#stealingimages

[meggieandmonstah]

What the f*^# !!! Steal my images? Couldn't take a photo of your own products? Disgusting. From now on, I'll be watermarking all my content. I believe she has blocked me from seeing her account. But it's okay, Influenster has been notified of this inappropriate and against the rules activity. #cheatersneverprosper #reported #rude #lazy #dothework #stealingimages

[sarahbsmithart-blog]

Stealing is not nice.

Dear Tumblr user who copies, re-edits and/or re-posts and doesn’t give me an ounce of credit,

That really hurts.  Especially when hardly anyone is following my social media, and I see that hundreds of people have re-posted or liked this image from your Tumblr.  I work so hard on creating these images and all I want to do is share them with others who may connect with what they see.  It feels good knowing that people like it, but on the other hand it feels empty and awful that you weren’t kind enough to credit my hard work, and then took the liberty of re-editing my art to suit your taste.  

I don’t want to watermark my images.  I want people to see them.  I’m glad you shared, but all I ask is that you link back to my original image if you like it enough to share, otherwise it feels like you stole from me.  And again, that really hurts.