Account @temptaestions on Tumblr has been stealing gifs from multiple content creators on Tumblr and Twitter. She has been cropping, recoloring then reposting and claiming these gifs as her own since January 2019. When contacted by multiple content creators, she maintained that the cropped and recolored gifs are hers. Further, when asked, she said that she had the video on her phone and gif-ed there. [1]
On September 8, Eshika made a post with the different psd’s that she used on editing the gifs, and made no comment on the actual process of making the gif. Admin Kelly had contacted them by private message on September 9 to remove all reposted, cropped, and re-colored gifs and/or uncredited content. They have not replied to any of her messages until now.
You can look through some of their stolen content in their #my+gifs tag. If you see your work was reposted, you may report their account through this form for misattribution instead of copyright infringement.
You can show your support for content makers by:
blocking @temptaestions to prevent accidentally spreading their reposts;
post-replying on @temptaestions ‘original’ posts about their reposting;
sending an ask and/or DM to @temptaestions to stop re-editing and reposting, and to delete their reposts;
reblogging or sharing our report on Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram;
contacting content makers whose work you recognize has been reposted
Community pressure may stop this user and prevent others from reposting original content. We encourage expressing your anger, but we do not condone violent or threatening messages.
Cropping, Re-Editing, and Reposting GIFs
@temptaestions repost cropped GIFs | @nochuie original post
@temptaestions recoloured GIFs | @nochuie original post
@temptaestions recoloured and cropped GIFs | @bwiae original post [1] [2]
@temptaestions recoloured and cropped) GIFs | @sweaterpawschim original twitter post [1] [2]
@temptaestions cropped and split it into 2 GIFs | @sweaterpawsjimin tistory original post
@temptaestions repost GIFs | @allfortxt original post
Please mind that re-editing GIFs from other creators including cropping and re-coloring is prohibited and it doesn’t make the GIF is yours.
Account @kimsnamjoons (now @girlssgeneration as of 11/15) has been re-editing other content creators’ gifs from multiple fandoms and claiming them as their own since at least November 2017. Dayna was contacted by at least 5 gif-makers, other individuals, and admin Tiffany (11/05/18) over 2 weeks (10/22 to 11/05); and has blocked all of them. In November 2017 gif-makers also contacted Dayna, made call-out posts, and were also blocked.
Instead they continue to claim they make their own gifs when replying to asks and in personal posts on @kimsnamjoons and their twitter account, @cutienamjoons. Further, they say that they feel “their” gifs are not appreciated, but they plan to continue reposting anyway. They repost as many as 7 compilation gif sets in a day.
You can see their reposts under their tag #dayna’s shit and #mine. If you see your work was reposted, you can report misattribution with this form in order to remove all reblogs of the post.
You can show your support for content makers by:
blocking @girlssgeneration to prevent accidentally spreading their reposts;
blacklisting ‘kimsnamjoons’ and ‘girlssgeneration’ using new xkit or tumblr savior web browser extension;
reblogging our report or sharing on Twitter;
contacting the users they follow and/or reblog from to block @girlssgeneration
sending an ask and/or DM @girlssgeneration to stop reposting and to delete their reposts;
contacting content makes whose work you recognize have been reposted.
Community pressure may stop this user and prevent others from reposting or sharing reposts. We encourage expressing your anger, but we do not condone violent or threatening messages.
Below the cut we have compiled:
admin contact with @kimsnamjoons and their responses;
direct evidence of reposting;
evidence they don’t have the technical skills to make the stolen gifs.
Contact with @kimsnamjoons
On 11/05 I contacted Dayna @kimsnamjoons after receiving a reposting report on their account from 3 different users on 10/12, 10/28, and 10/31. These reports included links to multiple call-out posts made in October 2018 by other gif-makers. In response they tweeted (source):
I received no response and was immediately blocked, but Dayna did make personal comments about my DMs on their blog and (copy-pasted to) their twitter. I reblogged and responded to their comments on @btsgfx. Dayna then blocked @btsgfx and tweeted, lying to an audience of 0, that I called them out cause they’re a multi-stan instead of cause they’re a reposter (source).
Dayna seems to think blocking stops gif-makers from seeing their stolen gifs on their blog too (source).
This is not the first time a community of gif-makers have accused Dayna of re-editing and reposting. In November 2017, gif-makers also contacted Dayna, made call-out posts, and were blocked. In response to being called out, Dayna started adding their own watermark to reposted gifs (source).
This was their response to a call-out post in 2017 (source):
#i dont wanna say im bitter #i have never & w i l l n e v e r steal gifs #i know how it feels to see something youve worked so hard on be reposted and i would never wish that on anybodyim just pissed someone would literally make a post about me saying a stole them im???im????? #i dont mean to be that bitch but uhhhhhh idk how else to say it #i make these gifs myself
To see the numerous call-out posts (including some with evidence of their own) search for text posts in #kimsnamjoons. They have consistently until now (11/14) claim that all re-edited and reposted gifs are their own and despite the “undeserved hate” they plan to continue “posting their own gifs” (source).
Evidence of Reposting
Dayna’s gif sets have all been compilations sets with gifs of different video source quality, sharpness, coloring, frame rate, and at times even gif sizes. These are obvious giveaways of reposting, however below we overlaid Dayna’s re-edited gifs on top of the original gif-makers’ as undeniable evidence. They match frame by frame with the same number of frames, pixel content, and are cropped smaller than the original gifs.
To prove the below overlaid gifs are Dayna’s gifs we have overlaid, we link OP’s gif set and Dayna’s gif set.
Dayna’s re-edited gif set
1st row, right in Dayna’s (link above) overlaid on top-left in OP’s gif set
3rd row, left in Dayna’s overlaid on 4th gif in OP’s
4th row, left in Dayna’s overlaid on bottom-left in OP’s
4th row, right in Dayna’s overlaid on bottom gif in OP’s
bottom row, left in Dayna’s re-edited gif set overlaid on OP’s gif
bottom row, left in Dayna’s re-edited gif set overlaid on top-left in OP’s
2nd row, right in Dayna’s re-edited gif set overlaid on OP’s gif set
top row, middle in Dayna’s re-edited gif set overlaid on OP’s gif set
There are a few gifs that were identified where Dayna did not even re-edit and/or crop so you can not tell the difference when just viewing the overlaid gif (not as a PSD).
4th row, right gif in Dayna’s repost vs. 2nd row gif in OP’s
bottom row, left gif in Dayna’s re-edited gif set vs. top-left in OP’s
Evidence of Inadequate GIF Skills
Even though it’s nearly impossible for two gifs created by different gif-makers of the same scene to look the same, Dayna’s answer to an anon ask shows they don’t even know how to make gifs at the quality level of the gifs they stole.
They claim they use .mp4 files for their gifs, but some of the above stolen gifs were created using .ts files that can only be downloaded using magnet links (very different from just converting online videos to .mp4 files).
To make gifs from videos, Dayna uses ezgif.com, which makes it impossible to delete duplicate frames or manually delete undesired frames. All gif-makers on PS delete frames to some degree.
Given they add text and crop using ezgif.com and gifgifs.com, they do not know how to sharpen using Photoshop or Topaz, a relatively complicated PS plug-in, which does not explain how their gifs differ in sharpness.
For coloring gifs, Dayna seems to only use coloring PSDs they download, which makes it impossible that their coloring matches with gif-makers who do not use coloring PSDs or post their own.
Edit (11/04): Dayna posted a video of them making a gif (view here) which provides further evidence that (1) they know how to make a gif but choose to repost anyway and (2) do not have the adequate knowledge of gif-making and Photoshop to make the gifs they reposted for all the above reasons we listed.
[REPORT] Fan Site Scans, Photos, & Twitter Reposter @army-baby-gzb
Account @army-baby-gzb on Tumblr has been reposting and cropping logos out from fan sites’ photos, videos, scans, and posts from Twitter and Facebook since at least 2016.
Admin Tiffany N. had contacted them 3 times through IM in 01/17 when an initial report was submitted to btsgfx. Tiffany was able to begin a conversation on 02/13/18 for them to remove all reposted and/or uncredited content, but @army-baby-gzb has only removed posts they have been specifically confronted with and refuses to delete reposts on their own effort. Tiffany was blocked 02/14. Admin Cynthia sent a last IM on 02/15 to remove all reposts with no response.
You can look through some of their reposted content in their #bts, #bts meme, and #bangtan boys tags. If you see your work was reposted, you may report their account through this form for misattribution or contact them to remove it.
You can show your support for our fandom’s content makers by sending asks to @army-baby-gzb about deleting their reposts and/or blocking to prevent accidentally sharing their reposts. Community pressure may stop this user and prevent others from reposting original content. We encourage expressing your anger, but we do not condone violent or threatening messages.
Account @/knj (previously @rmvely, @moonboyv, @taehyungplus, @aftershock1230, @ilwoljk, @peonchim, @jiminfull95, @agikkuk, @JUNGKOOK97t, @taebboong, @kkuk_twt) on Twitter has been reposting gif sets, graphics, translations, art, scans, and various other works from BTS content creators since at least September of 2017. They also host scam giveaways.
05/01/18 Update: You can check @bangtanthief for username updates and recent allegations, such as stealing ARMY5 membership. Please follow @bangtanthief if you are active on Twitter so that your account is automatically blocked by @/knj’s new accounts.
03/22/18 Update: Over the past 6 months, they mostly repost translations and scans; causing some content creators to close access to their work.
Before @kkuk_twt was deleted, they had reposted many Mic Drop Remix graphics and seemed to be compiling them from btsgfx. Likely, they were using @springbts13 (deactivated) or another Tumblr account to repost to Twitter.
If you see your work reposted, you may submit a copyright infringement form to have them removed. By law, all creators automatically receive copyrights of ownership and distribution for works posted on the Internet as long as source materials (even if copyrighted) allow modification or are transformed. You may read over Twitter’s copyright policy here.
You can show your support for our fandom’s content makers by:
following @bangtanthief so that your account is automatically blocked by @rmvely’s new accounts;
blocking @/knj’s accounts to prevent spreading their reposts and accessing your content;
reporting @/knj’s accounts for spam for username squatting;
reblogging or sharing our report on Tumblr and Twitter;
contacting content makers whose work has been reposted
Please report @/knj’s accounts if you have a Twitter account. By creating so many accounts, they violate Twitter’s Spam & Security policy:
Click the gear icon (on iOS) or three dots overflow icon (on PC or Android) by the follow button.
Click “Report [username]” from the list of options that appear.
Click “They are tweeting spam”.
For further information on this user’s history of reposting and other allegations (pretending to be Korean, a trainee, BTS’ manager, and a fan site by stealing fans’, fan sites’, and press media; catfishing; giveaway scams; etc.) you may read the Twitter threads by @codepjm and @yoonkeyk. We have verified they are all about the same user despite the different usernames. For help on reporting other violations, look here.
Community pressure may stop this user and prevent others from reposting original content. We encourage expressing your anger, but we do not condone violent or threatening messages.
[REPORT] Fan Site Photos & GFX Reposter @mxrrakkii
Account @mxrrakkii on Tumblr has been reposting fan-taken photos and gfx without credit from multiple BTS content creators since January of 2018. Admin Grace had contacted them on 02/12 to remove all reposted and/or uncredited content after we recieved a report from a tumblr account who had previously contacted them. @mxrrakkii has created this post insulting said account and making excuses for their actions. Currently, @mxrrakkii has ignored admin Grace’s messages and appears to not be online.
You can look through some of their reposted content in their #bts tag. If you see your work was reposted, you may report their account through this form for misattribution.
You can show your support for our fandom’s content makers by messaging @mxrrakkii about their reposting and/or blocking to prevent accidentally sharing their reposts. Community pressure may stop this user and prevent others from reposting original content. We encourage expressing your anger, but we do not condone violent or threatening messages.
[REPORT] Graphic Style Copying & Inspiration without Credit @slythjeon
Account @slythjeon (now abandoned since 07/08; formerly @absolutebts, @tinkervell) has been drawing inspiration from Magdiel Lopez without credit and copying his style since October of 2017. Admin Cynthia contacted them on 06/27/18, where she informed them about an anonymous submission we have received regarding the alarming similarities between @slythjeon’s works and those of Magdiel Lopez. @slythjeon replied with a thanks and shortly after deleted all of their graphics.
After Cynthia asked why they had deleted all their work without clarifying the accusations, they explained that Lopez is one of their role models and claimed:
they never intended to copy Lopez’s style or works;
this is the first time someone's said their work is (too) similar to Lopez’s;
they do not know which of their works are potential copies of Lopez’s;
and they have never directly drawn inspiration from Lopez’s work (though they followed a few YouTube tutorials that emulate Lopez’s graphics).
We are not creating this post to ask everyone to no longer reblog their works or to block @slythjeon, but to inform. With this information, please decide which actions you wish to take, but we highly discourage anyone from contacting @slythjeon unless you are personally affected.
Below the cut are further details and side-by-side comparisons between @slythjeon’s and Magdiel Lopez’s graphics from the anonymous submission, including some we view as works created from valid inspiration if credit had been given and not for the other circumstances.
On 07/07, @slythjeon sent images of all their graphic to ask which resemble Lopez’s. After Cynthia said they should know which as they are the creator, they acknowledged that they should have been more careful about the similarities and credited their inspiration, such as the tutorials, as their mistakes; but maintain all their claims above and stated they no longer wish to explain themself any further.
Considering how (1) all of their work under the 3 blogs are similar stylistically to solely Lopez despite their multiple role models, (2) they have never credited for any source of inspiration, and (3) more than a few of the works look like copies of Lopez’s; it is difficult to believe this was not done intentionally, even if it was done without malice.
There is a line between valid inspiration, which some of @slythjeon’s works fall under if they had credited Lopez’s specific works, and copying. If the work simply changes the fandom context while using the same concept and/or visual design, it is a copy. If while creating or judging a work as inspired or a copy, “it is different enough” should not be the goal or verdict.
@slythjeon: x | Magdiel Lopez: x, x, x
@slythjeon (as @tinkervell): x | Magdiel Lopez: x, x
@slythjeon: x | Magdiel Lopez: x
@slythjeon (as @absolutebts): x, x | Magdiel Lopez: x
@slythjeon (as @tinkervell): x | Magdiel Lopez: x, x
