I wonder of some high school kid was assigned to write a book report on the Jack London novel and in a moment of lazy, apathetic teenagerdom picked this up instead.
I’ve seen massive ignorance about the use of images, in general. I ran into a self-published yoga book once where all the images inside were stolen. I even had the original book where some of them appeared (which is how I recognized them in the first place).
There was an extensive list in the back of the book of websites from which the images were taken. Apparently the author thought it was OK to use copyrighted images if she cited sources. Um, no. I reported her to Random House (they owned some of the images and they were very interested).
Oh, that’s confusing. SPA stole images from “Light on Yoga” by BKS Iyengar (a book I own, published by a Random House imprint). SPA listed sources for stolen images in back of book.
Undoubtedly she has to use the free versions because the link to buy the original painting is broken. Otherwise, I’m sure Victoria would’ve run right out and bought it and commercial rights so she could use it freely.
Or. Not.
ItsyBitsy
9 years ago
Holy crap, Clyde Caldwell is like one of those artists lots of nerds recognize with a quick glance. And the chances of him letting this happen is like zero. :O This really takes the cake. :O
Since a Smashwords employee regularly browses this site, I’m betting this ebook will quickly be “unpublished” by Smashwords. And deservedly so.
Naaman Brown
9 years ago
[snark]That’s the innovation the small press needs: a wolfie cover with a photo bombing human![/snark]
(And Nathan thinks the photo bombing human is hiding a watermark or artist credit … that’s just cynical — and correct.
(Behind the head on the original is what appears to me to be the artist’s hallmark on a bare spot of the log. You don’t cover something like that up. It implies the art is … well, stolen. No nice way to say it.
(Book “Price: $3.99 USD”. I wonder how the author would feel if the book were copied and sold without payment? Even if you don’t make money on a book, you must get permission of the artist; if you make money, you owe the artist furshur. If you have permission, or have paid, you don’t hide the artist’s signature or hallmark. How hard should that be to understand?)
James F. Brown
9 years ago
@ Naaman
“How hard should that be to understand?”
Pretty hard for some, obviously.
Waffles
9 years ago
When you do a google image search and click on a picture it says right on the page “Images may be subject to copyright”.
Perhaps the authors who do this are illiterate? It would actually explain a lot.
joiless
8 years ago
Oh come on, they didn’t even Photoshop out the Wendigo tribal glyph on his arm? You can’t even steal art competently!
Somebody needs to learn PhotoShop! 🙁
I wonder of some high school kid was assigned to write a book report on the Jack London novel and in a moment of lazy, apathetic teenagerdom picked this up instead.
A free phone wallpaper?
http://mobile.brothersoft.com/168967.html
In case you were wondering… Yes, they totally do it.
Indeed, put this cover through tineye, and it lists… 369 results. Here’s just one potential source.
No need for tineye – it’s by Clyde Caldwell, originally in the Werewolf Storyteller’s Guide: http://www.clydecaldwell.com/large_images/werewolf.html
I love people who make sure there’s a copyright notice in their books…and then don’t hesitate to pirate the art for their covers.
I’ve seen massive ignorance about the use of images, in general. I ran into a self-published yoga book once where all the images inside were stolen. I even had the original book where some of them appeared (which is how I recognized them in the first place).
There was an extensive list in the back of the book of websites from which the images were taken. Apparently the author thought it was OK to use copyrighted images if she cited sources. Um, no. I reported her to Random House (they owned some of the images and they were very interested).
Oh, that’s confusing. SPA stole images from “Light on Yoga” by BKS Iyengar (a book I own, published by a Random House imprint). SPA listed sources for stolen images in back of book.
Undoubtedly she has to use the free versions because the link to buy the original painting is broken. Otherwise, I’m sure Victoria would’ve run right out and bought it and commercial rights so she could use it freely.
Or. Not.
Holy crap, Clyde Caldwell is like one of those artists lots of nerds recognize with a quick glance. And the chances of him letting this happen is like zero. :O This really takes the cake. :O
I dropped him an email alerting him to this.
Yeah, I did the same; he said that WW owns the rights, so I contacted Onyx Path Publishing. FYI folks can report this to Smashwords too.
OPP does not suffer infringement of their intellectual property lightly. In fact, they’re borderline unhinged about it.
Oh and if you look at the “publisher” page of this drek of a book, well, holy crap. How does this get “published”? http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/booksofdesire
And this is also copied from White Wolf’s books:
Stolen: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/56884
Original: http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=3072&it=1&SRC=footer
Since a Smashwords employee regularly browses this site, I’m betting this ebook will quickly be “unpublished” by Smashwords. And deservedly so.
[snark]That’s the innovation the small press needs: a wolfie cover with a photo bombing human![/snark]
(And Nathan thinks the photo bombing human is hiding a watermark or artist credit … that’s just cynical — and correct.
(Behind the head on the original is what appears to me to be the artist’s hallmark on a bare spot of the log. You don’t cover something like that up. It implies the art is … well, stolen. No nice way to say it.
(Book “Price: $3.99 USD”. I wonder how the author would feel if the book were copied and sold without payment? Even if you don’t make money on a book, you must get permission of the artist; if you make money, you owe the artist furshur. If you have permission, or have paid, you don’t hide the artist’s signature or hallmark. How hard should that be to understand?)
@ Naaman
“How hard should that be to understand?”
Pretty hard for some, obviously.
When you do a google image search and click on a picture it says right on the page “Images may be subject to copyright”.
Perhaps the authors who do this are illiterate? It would actually explain a lot.
Oh come on, they didn’t even Photoshop out the Wendigo tribal glyph on his arm? You can’t even steal art competently!