This is a very special case, not the common pirate, who 'only' shares a link, no - this lady put some work in her criminal activities by first cutting out other peoples images and then claiming it hers by adding a fat watermark 'tubed by Lori Rhae' on my images. or didn't she put so much work in it after all......
and here are the images in question
this flower has been 'tubed' by her (after I had a graphic up at renderosity and also a kit available which contains exactly this flower) and no, Lori, just twisting the leaves around a little bit still doesn't make it yours. Who says so? THE LAW DOES.
now let's take a closer look to who Lori Rhae is, knowing quite a lot about her I want to share with you.
Lori Rhae (Rhae is her middle name)
Lori McGinnis
Tennessee USA 37681
(street and full address will not be published, it can be obtained by filing at your local courthouse for a subpoena, send this paper to the provider of the infringing party and they will comply to give you the full information about the person)
she's employed by Bank Of America in their reverse mortgage department which formerly was Countrywide Bank
her isp is Comcast
Return-Path: <tubesbylorirhae@gmail.com>
Received: from your-96fc0aa548 (c-69-254-99-242.hsd1.tn.comcast.net
[69.254.99.242])
two of the groups she uses as platform for art theft and copyright infringement are
http://groups.google.com/group/chezchicboutique
http://groups.google.com/group/psp-funtuts4u
and many many more
here an excerpt of a mail I received from a very trustworthy source
'Saddens me the way she's taken artist work and altered it too'
what is an insult in itself since beside doing some clean cuts (what every 5 year old can accomplish after some practice) her creative abilities are very limited not to say non existent, Ihave never seen a render of her DONE by her with her own imagination and abilities. This kind of alteration is called 'plagiatism' and it is also forbidden by law to protect the intellectual property of a person. (note: every piece of my work has its copyright officially registered, which is very helpful in case of a lawsuit)
, such as in this case what appears to be flowers from your kit taken apart and flipped one around and then put back together as if was her own work even renaming the file to a name of her choice.
she sure has to rename the file, otherwise a lot of people would get on her a@@ right away lol, she has more real art lovers in her group than she might think, and thankfully those make us aware of her doings. my thanks goes to all of them, god bless you, you are a great help.
She was offered a tubing job with UYA last year and turned it down because tubing for that small pay wasn't worth her time.'
oooh, small pay isn't worth her time, but art theft is? I wonder how her employer reacts to this and if the Bank Of America pays people for stealing other peoples hard work to spread it around for free and taking away from a hard working woman's income. BTW I am a customer of this particular bank and will have a word with them.
Any consolation Lori Rhae also released another new tube today...a Cris deLara tube, . She scatters the theft around I guess.
no consolation at all, no guessing necessary, all license companies and artists know she does!
I find my greatest comfort in successfully filed provider complaints, which take the person in question off the internet for a while and get them black listed. What is so nice about this, the more often a person is black listed, the less they will be able to contract with a new provider.
just wondering what a provider complaint against Lori Rhae might cause since she is working online - or - if she even uses a connection provided by the Bank Of America for her criminal activities? lol now that would be a thing - a provider complaint about her reaches her employer, who doesn't even know what a tube is. I will have no problems to explain it to them, that is, my attorney will, he knows how to explain things a lot better than I do lol.
You have a good night and I'll be happy to pass on anything else I see from Lori Rhae of yours. If you had anything else at Renderosity site she probably grabbed it too. Which means it will probably turn up before long.
oh let her bring it on, I love to file complaints, if need be 10-15 in a row and I will not stop until she stops.
She works from home via computer and phone so tends to tube while on phone with customers.
now isn't she a gem for every employer and we all wonder why the economy is down. Obviously the poor customers who call for help don't know that while she is chatting with them, her fingers are busy tubing stolen artwork to ruin small businesses and to bring hard working people down.
read more about the case soon
I have to go back to work, since I need to make a living from what I paint
see you soon for updates
Kat
