Worried someone might have stolen my work?

woodwinds
Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:54:24 +0000

I agree with Bowman. The chances of this happening are slim. Don’t get too worried about these issues.

My oldest daughter is a professional painter. Images of her art are everywhere on the internet—her website, blog, flickr, gallery websites. It cannot be avoided if you want to be successful. I occasionally do a Google search to see who has been using her artwork. They have been a few who have used an image or two without asking her, but they attributed her to the work and didn’t appear to make money off of it.

My youngest daughter (the “woodwind” player) is also a cartoonist and has put up a number of her cartoons on Facebook. One of her friends from middle school took one of my daughter’s cartoons off Facebook after the girl moved to another state, and incorporated it into her own cartoon. Although she does not draw in my daughter’s style (and could not pull off stealing it outright) my daughter has been keeping an eye out on Facebook for any further swipes.