Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25577599-20150125223704/@comment-30602727-20150127191756

@Angel - Even watermarks don't help all that much.

Yeah, some are really dumb enough to actually leave the watermark in when uploading it. There are some where I see they removed signatures and whatever the artist leaves in to claim it theirs. :/

A major problem with some of the stolen artwork is that they steal from someone who is not native to English. This creates a language barrier between the people who find it as stolen and the original artist. If they can manage to break that, then great! But now you have a problem with the original artist trying to contact DA to get that stolen art removed. Unless you can get someone to translate between the two parties, then there'se an issue.