The Regretsy Double Douchebag Award
- Submitted anonymously
Congratulations to Etsy seller Bohemian Smile for receiving the coveted Regretsy Double Douchebag Award!
Not only are they ripping off artist Ron Burns…
They’re ripping off animal shelters too!
Not the plagiarized Ron Burns art you were looking for?
How about Sad Doggie?
Of course, Ron calls his version Toby. But at least Bohemian Smile came up with their own name!
Maybe you prefer Take Me Home.
Sorry! I meant Otis.
Not in the mood for a stolen Burns? How about a Vladimir Gorksy?
Or maybe a Deyaz?
Still not seeing what you want? Don’t worry! They are a very artistic couple, so they’ll paint anything!
THEY JUST HAVE TO SEE IT FIRST
UPDATE: THEY ALSO HAND MAKE LEATHER SKIRTS
September 26, 2012 at 2:53 pm
But…they are OIL panters.
September 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Really.
Try panting a cat some time – it’s not easy!
September 26, 2012 at 2:59 pm
My dog pants all the time!
September 26, 2012 at 3:01 pm
They panted Michael Jackson.
You don’t hear that too often.
September 26, 2012 at 3:41 pm
You don’t WANT to hear it, ever.
September 26, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Perhaps they really are Oil Huffers…
September 27, 2012 at 9:50 am
I went to Cambodia this past summer and I SWEAR TO CHRIST I saw that Angkor Wat print for sale at a museum in Siem Reap. I went to their website but they don’t sell stuff online.
And those Vietnam prints are ALL OVER Vietnam. You can see them everywhere.
September 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm
I wonder how much they’d charge to paint this:
September 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm
I’ll do it for a cheeseburger.
September 26, 2012 at 3:03 pm
One cheesburger, please. This is obviously a fully original work. NO INFRINGING ON MY COPYRIGHT.
September 26, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I’m sure they are just ‘showing a portion for editorial review’ as allowed by the copyright law.
Oooo, metaphysical question, is it plagiarism if it doesn’t sell or just bad copying?
September 26, 2012 at 3:32 pm
As you can get called out for plagiarism on academic papers for which you receive no money for writing, I say it still counts.
But let’s not be narrow-minded. It could be both.
September 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm
NO CALLING OUT!!!! Don’t make me close this thread!!!
September 26, 2012 at 6:07 pm
I am in utter distress over this calling out! Because of this distress I can’t glue gun sequins over my totally vintage and original steampunk octopuses! Quakenaked, you will be hearing from my lawyer!
September 27, 2012 at 12:29 am
How DARE you call me out on calling out! I couldn’t make another ten prints in another ten eye-searing colors! YOU’LL be hearing from MY lawyer, Jimmy! IF THAT IS YOUR REAL NAME. I KNOW HOW THE INTERNETS WORK. I KNOW ABOUT SCREENGRABS.
September 27, 2012 at 11:07 am
Could you even imagine what the academic would would be like if there were no calling out for plagarism?
“Here’s my new paper, all about this new thing I call Gravity! 100% MINE DO NOT STEAL”
September 26, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Both.
September 26, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Well, mine is even more orginally original on account of me having to stand on my head to infringe upon it.
September 26, 2012 at 5:46 pm
HOW DARE YOU. Where’s my bead-covered dueling glove with questionably sewn sequins?
September 26, 2012 at 7:35 pm
um is it me or does this guy have ridiculously large hands? Would hate for this guy to be my proctologist.
September 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Wow, the consistancy in blatent copying that occurs on etsy still somehow surprises me.
September 26, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Ohhh this makes me so mad! I’mma go grab Sarah McLachlan and shove her down their throats.
September 27, 2012 at 11:30 am
“Hi. I’m Sara McLachlan. And I’m here to ruin your whole night.”
Art theft is pretty bad, but if they are knowingly stealing from abused homeless puppies, they deserve to be locked in a room with those commercials on repeat.
I have to change the channel, myself. I own two rescue animals and donate money but SARAH MCLACHLAN SEEMS TO FEED ON MY TEARS.
September 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm
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September 26, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Wow, didn’t realize there were so many Leroy Neiman fans around here
September 26, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Nah, I think it was calling your parents old people.
September 27, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Meet my dad, Tuck Everlasting.
September 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I don’t want to give them credit for being plagiarizing, puppy-money stealing fucks, but at least they picked stuff that all looks like it might be made by the same people in regards to color and believable style adjustments.
On the other hand, however, is my fist.
September 26, 2012 at 6:11 pm
I love you for : “Plagiarizing puppy money stealing fucks”
It rolls off the tongue beautifully and a great way to end an argument and/or when road raging.
September 26, 2012 at 6:14 pm
That belongs in Sailor Trouble.
September 27, 2012 at 12:30 am
I’m pleased my years of heavy drinking, questionable driving, and large collection of Warren Ellis comics could make me useful to society.
September 27, 2012 at 2:10 pm
‘plagiarizing puppy-fucking money stealers’ is what they really are.
September 26, 2012 at 3:01 pm
I’m always flabbergasted by people who think the internet is a vacuum, and no one will ever find your assholery.
September 26, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Well, when you’re jammed so far up your own, it’s hard to believe there’s room for other people to see you.
September 26, 2012 at 3:36 pm
That… is a beautiful comment. *sniff*
September 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm
I’m here all week. Tip your plagiarists. Into a pit of acid.
September 26, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Guess we shouldn’t try the veal then..
September 26, 2012 at 4:57 pm
If that doesn’t get comment of the day, there is something wrong with the world.
Oh wait, there is definitely something wrong with the world. This should still get comment of the day, though.
September 26, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Asstrich (alt. arsetrich) Someone with their head jammed so far up their own (ass/arse), it’s hard to believe there’s room for other people to see them.
September 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm
heh heh assholery. i love that. perhaps given their lack of fluency in English they meant their name to be bohemian…..simile
September 26, 2012 at 4:23 pm
A game forum I read frequently has art and writing contests. It never ceases to astound me how many people just type the topic into Google and then paste something off the first page. Not only that, but sometimes several people will post the SAME stolen work in the SAME contest.
September 26, 2012 at 5:09 pm
Are points given for the fastest copy-and-paste “author”?
September 26, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Are points given for the fastest copy-and-paste author?
See, Mugsy Doodle- I left out the quotes. Totally original question.
September 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Are points given for fastest copy-and-paste author?
See, Matt- I left out the quotes and “the”. Totally original question.
September 26, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Humans are by nature dishonest and lazy and the truth comes out as soon as they think no one will see them. Honesty is a concept. balanced on getting caught
———–Buddah
see I even stole this
September 27, 2012 at 11:36 am
Ahh, but by attaching “—–Buddah”, you attributed it properly.
No points for you.
September 26, 2012 at 5:38 pm
See THOSE are the people who need to be stripped naked, flogged and made to wear the Stone of Shame!
… or did I just describe a typical Saturday night for most of you?
September 26, 2012 at 5:48 pm
No. Of course not. That’s my THURSDAY night. Please. You wait until Saturday for this?
September 26, 2012 at 6:21 pm
On Saturday night, we bring out the Ladywood.
September 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm
At least it is not the Collar of Shame! (I do not like the Collar of Shame.)
September 27, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Or Cone of Shame, even.
September 27, 2012 at 4:12 pm
or the Lampshade of Mortification, in our house.
September 26, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Well it’s both he and his boyfriend doing the artwork so odds are you could nt find both of them. But since the original art is non existstant I assume so is the boyfriend
September 27, 2012 at 5:52 pm
You should meet my students.
September 26, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Is it just me, or do the skirts in this shop seem to be photographed outside of a hotel? This one caught my attention: http://www.etsy.com/listing/93119902/patchwork-leather-wrap-mini-skirt-1-sk-2?ref=v1_other_2 … Seems a little bit more White Trash to run your plagerising etsy shop out of the Comfort Inn.
September 26, 2012 at 3:10 pm
It *might* be an apartment complex? I dunno. The giant metal & glass cube in the background could either be a clubhouse space or some weird addition to a hotel.
September 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Looks like their stuff ships from Thailand. I’ll wait while you recover your composure from this stunning revelation.
Also, that is one horrorshow of a skirt. Fuck.
September 26, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Oh Jesus. Check the update.
September 26, 2012 at 6:40 pm
See I told you the boyfriend was non existant!!
September 26, 2012 at 4:21 pm
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September 26, 2012 at 6:17 pm
I’m pretty sure this skirt was stolen out of wardrobe from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. And it was being worn as a kilt. With copious sweating.
September 26, 2012 at 5:16 pm
Now, now. You’ve got to give them credit for giving the hotel “lot lizards” a new chance on life! If the skirts get much shorter the word “crack” will be redefined for them!
September 26, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Good Lorrrdd! The Leatherface skirt is the stuff of freaking nightmares! That is some Ed Gein looking shit right there.
I don’t want to defend the thieves, but I live in a suuuuper trashy looking apartment that used to be an old motel, and it has outside hallways like that.
September 27, 2012 at 9:27 am
You live in Syracuse? We have one of those super trashy looking (because it is super trashy) apartment blgs that used to be a motel two blocks from where I work. Complete with exterior hallways.
September 26, 2012 at 3:01 pm
That’s some brass ones they got. Is there any way we could ask Etsy to kick them off or is that all pretty much a lost cause now?
September 26, 2012 at 3:04 pm
Just don’t call out in the forums. Or by private message. Or e-mail. Or smoke signal. Or carrier pigeon.
September 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm
And for the love of god don’t say anything without throwing some glitter around and shooting rainbows out of your ass first.
September 26, 2012 at 6:42 pm
And a dozen cupcakes
September 26, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Right. Because calling out their reseller bullshit wouldn’t be yummy or creamy.
September 26, 2012 at 3:26 pm
And it totally crashes the groove they get listening to zydeco music while riding their fixies around the office.
September 26, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I like zydeco
September 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm
So do I.
September 26, 2012 at 5:50 pm
I do too, actually, but I will never forget that awful explanation of how to spice up your store description.
September 26, 2012 at 5:12 pm
And stopping for a lovely meal of coleslaw.
September 26, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Send them cupcakes, spelling out the message.
September 26, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Etsy won’t act unless the copyright owner complains. I looked for Ron Burns, but the only email address I found for him bounced back. I’m hoping he sees this post.
Art theft is annoying no matter what, but the fact that he supports animal shelters with the proceeds makes this especially irritating.
September 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Just found this; looks like there are several different contact emails listed here on his website.
http://www.ronburns.com/contactus/index.html
September 26, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Looks like there is also a Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ron-Burns/50976005714
September 26, 2012 at 3:33 pm
It says he was artist-in-residence for the Humane Society — they might have current contact information for him. Heck, they might hold the copyright.
September 26, 2012 at 3:40 pm
He’s on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronburns and FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ron-Burns/50976005714
September 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm
try the branch of the humane society as well, they may have some copyright on these too… he may have “gifted” the rights to them so they could get the proceeds directly from sales outlets. so reporting to them might work too. He takes a small write off on the donation of the works’ rights and the humane society can sell the prints all they want to save all the little friends!
(i don’t know for a fact that’s what he did, but it could be worth notifying the HS as well)
September 26, 2012 at 4:34 pm
The Humane Society of the United States, has NOTHING in ANY way of an association with a local Humane Society that would be in your local county, sadly.
September 26, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Arizona Humane Society is a local one Ron Burns works with.
http://www.azhumane.org/
September 26, 2012 at 5:19 pm
I don’t think anyone here has any problem realizing why they felt etsy was the perfect internet fit! As soon as I get back home & unpack, I am permanently leaving etsy!
September 26, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Etsy and Paypal: fucking over people trying to do charitable works for 2 years now.
September 26, 2012 at 3:04 pm
In this case “douchebag” is an euphemism.
September 26, 2012 at 6:46 pm
We need the Chinese translation for douchebag and hope their douche contains wasabi
January 26, 2013 at 3:46 pm
Wasabi’s japanese.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and their douche will have Szechuan pepper in it.
September 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm
I’m really, reeeeally drunk – not normal Regretsy-browsing tipsy, but shit-faced on an entire bottle of wine (thank you, Chrome spellcheck, for making comprehension of my rant possible), and the fact I’m alternately looking at kitten pictures of my now grown cats, while browsing Etsy for (REAL) handmade Christmas gifts, I’m extra-special-furious about this particular thievery. WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDR-er, cats, sad doggies, and zebras!?
September 26, 2012 at 5:20 pm
You’re actually doing it correctly!
September 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm
According to Dictionary.com:
Bohemian – a person, as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices.
Probably the only thing that’s authentic about the whole shop.
September 26, 2012 at 4:00 pm
I always get a little miffed when someone uses the term “Bohemian” incorrectly. I am Scottish and Bohemian. When they changed the name of the country my Grandfather went apeshit-”It will ALWAYS be Bohemia”!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the oldest countries in Europe now reduced to meaning crappy art and long earrings. Oh well, I still have bagpipes.
September 26, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Bagpipes can make up for a lot.
September 26, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Luckily, in Chicago, we have the Bohemian National Cemetery, so it’s pretty accepted that Bohemia is A) an actual place, and B) not collective of pre-emo drum beating, snap assing, bad jazz worshiping poets of dubious talent.
My great-grandmother came to Chicago from Bohemia. I don’t even have bagpipes, just rightous indignation…and mushrooms. Can’t forget the houbys.
September 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I have family buried in the BNC. When I say I am bohiemien people say “oh yeah, you’re and artist, right?” Well yes, and my grandfather emigrated to Chcicago from Bohemia.
Read more at http://www.regretsy.com/2012/09/26/the-regretsy-double-douchebag-award/#1CeLlqtPzs4PSvXz.99
September 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I have no clue how that link ended up in my post.
September 26, 2012 at 5:24 pm
I actually had a doctor that would play “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes for his patients every St. Patrick’s Day. I loved it! He wore his traditional Kilt, socks, the works! Looked forward to it! (we always got 2 more songs out of him).
September 26, 2012 at 6:05 pm
September 27, 2012 at 2:16 pm
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September 26, 2012 at 3:09 pm
I NEED MY ANGRY EYES. And maybe a punching bag.
September 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm
What it… her boyfriend is Ron Burns?
September 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm
or any of those other artists and he just goes under different pseudonyms?
September 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm
That seems plausible.
September 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm
September 26, 2012 at 5:05 pm
maybe they are all polygamists.
September 26, 2012 at 4:32 pm
He isn’t. A simple search will tell you that Ron Burns lives in Aspen and has a wife named Buff.
September 26, 2012 at 4:55 pm
The copy cat in question has a wife named Bluff.
September 26, 2012 at 6:37 pm
And his name is Con
September 26, 2012 at 6:51 pm
“that could happen”
——Judy Tunuda
September 26, 2012 at 3:13 pm
I’ve been seeing these psychedelic animal paintings all over, by different artists. Now I know who they’re all plagiarizing. Interesting.
September 26, 2012 at 3:29 pm
The good thing that comes from this post is that, as soon as I saw the kitten painiting, I thought, “OMG I MUST HAVE THAT!” So now I know where to buy from. In fact, I am on Art.com now.
I am apalled by art theivery. My sister is an amazingly talented artist and I made her watermark all of her images before posting on the internet. It makes me really sad knowing that I will probably find a knockoff on etsy or elsewhere some day.
September 26, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I meant to say, “I am apalled by art thievery, especially when there is a chairty involved.” C’mon, not only are you ripping off other’s creativity, but taking away from a good cause. Assholes.
September 26, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Those Hmong Hill-tribe bags they are selling bear a striking resemblance to bags I have seen on Alibaba.
September 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Yep.
September 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I don’t believe Bohemians EVER smile.
September 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Pft, come on, they’re not even the same paintings! I mean, there are some colour differences, and sometimes they didn’t do the greatest job at making an exact duplica– I mean, weren’t as good at being inspired, and sometimes there’s even different colours! Take that zebra, for instance. Totally different. This couple of “art painters” (you know, as opposed to us mistaking them for house painters) are so original it hurts.
It’s not infringement, it’s an homage. Yep.
September 26, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Lack of sleep means I don’t see that I repeated the colour bit until after the fact. Oopsie.
September 26, 2012 at 4:30 pm
But, you guys…..ORIGINAL IDEAS ARE SO HARD!!!!
September 26, 2012 at 6:25 pm
That’s what I was thinking! *ouch*
September 26, 2012 at 4:31 pm
I like to report these because I know Etsy will do something about it!
Pretend time is fun!
September 26, 2012 at 4:44 pm
I just sent Bohemian Smile an email notification, containing the link to the handmade leather skirt on the other site. I told Bohemian Smile should sue the other people for stealing ideas and photos.
I’m bored.
September 26, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Its like Conception meets the Matrix
September 26, 2012 at 9:46 pm
Inception derp (hic!)(burp)
September 26, 2012 at 4:48 pm
I emailed the original artist on facebook.
September 26, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Well seriously…money that doesn’t get sent to animals that need it, chaps my ass.
I wonder if this ‘artist’ scam seller is Mariana from Ecologica Malibu?
September 26, 2012 at 10:38 pm
I think that skirt would chap my ass and, at the very least lead to some serious thigh chaff-age.
September 26, 2012 at 4:53 pm
They’re totally different. They don’t have the signature on them. That proves that they’re not copied, right?
September 26, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Is THAT all it takes?!
…I totally painted everything that says Van Gough. Totally. And my ear grew back. They can do that.
September 27, 2012 at 9:46 am
I seen that too. The originals have a signature, yet what they are trying to sell does not. So if someone were to buy any of these ‘original paintings’ which one would they actually get?
Things that make you go Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm???
September 26, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Is this usually how Etsy resellers screw people?
Due to various customs regulations per country, it may occur that import levies, duties or taxes to be paid on the redemption amount, in which case the buyer is solely responsible for paying fees and or taxes. To minimize this occurrence we mark packages as low value post. Packages that have lost by during postal shipment will not be reimbursed.
They lose it and keep your money.
September 26, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Dur. I forgot quotations around that shit in the middle, it is from their info page.
September 26, 2012 at 6:07 pm
I messaged DesignByHumans (Deyaz) on Facebook about their design, and explained that Etsy won’t do anything unless THEY complain. Hopefully they will.
September 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm
There’s a painting in the same store titled ‘Lion the King.’ Don’t try too hard, now.
September 26, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Aka Hakunamafuckyou
September 26, 2012 at 7:20 pm
I will be attempting hourly to work this into meaningful conversation. I work tonight. It shouldn’t be difficult.
September 27, 2012 at 9:36 am
Beautiful. I will also be using that later on throughout the day and probably the week too. I will give you credit of course, unlike the douchewad de jours featured here.
September 26, 2012 at 6:52 pm
What a bumptious couple….They better govern themselves accordingly if they know whats good for them.
September 26, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Perhaps I’m mistaken, but it looks like Art.com can make the complaint to Etsy for all the stolen property. This is from their terms of use:
http://www.art.com/asp/customerservice/terms_of_use-asp/_/posters.htm
September 26, 2012 at 10:33 pm
They are also copying photographer Uwe Ommer:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/91153200/large-original-oil-painting-on-canvas-24
as opposed to the cover of his book of erotic photography:
http://www.amazon.de/Ladies-franz%C3%B6sisch-englisch-deutsch-Photobook/dp/3822886742/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348723388&sr=8-3
I just tried sending him a message on his website, but I got an error message.
September 27, 2012 at 1:21 am
Just a little more fuckery. If you look at the dripping zebra rip-off it says the picture is 20×20 and indeed the final picture is square, but in the other two images its definitely rectangular…
September 27, 2012 at 5:23 am
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September 27, 2012 at 5:27 am
Actually, fuck it. I take it all back.
I don’t believe they do any of this shit…other than marking it the fuck up.
September 27, 2012 at 3:33 pm
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September 27, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Two words for you – Photoshop Filter
September 27, 2012 at 6:07 pm
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September 27, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Whether it’s a print or a reproduction does not change the fact that it infringes on someone’s copyright, which is STEALING.
September 27, 2012 at 6:15 pm
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September 27, 2012 at 8:14 pm
No, this is copying and *selling* – which is a no-no legally. Not the same thing as remixing or creating fan works that are for enjoyment/homage only and not ever meant to be sold. When you’re creating art you can be inspired by something, you can loosely base a work on something, but you can’t outright make a copy of that something, even if you do it by hand with oil paints, and then say that it’s yours to sell. The right to profit from the work belongs to the original artist.
And the Mona Lisa falls well outside the bounds of copyright, that’s why anyone can copy it and sell the copies – the Mona Lisa is in the public domain. The works of Ron Burns are not.
September 28, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I understand the legality of it. I prefer Japan’s way of doing shit, is all. You can’t replicate and sell precisely the art (these examples would actually be out of line even there, and I agree with that), but anything remotely derivative is fine.
I don’t think you should own every variation of something after you set it free, any more than Disney should be able to sue a small child for drawing Mickey (which they don’t for public relations reasons, but could). American copyright law goes too far in my personal opinion.
(I realize when my opinion is not popular, however, it is likely to become hidden.)
September 27, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Copying the Mona Lisa is a little different, since you’re not depriving da Vinci of anything. And no one is going to think you created it, because it’s an iconic work. Most people who see the zebra, for example, are not going to say, “Hey! That’s a Deyaz!”
September 27, 2012 at 9:20 am
AIAIAIAIAIAI!!
September 27, 2012 at 9:40 am
I am looking at this and all I can think of is the Viking Kitties singing the Led Zepplin “Immigration Song”-
http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin/Fun%20Stuff/Viking%20Kitties/Viking%20Kitties.htm
Love this stuff!
September 27, 2012 at 9:41 am
Sorry that should read- “Immigrant Song”. Got a little ahead of myself there.
September 27, 2012 at 10:18 am
Joel Veitch is a genius! That’s some real art – especially, We Love the Moon.
September 27, 2012 at 11:32 am
Given that Etsy Wants to go ‘Pro’, this sadly doesn’t surprise me anymore.
The site has become a joke in so many ways.
September 27, 2012 at 2:38 pm
from the article you linkd to:
…but the crafting community has a pretty good checks and balances system in place, with crafters blowing the whistle on potential cheaters and Etsy investigating the details.
GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*takes deep breath*
Yeah, we’ve all seen how awesome Etsy are when it comes to investigating cheaters.
Yup.
That article is totally not full of steaming BS! *snark*
September 27, 2012 at 8:18 pm
Well, the author of the article may have been full of it, but the commenters sure knew better – one of them even referred back to Regretsy as their source!
September 27, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Oh of course! I was trying to point out that the author of the article was full of it, as you said, not Kestris.
Sorry if that came across wrong!
I even upvoted Kestris for leaving me the link to that article!
September 27, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Looking closely at their shop, there are a couple that remain some have been taken down or sold (must have been my email to the etsy store with the link to this Regretsy post) but they are a shop from Thailand.
Asian resellers, here we go!
September 29, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Well, will you look at that? They made plagiarism happen in their artistic ability.
I especially love how they’re trying to sell the Ron Burns copies for roughly four times the price of the originals.