supposedly not wrong to take this art because artists who put up their work on art websites are essentially giving their art to the world for anyone to use.

Give me a break.. *rolls eyes*

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

It was a dumb mistake for them to make, but please watch the personal insults. Thanks!

[zareonianwolf.livejournal.com]

Aw you beat me to it. /typoraeg

also awesome icon ins -awesome-

[almightytora.livejournal.com]

All I got was a Caramelldansen flash. XD

[almightytora.livejournal.com]

To bypass the flash and see the rest of the site, go here:

http://nevertomuchyiff.eu5.org/home.html

[dingorama.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry, I was too busy raging over here. I'll be more careful! :p

[sekhmet.livejournal.com]

oh noes! The chat died! :O

[sekhmet.livejournal.com]

so much fail. :(
My eyes hurt.

[alpha-orionis-v.livejournal.com]

Guy's a wanker, and has been reported to his host and PayPal.

That said, I'd really love to know who all he was pirating.

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

Please watch the personal insults! Thank you.

[alpharaye.livejournal.com]

Wow, the sheer audacity and gall of some people, but then again, this is the internet.

[kytheraen.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I saw that guy earlier. Every 10 mins or so he would upload the same picture. I was tempted call him on it and correct his grammar but then decided I couldn't be bothered.

[sekhmet.livejournal.com]

What can I say. People that do this kind of thing make me bitter :)

[teahound.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the OT, but was it you that did your mod-hat icon? I'm jealous. <3

[westly-roanoke.livejournal.com]

I'm not a mod here, but mod-hats rock.

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

It wasn't me, no! I offhandedly mentioned I needed one and my friend starcharmer made it for me. She'd probably make you one for a little cash if you wanted one!

[loupgaros.livejournal.com]

Have NoScript on if you view it. Otherwise it's time for a big detox of your system.

[foxhack.livejournal.com]

Well, if there's a torrent on The Pirate Bay, then there's little chances of it being taken down. They typically ignore DMCA or takedown requests. :(

[foxhack.livejournal.com]

However, if he doesn't know how to seed then there's little chance of anyone getting any files. :p

[minimalismo.livejournal.com]

I clicked on it and all I saw was an annoying anime flash thingy.

[frazzled-niya.livejournal.com]

3.01GB of furry art. It is also being seeded.