Comments on: thank you, internet

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:49:24 +0000

Wow, I am without internet for a few days (we’re moving) and I miss all this drama! SO GLAD EVERYTHING IS WORKING OUT! What a horrible experience. Moral of the story: stop creating beautiful illustrations then no one will want to steal them. Just kidding, of course.

By: VickiZ

VickiZ — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:43:45 +0000

For what it’s worth, here is an explanation that the MomBuzz people have posted:

http://www.themomsbuzz.com/moms_buzz/blog_news_logo.html

By: a grrl with a blog

a grrl with a blog — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:42:20 +0000

I’m so happy everything worked out. It does take time to get everything off the internet, but I’m sure it will all be gone eventually.

Keep up the amazing work!

By: shy Victoria

shy Victoria — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:57:57 +0000

*hugs*

By: jane

jane — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:14:27 +0000

I’m a little late to the party, but it sounds to me like you may still need some legal help. I know I don’t speak for everyone here, but I bet if you put up a “SAJ needs a lawyer!” button that linked to your PayPal account, a lot of us would be more than happy to donate.

Think about it…

By: missgirlbliss

missgirlbliss — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:39:25 +0000

I’m glad that it’s down. 3 cheers for the power of the Internet… Will you taking down your Alphabet images to? I was hoping (not knowing but hoping it’s not illegal) to use them as flash cards for my unborn child when s/he is old enough to start learning the alphabet.

By: C

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:31:37 +0000

I’m glad things are working out for you! I still don’t understand though why they (the artist or mom buzz) thought it was okay?

By: Kuky

Kuky — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:57:24 +0000

Yay! So glad it worked out.

But an artist stole it?!?! That is so low! I have no sympathy for that artist at all or am I missing something? If they are an artist, well they could very dam well have created their own image. What’s their excuse for not creating something on their own? Poor artist? Nope. You’re being kinder than me. Scummy NON artist is more like it. If they couldn’t deliver then they shouldn’t have taken the job. But to take the money and then steal someone else’s work and claim it as your own? What’s their good excuse?? Like I said I have no sympathy for them. They’ve lost all their credibility. Why should anyone hire them ever now? And I don’t care that they apologized twice. She’s still a liar and a thief.

Reading what you wrote I am actually less mad at the mom site now, just a fraction. They didn’t handle it very well. If I were in their shoes I can imagine my confusion if I had paid someone good money for art and was delivered art and then another artist says it’s their art. Who would you believe? I would have apologized, addressed it in a post explaining my side, and say I was trying to contact the artist I purchased it from. I would have immediately removed the images from my files so it would not come up and wait to see what the thieving artist said. But writing an unrelated post and deleting comments trying to hide what was going on made them look guilty.

And not apologizing? I don’t get it! Can’t they see that they’ve mishandled the whole situation? Even if they didn’t steal the artwork it’s only right to apologize. Ok I’ve just gone on and on. Sorry. But this just made me soooo mad.

By: lindsay (aka sassylittlepunkin)

lindsay (aka sassylittlepunkin) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:27:12 +0000

it’s still on their site, SAJ! (i just HAD to go look to see how they handled it.) not well, it seems.

By: nina

nina — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:48:52 +0000

Oh, I am so glad you won this battle SAJ. I always look forward to your posts, the next adventure, the clever illustrations- a real day brightener for me.

Glad you taught them over at The Website That Shall Not Be Named, “No. Not Yours.”