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Serial Art Thief

Sharm
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 15:58
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Okay, so normally I'd just report this and move on, but itch.io has done NOTHING when I've reported this guy, so I'm hoping that by getting some backup maybe something will happen.

Here's the link: https://kingpx.itch.io/ All of the art is stolen, although sometimes he runs it through a bad filter first.  A lot of it is from here, though I've noticed a few are from other places like deviant art.  None of the ones I know the origin of are CC-0, so selling them without credit is absolutely violating the license.  You don't have to be the creator to report him, but I'm hoping that some of the artists he's stolen from will see this and send a DMCA notice.

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 16:44
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Let's find all the submissions they're taken from and link them. If anyone finds an OGA submission that a kingpx was taken from, post the urls below (both a link to the kingpx.itch page and a link to the OGA page it was taken from.)

That will help us contact the original author, show itch the proof, and we can post the link to the free asset as a comment on each of those itch pages, so "customers" know what's going on.

--Medicine Storm

 

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Sunday, July 18, 2021 - 17:19
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Here's a few I found.

https://kingpx.itch.io/pixel-backgrounds

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Woodland-Wall-Background-814980517
https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/A-Beach-Background-812487302
https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Pier-or-Edge-of-Water-Background-814191828'

https://kingpx.itch.io/rpg-knights

https://opengameart.org/content/four-characters-my-lpc-entries
https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-helmets
https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-roman-armor
https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-medieval-fantasy-character-sprites

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Chasersgaming
joined 8 years 5 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 05:05
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this person is an arse, i reported a few of them, some got taken down, but some remain.

Chasersgaming | Support | Monstropolis | 

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 07:53
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Has princess-phoenix already reported those submissions on itch? "not the first time this has happened" but repeated reporting on one user is what makes a difference. I hope these artists are not becoming too fatigued to fight this arse.

P.S. I have reported the one with clear licensing (I don't know what license terms princess-phoenix has on her art) to itch as well as sent a letter to itch support regarding the kingpx account in general. We'll see... Everyone, please continue to look for stolen assets and report on the stuff that has clear licence violations (missing attribution)

 

--Medicine Storm

 

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bluecarrot16
joined 8 years 5 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 09:17

I reported some of this guy's stuff earlier and it got taken down. Will report some of these later.

Incidentally, I don't recognize the shirt here: https://kingpx.itch.io/pixel-rpg-pirate ... might actually be original? :p Does anyone know where it's from?

 

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 09:23
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Oh look, he posted a new one.

https://kingpx.itch.io/sunny-valley-rpg-tileset

 

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/The-Overly-Red-Forest-Ti...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Mishmash-of-tropical-til...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Fossil-Museum-Tileset-78...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Swampy-Gatehouse-Tileset...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/The-Home-of-Excello-Vill...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Post-Office-Interior-Til...

https://www.deviantart.com/princess-phoenix/art/Desert-interior-tileset-...

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 18:13
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His whole page is down for me. Am I just banned or is it removed?

--Medicine Storm

 

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 19:07
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YUS!  It's gone!  Thanks for your help everyone.  Without the help I suspect only a page or two would have been taken down at best.

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Malifer
joined 10 years 10 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 19:07

I just tried to visit his page and its showing it as not found. I think he was banned or suspended. Either way his page is gone.

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Malifer
joined 10 years 10 months ago
Monday, July 19, 2021 - 19:13

Oops Looks like our posts stamped at the same time. I didnt realize there was a response already.

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 13:31
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I think this guy is back with a new user name.  The style of the resource page and they way he combines free resources to sell is the same.

https://elementalx.itch.io/

I'm mostly familiar with rpg style assets, so I can only point out one source right now.

https://elementalx.itch.io/rpg-fantasy-tilesets

This seems to be a set made from art stolen from Celianna and Mack.

https://pixanna.nl/materials/celiannas-tileset/

http://refmap-l.blog.jp/archives/8655709.html

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 14:35
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Hmm... Does anyone recognize any of the other work there as stuff that's on OGA? 

--Medicine Storm

 

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Wolfgang
joined 9 years 10 months ago
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 18:10
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Good job taking it down.  Always get a little wary of people reposting other people's stuff on itch.io.
I will say that as for myself, I also post my music on there under my real name rather than the Wolfgang username, so if anybody sees it under my real time then that's just my account on there.  If it's a different user, then it's been stolen.

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 18:26
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That's good to know.  It's not something I'd normally report, using a real name instead of a handle is normal enough, but it's better to be safe.

Celianna knows one of the admins so it looks like this guy will be taken care of soon.  Still, if someone recognizes the other artworks, it could be helpful in sorting out if it was a one time thing or not.

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 10:54
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He uploaded a new one today.

https://elementalx.itch.io/rpg-fantasy-interiors

I know I've seen this before, but I can't remember where ATM.

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OshDubh
joined 7 years 4 months ago
Saturday, August 21, 2021 - 11:28

It does seem familiar for sure. 

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FiveBrosStopMosYT
joined 2 years 2 months ago
Monday, August 23, 2021 - 08:10
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Looks like his account is down now.

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 08:37
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He's baaaack.  Not sure why they don't IP ban him yet.

https://glow1.itch.io/

The only one I know the source of was the pixel tilesets, that's Crazy Leene's Retro stuff.  I reported it but haven't seen anything other than an automated response.

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 08:54
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Any links to the original content?

--Medicine Storm

 

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FiveBrosStopMosYT
joined 2 years 2 months ago
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 08:55
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Hmm... The skill and armor icons look familiar, but I'm not sure where.

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 11:12
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Original:

https://rpgmaker-mv.de/forum/thread/68-crazy-leen-s-crazy-ressourcen/

Stolen:

https://glow1.itch.io/retropix-tilesets

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OshDubh
joined 7 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 02:38

Checked, looks like it's been removed. And the new account has nothing on the page from what I could see. Good work all of you! 

(yes, sorry for replying on a dead thread, but figured it'd be better to say)

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 08:23
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Woot! I wonder if I should follow this (renamed?) account to see if anything new pops up.

(@OshDubh: It isn't really a dead thread if there is new relevant information. Thanks for the update! :)

--Medicine Storm

 

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OshDubh
joined 7 years 4 months ago
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - 10:02

@MedicineStorm looking at his track record, I'd say probably. I wish he was just IP banned...

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 10:21
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https://kverna.itch.io/pixel-valley-indoors

https://kverna.itch.io/pixel-valley-cave

https://rpgmaker-mv.de/forum/thread/68-crazy-leen-s-crazy-ressourcen/

-_-

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MedicineStorm
joined 10 years 6 months ago
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 10:32
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reported.

--Medicine Storm

 

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FiveBrosStopMosYT
joined 2 years 2 months ago
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 17:12
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Two 404's :)

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Sharm
joined 11 years 4 months ago
Monday, December 20, 2021 - 21:17
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I've started pointing out the past names he's used when reporting him, and it seems to speed things up a lot.  BTW, I only really look at itch.io, he might be doing the same thing at other resource selling sites.  If any of you guys visit those, it'd be great if you could keep an eye out.

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