artistsagainstamazon
Amazon Drones Scour Art Studios To Steal Images For New Products (Satire Image)
Sure the image is a fun photoshop satire - but the situation couldn't be any more real, depressing and disturbing.
The majority of cheap items found on Amazon.com that feature artwork are unfortunately counterfeit products. Copyright infringement is a VERY SERIOUS problem as many artists including myself that once made a reasonable living creating the art accessories you enjoy are now finding their incomes cut in half because of unscrupulous companies like Amazon, Ebay, Ali Baba and others. As a former Amazon.com seller and full time artist I've experienced this problem first hand from the inside out. It is not a victimless crime. The online marketplaces are not innocent third parties and it does create "Starving Artists".
Why does Amazon let this happen?
$$$$ greed. We can assume the only logical reason Amazon allows and supports the illegal copyright infringement so strongly is that they can make more money selling a larger volume of cheap counterfeits vs a smaller volume of more expensive artisan original products. Amazon makes money on every counterfeit item sold. From membership fees paid by counterfeit sellers as well as a fee for every item sold and from fulfillment fees distributing these items from their warehouses. There's even plans to start charging artists, resellers of authentic products and name brands money to protect their brand. Sort of a "Pay or else" philosophy.
BOYCOTT AMAZON!!
AMAZON CREATES STARVING ARTISTS - learn more at www.fusionidol.com/pages/artists-unite-against-amazon
READ MORE ABOUT AMAZON'S COUNTERFEIT GOODS AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Amazon Hammered for Counterfeit Sales ~ 247wallst.com
Amazon made it easier for Chinese counterfeiters to sell you fake products ~ Yahoo News
5 Things You Should Know About Amazon's Issues With Counterfeits ~ Consumerist.com
finance.yahoo.com/news/amazons-counterfeit-problem-gettin...
www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/amazon-counterfeiters-wreak-havoc...
The $4 million battle over counterfeit pool toys at Amazon ~ Bloomberg.com
Daimler AG Sues Amazon over counterfeit Mercedes wheels
www.geekwire.com/2016/daimler-ag-sues-amazon-knockoff-mer...
Jack Ma of Ali Baba claims fakes are often better...
www.businessinsider.com/jack-ma-says-fakes-are-often-bett...
Amazon's Problems With Copyright Infringement
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2016/06/16/amazon-serious-copyrig...
Amazon May Go To Trial Over Counterfeit Goods Suit
Amazon Counterfeit goods problem ~ Brandistry Blog
www.dailydot.com/news/amazon-marketplace-conterfeit-fake-...
Amazon Sellers See Fakes on the Rise
www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m11/i19/s01
amazon Struggles to keep counterfeits off the market - or are they even trying?
www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-struggling-to-keep-counterfei...
Amazon a Safe Harbor for ART THIEVES
www.leahg.me/amazon-a-safe-harbor-for-art-thieves-what-ca...
Does Amazon Sell Fake Products? - You Better Believe It!
Do You Know What's Going in Your Amazon Shopping Cart? ~ The Wall Street Journal
Amazon Drones Scour Art Studios To Steal Images For New Products (Satire Image)
Sure the image is a fun photoshop satire - but the situation couldn't be any more real, depressing and disturbing.
The majority of cheap items found on Amazon.com that feature artwork are unfortunately counterfeit products. Copyright infringement is a VERY SERIOUS problem as many artists including myself that once made a reasonable living creating the art accessories you enjoy are now finding their incomes cut in half because of unscrupulous companies like Amazon, Ebay, Ali Baba and others. As a former Amazon.com seller and full time artist I've experienced this problem first hand from the inside out. It is not a victimless crime. The online marketplaces are not innocent third parties and it does create "Starving Artists".
Why does Amazon let this happen?
$$$$ greed. We can assume the only logical reason Amazon allows and supports the illegal copyright infringement so strongly is that they can make more money selling a larger volume of cheap counterfeits vs a smaller volume of more expensive artisan original products. Amazon makes money on every counterfeit item sold. From membership fees paid by counterfeit sellers as well as a fee for every item sold and from fulfillment fees distributing these items from their warehouses. There's even plans to start charging artists, resellers of authentic products and name brands money to protect their brand. Sort of a "Pay or else" philosophy.
BOYCOTT AMAZON!!
AMAZON CREATES STARVING ARTISTS - learn more at www.fusionidol.com/pages/artists-unite-against-amazon
READ MORE ABOUT AMAZON'S COUNTERFEIT GOODS AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.
Amazon Hammered for Counterfeit Sales ~ 247wallst.com
Amazon made it easier for Chinese counterfeiters to sell you fake products ~ Yahoo News
5 Things You Should Know About Amazon's Issues With Counterfeits ~ Consumerist.com
finance.yahoo.com/news/amazons-counterfeit-problem-gettin...
www.cnbc.com/2016/05/25/amazon-counterfeiters-wreak-havoc...
The $4 million battle over counterfeit pool toys at Amazon ~ Bloomberg.com
Daimler AG Sues Amazon over counterfeit Mercedes wheels
www.geekwire.com/2016/daimler-ag-sues-amazon-knockoff-mer...
Jack Ma of Ali Baba claims fakes are often better...
www.businessinsider.com/jack-ma-says-fakes-are-often-bett...
Amazon's Problems With Copyright Infringement
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2016/06/16/amazon-serious-copyrig...
Amazon May Go To Trial Over Counterfeit Goods Suit
Amazon Counterfeit goods problem ~ Brandistry Blog
www.dailydot.com/news/amazon-marketplace-conterfeit-fake-...
Amazon Sellers See Fakes on the Rise
www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m11/i19/s01
amazon Struggles to keep counterfeits off the market - or are they even trying?
www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-struggling-to-keep-counterfei...
Amazon a Safe Harbor for ART THIEVES
www.leahg.me/amazon-a-safe-harbor-for-art-thieves-what-ca...
Does Amazon Sell Fake Products? - You Better Believe It!
Do You Know What's Going in Your Amazon Shopping Cart? ~ The Wall Street Journal