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<blockquote data-quote="mxyzplk" data-source="post: 5025657" data-attributes="member: 16450">Hi, mxyzplk from Geek Related here.&nbsp; As additional data, there's <a href="http://stardust-publications.com/outlaw-press/OutlawPressCoversComparisonList.pdf" target="_blank">this great pdf someone at Stardust Publications put together</a> showing a long list of Outlaw Press covers side by side with works of art with links to their original galleries, each of which has been verified as being unlicensed by the author.&nbsp; The PDF is up to 30 pages already.What's incredible is that so far this analysis has been only covers, not internal illustrations!&nbsp; Until someone from law enforcement gets interested, the only resources to identify these issues and help out the &quot;starving artists&quot; are random Internet volunteers checking cover images from online stores selling the products.&nbsp; So if you have access to any Outlaw Press products, especially in PDF, consider doing some searching to see if the art is properly credited.&nbsp; One popular way is by using TinEye (<a href="http://www.tineye.com" target="_blank">TinEye Reverse Image Search</a>) where you can upload an image and look for matching images.&nbsp; If there's a match in an artist gallery on DeviantArt or whatever, see if the attributions match and/or email the artist to make sure they know their art was used.&nbsp; Pop in at the rpg.net thread to coordinate efforts, maybe someone enterprising will set up a Google Wave or something to help align folks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mxyzplk, post: 5025657, member: 16450"] Hi, mxyzplk from Geek Related here. As additional data, there's [url="http://stardust-publications.com/outlaw-press/OutlawPressCoversComparisonList.pdf"]this great pdf someone at Stardust Publications put together[/url] showing a long list of Outlaw Press covers side by side with works of art with links to their original galleries, each of which has been verified as being unlicensed by the author. The PDF is up to 30 pages already. What's incredible is that so far this analysis has been only covers, not internal illustrations! Until someone from law enforcement gets interested, the only resources to identify these issues and help out the "starving artists" are random Internet volunteers checking cover images from online stores selling the products. So if you have access to any Outlaw Press products, especially in PDF, consider doing some searching to see if the art is properly credited. One popular way is by using TinEye ([url=http://www.tineye.com]TinEye Reverse Image Search[/url]) where you can upload an image and look for matching images. If there's a match in an artist gallery on DeviantArt or whatever, see if the attributions match and/or email the artist to make sure they know their art was used. Pop in at the rpg.net thread to coordinate efforts, maybe someone enterprising will set up a Google Wave or something to help align folks. [/QUOTE]

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