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May 12, 2021
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Reporting Copyright Infringement of Adobe Stock Licensed Images being sold as NFTs (Cryptocurrency)

  • May 12, 2021
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Cryptowriter (The Writer Company, writer.io) and their COO, Sean Ballent, along with one of their writers, (Thomas Dylan Daniel) created a set of fraudulent NFTs for sale on the Atomic (WAX) platform.  They are currently up for sale despite multiple warnings of fraudulent activity and legal ramifications.  Some have already sold.

This is blatant copyright infringement as these are not to be sold for resale per a standard license, which I know is all they have.  They seem to think it's funny to steal your work and sell it to people under non-whitelisted (fake) NFTs.  I don't find it humorous.

Here is a link to the account that belongs to Thomas Dylan Daniel selling these fake NFTs with your content illegally: https://wax.atomichub.io/explorer/account/we.ay.wam

Here is a direct link to one of the active sales: https://wax.atomichub.io/market/sale/4687307

This person was warned several times.  The company is now condoning this behavior.  Fake NFTs are a constant problem with the current cryptocurrency boom, and this is exactly why.

 

These images were intended to be headers (branded for the company) for article titles.  Instead, Thomas Dylan Daniel took a copy of Sean Ballent's branded image and minted it as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) for sale.

-Anonymous

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Correct answer WendellaBee

Thanks for getting in touch. We appreciate you bringing this situation to our attention. At Adobe and Fotolia, we respect intellectual property rights and ask our users to do the same in our Terms of Use and Upload Agreement. Specifically, we request that our users (a) represent and warrant that they own all right, title and interest in and to the content they submit, including all copyright, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights; and (b) agree not to upload any content that infringes or violates the intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

In order to comply with your request, and in accordance with our policies, we kindly ask you to file a proper DMCA complaint with all the necessary information as described in Section 20 of the Adobe General Terms of Use (or Section 17 of Fotolia´s General Terms of Use). You can submit the regarding notification directly as a response to this email so we can take immediate action. You have the opportunity to use Adobe´s online form to file a DMCA complaint here: http://www.adobe.com/legal/dmca.html

Please understand that this procedure is mandatory and serves the protection of all contributors and needs to be complied with.

Thank you for your consideration.

Kind regards,

Wendy Bradbury
Lead, Sr. Software Product Quality Specialist
Adobe Stock
a.k.a.

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WendellaBee
Adobe Employee
WendellaBeeCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
May 12, 2021

Thanks for getting in touch. We appreciate you bringing this situation to our attention. At Adobe and Fotolia, we respect intellectual property rights and ask our users to do the same in our Terms of Use and Upload Agreement. Specifically, we request that our users (a) represent and warrant that they own all right, title and interest in and to the content they submit, including all copyright, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights; and (b) agree not to upload any content that infringes or violates the intellectual property rights of any person or entity.

In order to comply with your request, and in accordance with our policies, we kindly ask you to file a proper DMCA complaint with all the necessary information as described in Section 20 of the Adobe General Terms of Use (or Section 17 of Fotolia´s General Terms of Use). You can submit the regarding notification directly as a response to this email so we can take immediate action. You have the opportunity to use Adobe´s online form to file a DMCA complaint here: http://www.adobe.com/legal/dmca.html

Please understand that this procedure is mandatory and serves the protection of all contributors and needs to be complied with.

Thank you for your consideration.

Kind regards,

Wendy Bradbury
Lead, Sr. Software Product Quality Specialist
Adobe Stock
a.k.a.

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    defaultank4s4hw3ktjAuthor
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    May 12, 2021

    I prefer to remain anonymous.

    I worked for the company until I found out this was happening and quit immediately as I will not be associated with their illegal and immoral behaviors.

    As I was independently contracted at the time, I was a licensed member of the team per their Adobe Stock Account, and I made many branded images (legally, and not for sale) while working for the company.

    For this reason, I cannot submit the DCMA form because I am not the current rights holder.  I will keep in touch for further action.  I'm a front page Cryptocurrency writer and this not only broke the law but put my reputation at stake.

    Being in cryptocurrency, I operate pseudo-anonymous.  This is normal, and you will likely see more of this in the future if you have not already.  I am now licensed privately and happy to abide by your conditions legally while doing my own graphic work for articles.

    If there is a way for me to continue the DCMA without being the active rights holder or representative of the rights holder, I will do so.

     

    However, the evidence is there for you to see clear as day.  The NFTwriter logo in the corner and the King of Leon album in the center were imposed on an Adobe Stock Standard License Image.  This was admitted by the accused.

    I did everything I could to get them to take this down without filing a report, but they refused after I had resigned from the company.

    Please let me know how to proceed.

     

    -Anonymous

    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    WendellaBee
    Adobe Employee
    May 12, 2021

    I would recommend submitting the form anyway even if not the rights holder. We have a formal process for a reason and it will then allow Adobe's team to investigate. You have the pertinent information and are the only one that can answer any outstanding questions. Without a formal complaint there isn't much we can do.

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