I have no words for the hurt I feel today

A "greyhound lover" on the "Greytalk" forum is stealing my art and my bandwidth. This is a copy of the information I sent to the webmaster there.



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Ticket ID: DIU-63865

Subject: Greytalk Support Request

Message: Someone on your board is linking to my bandwidth and using my artwork, probably as an avatar. This is against the law - both stealing the work and the bandwidth. I hope you will step in to inform this person and stop their theft. I provide my artwork FREE for many greyhound fundraising projects. This is the thanks I get. I earn less than $100 a month on my art, and pay for my bandwidth. Tell your user how much I appreciate being stolen from and that this could mean I may remove all of my greyhound art from the Internet.



Bandwidth is being stolen to these addresses:


  • http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php

  • 293 0 1.02% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204050

  • 195 0 0.70% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204006

  • 148 0 0.47% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204261

  • 124 0 0.43% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204050&hl=

  • 109 0 0.41% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=198620

  • 72 0 0.21% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204141

  • 66 0 0.24% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204261&hl=

  • 58 0 0.04% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204261&st=0

  • 56 0 0.21% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204006&hl=

  • 48 0 0.17% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=198620&hl=

  • 34 0 0.12% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204520

    • 33 0 0.03% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=198620&st=0

  • 24 0 0.09% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204141&hl=

  • 24 0 0.07% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204006&st=0&

  • 20 0 0.07% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204050&st=20&start=20

  • 18 0 0.06% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204513

  • 17 0 0.07% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=199841&st=20

  • 17 0 0.05% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204050&st=0&

  • 16 0 0.06% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=197896&st=20

  • 14 0 0.05% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204520&hl=

  • 12 0 0.03% http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php?showtopic=204006&st=0



The first two numbers are number of views and percentage of my bandwidth they are stealing. You can see this is not a small matter.


I am very hurt. I can't begin to describe how I feel to find a "greyhound lover" stealing from me.

I cannot see who it is as I am not a Greytalk member. Now I don't have any desire to be one. If this is how you treat someone who has given her work, her heart, her time and effort to supporting greyhound rescue in every way that I can. I have given away work that designers would have charged thousands for.

I am indescribably heartbroken. I am so sick, I will not be able to accomplish any more work on the free coloring pages I give away (some of which are greyhounds, too).

Thank you for reminding me how evil and vicious and greedy all human beings are, in spite of their pretty words.

Summer Fey Foovay

Bandwidth theft is a crime

Posted: Thursday 3rd July 2008, 1:07 PM

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