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I have been a seller and buyer on Etsy for over 10 years and never have had any terrible issues really. The only complaint I have is that they are now over populated with not so honest drop shippers that sell knock offs or copyright infringers. Etsy will remove them when you file a complaint but there are so many and its takes so much time. It's like that everywhere now. Etsy was fantastic in its early days with the look and feel of real homemade and one of kind place to sell and buy. But now it is just another place online where you have to sort through the trash to find the treasures.
They so far have ignored my Cease and desist letter. There are many sister sites to this one selling the same cheap china based products using stolen artwork. I am one of the artists that they have stolen artwork from. I attached a photo that shows one example. It is of a quilt and each one of the Siamese Cat paintings are all of mine. They do not have permission or a license to sell my work on their products. Customers who have purchased them complained to ME that they were cheap, thin, poorly made and NOTHING like the photos on line. I have to explain that they stole my art and I have NOTHING to do with this company or the many others that also sell the same knock off. They just change the name of the site and say it is based in the US. BUT they are not! These are China knock offs. You only need to search my name with Siamese Cat to see proof of my art. Be warned. AmyLyn Bihrle
I have contacted them to remove artwork they have stolen of mine. This is copyright infringement. It is endless. Thieves.
Go by USGearLaunch.com also
Has stolen a licensed image of mine to sell on this site illegally. My Siamese Cat Mardi Gras painting is already licensed with another company as a cross stitch pattern. I did not authorize or license this image to this website in any manner what so ever!
A thief that is making money off of other peoples work! DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SITE!
This site is selling illegally obtained images of mine by using search engines! Illegal! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!
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Dear AmyLyn Bihrle,
Thank you so much for bring to our attention that the cross stitch pattern “Siamese Cat Mardi Gras” was your intellectual property and that the images displayed on both Facebook and on our website were in breach of copyright. All the images that we could find (two (2) on Facebook and three (3) on our website) have been removed. If there are any others, please let us know their location so that we can also remove them. The original pattern files have been deleted and associated CDs destroyed. There are no paper versions of this pattern. Since none of this pattern ever sold, we can be assured that it can never be reproduced now. We do hope that this prompt and diligent action is satisfactory. Please feel free to contact us any time regarding any questions, comments, and/ or suggestions. We take customer service seriously.
We are extremely sorry that this has happened and will in the future do due diligence to insure that nothing like this happens again.
Sincerely,
Customer Service Representative