Art theft alert

[Flitzer]

Hi all
Just a heads-up just in case you might be affected.
I stumbled on to a web site
WW2 Drawings
owned by a Vincent bourguignon
bourguignon.vincent@skynet.be

I was amazed to find a vast number of illustrations by many artists portrayed as his.
I found over 30 of my own profiles (www.flitzerart.com) there and some I recognised as the work of many other artists. All with his copyright and all of which are for sale.

I thought it worth bringing to your attention just in case it may affect members here or at least be aware.

Best regards
Peter

[Stev0]

Thank you for the heads up... hope you have some success with this.

[CharlieC]

If you can organise a couple of the other artists as a group you can send the site's ISP a "take down" notice for copyright violation - the ISP is in Paris I believe - PM me for the ISP details if you haven't got them yourself. The EU copyright authorities would probably be interested as well.

Personally I hate plagiarists, they are just thieves and should be treated as such(imho).

Regards,

Charlie

[B-Manic]

A google search of this character's name is pretty interesting.

[gwssms]

Why doesn't someone write the gentleman to find out what is going on before jumping to conclusions?

[redhorse]

Hmm, I can't figure this out. I'll admit I haven't gone through all of it and don't have the time to do it, but I can't find anyplace to buy anything from the Bourguignon site even if I wanted to.

I just sent him an e-mail with a link to this thread.

[Flitzer]

Many thanks one and all.
I will write to the ISP.

Cheers
Peter

[stone]

Saw your warning and saw this site 2 wks ago fort the 1st time, and wondered why he
uses a black contourline around an apparantly air-brushed 3-vu. Is it to disquise swiped
work ?
Cheers,
Serge

[Flitzer]

Hi Redhorse

On the ‘For Sale’ bit.
After opening the main home page, click on ‘Contact’. This takes you to a new page with a table of info.
At the base is ‘Portfolio’
‘Click this’ This takes you to a new window. Now click on ‘Drawings’
Then on this page there is Listings & Prices at the base.
Click on ‘Prices’ and it opens on his fees for doing things to order.

I have written to him and the ISP

Many thanks
Peter

[redhorse]

Originally Posted by Flitzer

Hi Redhorse

On the ‘For Sale’ bit.
After opening the main home page, click on ‘Contact’. This takes you to a new page with a table of info.
At the base is ‘Portfolio’
‘Click this’ This takes you to a new window. Now click on ‘Drawings’
Then on this page there is Listings & Prices at the base.
Click on ‘Prices’ and it opens on his fees for doing things to order.

I have written to him and the ISP

Many thanks
Peter

Ahh, there it is! Well, I wish you good luck getting the site taken down. Also, your drawings are quite impressive!