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bewarebradfalchuk:

Got this dress in the mail today and it’s the first one I’ve ever had that zips up all the way to my neck.

Shit was hard.

How do people do this alone on a regular basis?

You need a zipper helper. You can make one with a big safety pin and some heavy twine/cord. Tie the cord onto the pin through the loop hole then pin it through the zipper pull. Pull the zip up as high as you can then flip the length of cord over your shoulder and use it to pull the zip up the rest of the way. Just do it slow so the pin doesn’t open and stick you…or use a fishing swivel for lures instead. Or google for zipper helpers.

edwardspoonhands: omgcolfer: edwardspoonhands: lizziekeiper: melissaanelli: asammyg: katiewoodger: DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me? My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways. Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my painting I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed. Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this. This is really sad.  Look at the bag. It is the EXACT drawing. This is terrible. For the company responsible for a lot of current copyright law to do this - wow. Please signal boost. Literally the only thing someone can do against Disney’s stealing someone’s work. Without all the lawyers. This is so sad. :( Signal Boost…DISNEY! One of  your designers stole this and no one noticed. Please give Katie a fair (7%) royalty WITHOUT going through the unnecessary hassle of a law suit…THANK YOU! That would be the only way to prove to me that you don’t suck. From an ethical standpoint, the one who stole the image and made money off of it is obviously in the wrong here, but from a legal standpoint, doesn’t this technically count as fanart of Alice in Wonderland and doesn’t Disney own the rights to that however far that extends? (*I know as much about copyright law as I do about rocket science… which is to say, not much at all) Indeed that would be the case if Disney owned the copyright to Alice, but they don’t. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was written in 1856 by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations in that book showed Alice as a blond girl wearing a blue dress and an apron, as shown in Katie’s artwork above. Disney’s adaptation was created about 100 years after that. Those illustrations (as well as the original work by Carroll) are in the public domain. Which does not mean that works created based on them (like the Alice movie, or Katie’s art) are in the public domain. I’m looking forward to the day when all legal battles are settled via reblogs on Tumblr… Tumblr reblog settlements would be cool, too bad it’s not likely to happen any time soon.  For those following this, it’s not the subject matter since Alice is in the public domain, it’s the composition, craftsmanship and rendering of the subject matter that has been used without permission or compensation. Unlike fan art where the subject is still under copyright ownership and can’t be sold for a profit, Katie’s ‘Alice Painting the Roses White’ could have been sold. Disney has taken her right to profit off of her work away from her for the purpose of their profit. For the fan artist, always get permission from the copyright holder before you attempt to sell your art. Some companies won’t say boo about fan art until it’s done for profit, some will give permissions for profit if that profit goes to a charity, some copyright holders will send out a cease and desist/take-down notice for any kind of fan art…Anne McCafferty (and company) author of ‘Dragon Riders of Pern’ comes to mind for this type of action. And NOTHING is to be considered creative commons/free for use, unless clearly stated it is. As soon as something is put up on the web it’s legally considered published and therefore falls into copyright as of that date.
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edwardspoonhands:

omgcolfer:

edwardspoonhands:

lizziekeiper:

melissaanelli:

asammyg:

katiewoodger:

DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK

I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me?

My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways.

Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)
and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my painting

I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed.

Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this.

This is really sad. 

Look at the bag. It is the EXACT drawing. This is terrible. For the company responsible for a lot of current copyright law to do this - wow.

Please signal boost. Literally the only thing someone can do against Disney’s stealing someone’s work. Without all the lawyers.

This is so sad. :(

Signal Boost…DISNEY! One of  your designers stole this and no one noticed. Please give Katie a fair (7%) royalty WITHOUT going through the unnecessary hassle of a law suit…THANK YOU! That would be the only way to prove to me that you don’t suck.

From an ethical standpoint, the one who stole the image and made money off of it is obviously in the wrong here, but from a legal standpoint, doesn’t this technically count as fanart of Alice in Wonderland and doesn’t Disney own the rights to that however far that extends? (*I know as much about copyright law as I do about rocket science… which is to say, not much at all)

Indeed that would be the case if Disney owned the copyright to Alice, but they don’t.

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” was written in 1856 by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations in that book showed Alice as a blond girl wearing a blue dress and an apron, as shown in Katie’s artwork above. Disney’s adaptation was created about 100 years after that.

Those illustrations (as well as the original work by Carroll) are in the public domain. Which does not mean that works created based on them (like the Alice movie, or Katie’s art) are in the public domain.

I’m looking forward to the day when all legal battles are settled via reblogs on Tumblr…

Tumblr reblog settlements would be cool, too bad it’s not likely to happen any time soon. 

For those following this, it’s not the subject matter since Alice is in the public domain, it’s the composition, craftsmanship and rendering of the subject matter that has been used without permission or compensation.

Unlike fan art where the subject is still under copyright ownership and can’t be sold for a profit, Katie’s ‘Alice Painting the Roses White’ could have been sold. Disney has taken her right to profit off of her work away from her for the purpose of their profit.

For the fan artist, always get permission from the copyright holder before you attempt to sell your art. Some companies won’t say boo about fan art until it’s done for profit, some will give permissions for profit if that profit goes to a charity, some copyright holders will send out a cease and desist/take-down notice for any kind of fan art…Anne McCafferty (and company) author of ‘Dragon Riders of Pern’ comes to mind for this type of action.

And NOTHING is to be considered creative commons/free for use, unless clearly stated it is. As soon as something is put up on the web it’s legally considered published and therefore falls into copyright as of that date.

katiewoodger: katiewoodger: DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me? My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways. Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my painting I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed. Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this. Thank you so much for the support. To answer a few questions, I’m British, but living and working in Tokyo right now. I have very little money so it’s highly unlikely I can hire anyone to help me out. I appreciate all the ideas and signal boosting. Contact a few large legal companies that deal with intellectual property law. They might do the work pro-bono (for a percentage of the award or no cost to you if they don’t win). If you have the original artwork and proof you uploaded the image before Disney went into production of the items in question (it’s proof of copyright and for them to have gotten your image it’d have to have been published on the internet, publication in any form establishes legal copyright) they would be idiots to not snap up the case. Disney has deep pockets so you really need to look to a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property/copyright law, do not go with some random ambulance chaser. You need someone who is familiar with… The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)… The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988… and United States Copyright Laws. Best case scenario, you and the lawyer get rich. Worst case you find out Disney bought the rights to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass and they own all aspects of the Wonderland material. Most likely to happen, you get a settlement and maybe royalties for using the art. Artists need to keep all files when they put something on the internet for this issue alone. You have to save as many steps of your digital work as is possible to prove it is yours. 
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katiewoodger:

katiewoodger:

DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK

I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me?

My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways.

Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)
and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my painting

I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed.

Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this.

Thank you so much for the support.
To answer a few questions, I’m British, but living and working in Tokyo right now. I have very little money so it’s highly unlikely I can hire anyone to help me out. I appreciate all the ideas and signal boosting.

Contact a few large legal companies that deal with intellectual property law. They might do the work pro-bono (for a percentage of the award or no cost to you if they don’t win). If you have the original artwork and proof you uploaded the image before Disney went into production of the items in question (it’s proof of copyright and for them to have gotten your image it’d have to have been published on the internet, publication in any form establishes legal copyright) they would be idiots to not snap up the case. Disney has deep pockets so you really need to look to a lawyer who specializes in intellectual property/copyright law, do not go with some random ambulance chaser. You need someone who is familiar with… The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)… The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988… and United States Copyright Laws.

Best case scenario, you and the lawyer get rich. Worst case you find out Disney bought the rights to Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass and they own all aspects of the Wonderland material. Most likely to happen, you get a settlement and maybe royalties for using the art.

Artists need to keep all files when they put something on the internet for this issue alone. You have to save as many steps of your digital work as is possible to prove it is yours. 

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nosdrinker:

adrianshhh:

well a very very hevay bertation

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hOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN TO A PERSON

Ahhh…the migraine announcer. Migraines can do weird shit. Lewis Carroll had occipital migraines that made him see things weirdly and then he used that weirdness to write ‘Alice In Wonderland’.

(Source: adrians1)

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