What to do About Online Art Theft & Plagiarism- My Thoughts

In our world today, one of the big things artists worry about a lot is art theft and plagiarism. The article shows how it affects many of the artists who are sharing their art and making a living out of art. It shows us that some people steal artists' art and claiming it as their own and maybe making a profit out of it, especially the big companies. It also shows the legal steps to take if someone stole an artist's art and wants justice for their stolen art. And it tells you how you can protect you artwork from theft. The process requires a lot of work and patience, but the end result is worth it as they get their justice and money if the art thief uses their art for profit. 

As an artist who shares their art online, I would want justice if my art was stolen. But the process can be difficult for an artist depending on who stole the art. Some individual would be easy, since you can report it, but if it was a big company, it requires legal work which could be overwhelming to many young artists. 

In the Internet, it's so easy to steal or plagiarize someone's artwork, sometimes without even knowing. And sadly, there's no way to stop this. There's too many people online doing this. One of the reasons people do this is to get attention. and some would say that it's great for a small artist like you because it expose you or that they love your art and would like to show it off. So then they could have easily gave credit to the artist by saying it's by them. But even so, some big platforms such as Instagram and Deviantart makes it easier to get justice by reporting the thief's account to get it banned. And many artists have gotten their justice by reporting and with the support of their followers reporting it. 

It's really sad for art theft and plagiarism to be normal in our society. It has become so common that people are giving advice to people online like the article. I think to really end art theft and plagiarism is to stop making art. Then there will be no art to steal in the first place. But that would be telling us to stop what we love doing. It's like telling someone to stop being that part of you. It's still you, and no one could take that away. So we will keep doing what we love, even if it means that we will have enemies as thieves, we will still be able to express that part of us in our art.

(Wow, I think I went a little too deep with this O.O")