CONTENT THEFT account beware - rugrothchild!
This person takes my work, crops the watermarks, never gives the credit, and posts it to boost their sales. More information below
Hi guys! Usually I never post about stuff like that, but yesterday a mutual reached out to me telling there’s this account named rugrothchild on Instagram with 62K followers who posts tons of uncredited content and they took one of my photos as well, without even tagging/mentioning me as a creator. After multiple people reached out and asked them give me a credit, they not only didn’t take any action, but removed the comments and posted one of my photos again, this time cropping my watermark:
This person’s main content source is their own handmade stuff, however their “business strategy” is to mix it with lots of uncredited work taken from others, which they use to promote their account for the better traction.
I never give anyone the permission to repost my work (photography or art) without proper credit and with cropping my watermarks, especially when it’s done for self-promotion/activity farming on big scraper accounts like that. Smaller artists don't even come close to having the number of followers and activity that those who repost their work without their consent, and I just wanted to remind you how important it is to support an actual content creators, not the scrapers 🙌
