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The past few days, I have been in contact with a reposter on Pinterest who uploads, without any credit, a huge amount of stolen artwork (+1000 pins), even from people that clearly have a NO REPOST policy.

It targets many fandoms, but especially ObeyMe!

I contacted them once to firmly (but politely) explain them I reported my stolen work, and why it was bad (even gave sources and explainations), and they called me “rude”. The second time, I firmly messaged them again after finding out other stolen pins from me, and here was the answer :

Not only are they utterly rude, it is also possible they managed to shadowban an artist on Tumblr as a way to get revenge for having their pins reported.

SO. 

I encourage every ObeyMe ! artists that do NOT want their art being reposted to contact me.

I will DM them the Pinterest account link, so that they can check if their work is being reposted and report their own stolen artwork.

THIS IS NOT A WITCH HUNT.

We strongly believe it might be a MINOR behind the Pinterest account.

REPORT your work, but please :

DO NOT MESSAGE THEM.

DO NOT HARASS THEM

DO NOT EXPOSE THEM.

DO NOT INTERACT WITH THEM. Again, some OM artists do NOT want to interact with a minor, giving the nature of their content. Plus, it would be pointless, giving the maturity of their answer.

Artists who are already aware of it and don’t need to be contacted : @hideoutpastel​ @otomeman​ @kitsumahou​ @muertasanta​ @/Dagmell (Twitter) Please help spread the word ! My hope is that an important number of reports will teach them that stealing artwork isn’t ok.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, your words can trigger somebody’s breakdown, or become a push off a cliff. You don’t know what a person is going through, you don’t know how your words will affect someone’s well being, so it’s better to end the situation in good terms than letting resentment build up and drive you to be hurtful towards others.