Help to submit a DMCA report

[Mr. Pato]

I'm going to try to be as short as possible about this as i give as many details as i can.
So, today someone added me saying that someone was impersonating me by using my name and artwork, i can send the link to his account if you want, it will be at the bottom of this text.
Not only he stole my artwork, but apparently he added a bunch of people in order to scam them.. He is basically ruining my rep :(
Unfortunately i can't get him suspended, but i can claim his (mine) artwork but submiting a DMCA report.. but i didn't know that and i reported his artwork, but i didn't select the DMCA option.

What i wanted to know is: is there any way i can remove my report and send another one, this time with a DMCA complaint, or do i have to wait untill i can send another one?


Here's the guy that is impersonating me: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/**removed**

Any reports on his profile would be appreciated aswell.. Not the first time someone tries to impersonate me, and trust me, it's a huge pain in the a** to get something done about it

[Spawn of Totoro]

Just click on the report flag again, on the image you want to report. At the bottom it will have a spot that links to a DMCA request.

[Mr. Pato]

Got it to work, i went straight to Steam's DMCA report page and filled everything. Thanks for the help anyway

[Mr. Pato]

UPDATE: Sent a DMCA report on the 26th of June, and 'till this day, haven't got a response or even anything done about it, the guy is still impersonating me, scamming people, and guess what, still has my artwork :)

Sent proof of everything, etc etc... and nothing happened.

[cinedine]

Uhm, which artwork do you talking about? The one where you just cut out a piece of a copyright protected background? Or the one with the copyright protected background and Daffy Duck? Which is an IP you most certainly do not own.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

the impersonator does not have anything but your profile name now. it was taken care of.

[Mr. Pato]

cinedine の投稿を引用：

Uhm, which artwork do you talking about? The one where you just cut out a piece of a copyright protected background? Or the one with the copyright protected background and Daffy Duck? Which is an IP you most certainly do not own.

I purschased the background on the Steam Market.. and i can provide proof that i purschased it if you want, didn't just copied out from the internet.
I can clearly see that you don't know anything about what you're talking about. Following your logic, everyone who has an artwork on his profile doesn't have the right to claim it because he doesn't own the background image xD
As for the Daffy Duck image, yea, i don't own it.. but have you seen how many artworks are out there? How many of those people actually own the IP displayed on it? Pretty much 0%, and the Daffy Duck i have on my artwork is actually a drawing made by Carnage-Khan. Does he own Daffy Duck? I don't think so..
I worked with a user called Snaws, he said that, even before comissioning an artwork from him, that he doesn't work with copyrighted material. He accepted to make the artwork for me, and what he did isn't called copyright infringment, he modified the image, animated it.. it's free use, he didn't copyed the work from anyone.

I can say that i have the right to submit a DMCA report regarding my artwork, in fact, i have many friends who requested the same artist to make an artwork for them, all of them used, according to you ''copyrighted material'' from the Steam Market and Characters from TV Series they liked, and 2 of them got their artwork stolen by some other guy.. they both sent a DMCA report and both users who stole their artworks got theirs taken down.

Ohh, and for a fact, i can say that ''i created'' because i got permission from Snaws, the user who created my artwork, to use it under my name.

[Mr. Pato]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce の投稿を引用：

the impersonator does not have anything but your profile name now. it was taken care of.

:qr:

Really? For some reason when i open his profile i can still see the artwork there :/

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

nvm... server error when i last checked it. it is there now.

[BossGalaga]

Mr. Pato の投稿を引用：

cinedine の投稿を引用：

Uhm, which artwork do you talking about? The one where you just cut out a piece of a copyright protected background? Or the one with the copyright protected background and Daffy Duck? Which is an IP you most certainly do not own.

I purschased the background on the Steam Market.. and i can provide proof that i purschased it if you want, didn't just copied out from the internet.
I can clearly see that you don't know anything about what you're talking about. Following your logic, everyone who has an artwork on his profile doesn't have the right to claim it because he doesn't own the background image xD
As for the Daffy Duck image, yea, i don't own it.. but have you seen how many artworks are out there? How many of those people actually own the IP displayed on it? Pretty much 0%, and the Daffy Duck i have on my artwork is actually a drawing made by Carnage-Khan. Does he own Daffy Duck? I don't think so..
I worked with a user called Snaws, he said that, even before comissioning an artwork from him, that he doesn't work with copyrighted material. He accepted to make the artwork for me, and what he did isn't called copyright infringment, he modified the image, animated it.. it's free use, he didn't copyed the work from anyone.

I can say that i have the right to submit a DMCA report regarding my artwork, in fact, i have many friends who requested the same artist to make an artwork for them, all of them used, according to you ''copyrighted material'' from the Steam Market and Characters from TV Series they liked, and 2 of them got their artwork stolen by some other guy.. they both sent a DMCA report and both users who stole their artworks got theirs taken down.

Ohh, and for a fact, i can say that ''i created'' because i got permission from Snaws, the user who created my artwork, to use it under my name.

So just to clarify, you're trying to DMCA someone for using a Steam background and a Daffy Duck image that you state someone else made?

It sounds like you need to educate yourself on how DMCA works.

[Mr. Pato]

BossGalaga の投稿を引用：

Mr. Pato の投稿を引用：

I purschased the background on the Steam Market.. and i can provide proof that i purschased it if you want, didn't just copied out from the internet.
I can clearly see that you don't know anything about what you're talking about. Following your logic, everyone who has an artwork on his profile doesn't have the right to claim it because he doesn't own the background image xD
As for the Daffy Duck image, yea, i don't own it.. but have you seen how many artworks are out there? How many of those people actually own the IP displayed on it? Pretty much 0%, and the Daffy Duck i have on my artwork is actually a drawing made by Carnage-Khan. Does he own Daffy Duck? I don't think so..
I worked with a user called Snaws, he said that, even before comissioning an artwork from him, that he doesn't work with copyrighted material. He accepted to make the artwork for me, and what he did isn't called copyright infringment, he modified the image, animated it.. it's free use, he didn't copyed the work from anyone.

I can say that i have the right to submit a DMCA report regarding my artwork, in fact, i have many friends who requested the same artist to make an artwork for them, all of them used, according to you ''copyrighted material'' from the Steam Market and Characters from TV Series they liked, and 2 of them got their artwork stolen by some other guy.. they both sent a DMCA report and both users who stole their artworks got theirs taken down.


Ohh, and for a fact, i can say that ''i created'' because i got permission from Snaws, the user who created my artwork, to use it under my name.

So just to clarify, you're trying to DMCA someone for using a Steam background and a Daffy Duck image that you state someone else made?

It sounds like you need to educate yourself on how DMCA works.

No, i'm trying to DMCA someone who STOLE my animation.. It's mine, i payed for it, i ain't trying to DMCA because of the background, a ♥♥♥♥ ton of people have the same background as i do, i ain't trying to DMCA him for using the same Daffy Duck image as i do. I'm trying to DMCA him FOR STEALING SOMETHING I PAYED FOR, THE ANIMATION ITSELF, do you think i got that animation right off the internet? Hell no, that thing costed money and hard work from Snaws, the one who made it FOR ME.
Sounds like you need to educate yourself aswell, seems like you can't even read properly

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

daffy duck is a registered trademark character for warner brothers studios. did "Snaws" have their permission to make it into this animation? if not, you paid for trademarked material that was not his to be sold.

[BossGalaga]

Mr. Pato の投稿を引用：

BossGalaga の投稿を引用：

So just to clarify, you're trying to DMCA someone for using a Steam background and a Daffy Duck image that you state someone else made?

It sounds like you need to educate yourself on how DMCA works.

No, i'm trying to DMCA someone who STOLE my animation.. It's mine, i payed for it, i ain't trying to DMCA because of the background, a ♥♥♥♥ ton of people have the same background as i do, i ain't trying to DMCA him for using the same Daffy Duck image as i do. I'm trying to DMCA him FOR STEALING SOMETHING I PAYED FOR, THE ANIMATION ITSELF, do you think i got that animation right off the internet? Hell no, that thing costed money and hard work from Snaws, the one who made it FOR ME.
Sounds like you need to educate yourself aswell, seems like you can't even read properly

Let's recap.

Carnage-Khan is a deviantart user who actually created the picture on your profile.
http://carnage-khan.deviantart.com/art/Daffy-Duck-320709466

You claim you "commissioned" another person, a user named "snaws" to animate it for you.

Now you are claiming because you "commissioned" this from him that you own the copyright to it.

You do not. Carnage-Khan is the copyright owner of this specific artwork. Commissioning some guy to make it nod doesn't suddenly make it your property. That said, the image of Daffy Duck itself is trademarked by Warner Bros. which further muddles the ownership of it.

This is part of Steam's DMCA form. It states:

"By checking the following boxes and submitting this claim, I state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that:
I am the copyright owner.
I am authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation."

You are NOT the copyright owner. You are not authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

So what you are doing is committing perjury and filing a false DMCA claim.

[Mr. Pato]

BossGalaga の投稿を引用：

Mr. Pato の投稿を引用：

No, i'm trying to DMCA someone who STOLE my animation.. It's mine, i payed for it, i ain't trying to DMCA because of the background, a ♥♥♥♥ ton of people have the same background as i do, i ain't trying to DMCA him for using the same Daffy Duck image as i do. I'm trying to DMCA him FOR STEALING SOMETHING I PAYED FOR, THE ANIMATION ITSELF, do you think i got that animation right off the internet? Hell no, that thing costed money and hard work from Snaws, the one who made it FOR ME.
Sounds like you need to educate yourself aswell, seems like you can't even read properly

Let's recap.

Carnage-Khan is a deviantart user who actually created the picture on your profile.
http://carnage-khan.deviantart.com/art/Daffy-Duck-320709466

You claim you "commissioned" another person, a user named "snaws" to animate it for you.

Now you are claiming because you "commissioned" this from him that you own the copyright to it.

You do not. Carnage-Khan is the copyright owner of this specific artwork. Commissioning some guy to make it nod doesn't suddenly make it your property. That said, the image of Daffy Duck itself is trademarked by Warner Bros. which further muddles the ownership of it.

This is part of Steam's DMCA form. It states:

"By checking the following boxes and submitting this claim, I state UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that:
I am the copyright owner.
I am authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation."

You are NOT the copyright owner. You are not authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

So what you are doing is committing perjury and filing a false DMCA claim.

"I am authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation."


That's all i have to say to you. It has my name on it, i payed for it. So yeah, i am the copyright owner OF MY ARTWORK

Go read what i've said to the person above you, but read it carefuly.

If you want to discuss more about this, just wait a couple more minutes

[BossGalaga]

Mr. Pato の投稿を引用：

"I am authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation."

That's all i have to say to you. It has my name on it, i payed for it. So yeah, i am the copyright owner OF MY ARTWORK

Go read what i've said to the person above you, but read it carefuly.

If you want to discuss more about this, just wait a couple more minutes

You have zero clue about how copyright works. You claim that someone taking a copyrighted work and then just making the head nod back and forth means that you now own the copyright.

The copyright holder of the image is Carnage-Khan, not you and not Snaws, the guy you claim you commissioned it from.

[wuddih]

the whole IP belongs to warner, the character how he is displayed on your profile, belongs to warner.
no one in the line has a sole copyright on this, not carnage, not snaws, not pato. the character is under copyright by warner, any recreation infringes the copyright.

it may be declared as accepted fanart until the point someone makes money with it, then it is copyright infringement and congrats OP, you confessed that someone received money for it.