"Stock art website with stolen art suing original artist"

I found this on Digg, and felt that I have to repost it here. It's something that probably hits close to home for a lot of artists and graphic designers.

Have you ever created something, and put it on your website, or DeviantART account, or your Facebook for the world to see? Only to find that a week later it's reposted elsewhere with no credit back to you?

Now imagine you are a successful graphic designer and the many logos that you have created for established companies and corporations have been copied and posted else where. The kicker? A stock art site stole them, offer them to other people for a price, and then turn around and slap you with a lawsuit claiming that you, the artist, stole their work.

Well this is just the thing that happened to Jon Engle.

Click here to read Jon's story. Make sure you share this with your friends, family, co workers, strangers, and priests. This issue needs to be known to prevent things like this from happening again.

Jon Engle's Blog: http://www.jonengle.com/ (The link may be down due to high traffic. Check back if it doesn't work)
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