You have been ripped off.
Someone took your art and made a token out of it. The same person has listed the plagiarized art for sale and is raking in the ill-gotten gains. This is a depressingly common occurrence, and you can still get your art removed from massive NFT exchanges like OpenSea and Rarible, though it isn't going to be easy.
The fake works and plagiarized art of the NFT coin dominated the $44 billion market in 2021. The world's first and largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea, admitted that more than 80% of the NFTs were using its free minting tool.
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Artists are familiar with the less glamorous side of NFTs. Thousands of followers can be found on the accounts dedicated to exposing NFTs of stolen artwork.
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The Bay Area artist who runs the NFTtheft account uses the name Bor because of the harassment directed at them.
I want to stress that plagiarism is an unsolvable problem in the NFT space that will always be part of it.
It is a problem that marketplaces are aware of. The steps they take to mitigate it are often short. Both OpenSea and Rarible have established processes for people to report stolen work, though as the artists themselves often point out, reporting NFTs of stolen artwork is not always an easy process.
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Many artists see it as their only option.
Go to the Help Center.
Under the drop-down menu, selectIntellectual Property Rights Violation / Takedown Request.
Your email address will be entered.
Write fraudulent content in the subject line.
The description field should include as much detail as possible to show that an OpenSea listing is just your artwork posted without permission. Explain the images that you have attached.
TheAttachments include both of where your art actually lives online and the offending NFT listings.
Hit and submit.
OpenSea doesn't guarantee any results or that the company will get back to you.
Submit to OpenSea. Credit: Screenshot: OpenSea
When you make a report, our team will review the collection to determine if it violates our Terms of Service and will remove it if it does.
Rarible has a process for users to report stolen artwork on its marketplace. To report stolen art on Rarible.
Click. Credit: Screenshot: Rarible
Pick the three dots in the upper-right corner if you have located the NFT.
Select the report option.
Write that the work is stolen and give as much detail as possible to back up your claim.
Hit and report.
Fill it out. Credit: Screenshot: Rarible
Rarible doesn't promise it will delist the NFT. Artists are frustrated because the company doesn't promise it will get back to them.
Despite the ability of artists to report stolen NFTs directly to the marketplaces listing them, the problem of thieves profiting off the work of illustrators, designers, musicians, and other creators is not close to being resolved. The artist behind the NFTtheft account explained that the issue is a systemic one and will require a systemic solution.
SCAMmers are stealing from a lot of websites, and if it can be downloaded, they will try to steal it. Artists have less control over their work.
There are scores of shocked artists who claim that someone has taken their work and sold it as NFTs without their knowledge.
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People can be sucked into this sometimes fraudulent ecosystem if they don't report plagiarized NFTs. True believers will not like the answer if bor is right.
The only way to reduce the amount of plagiarism artists are dealing with online is for people to stop buying NFTs.
Artists who are frustrated will have to keep smashing that button.
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