I have just been notified by illustrator and keeper of The Little Chimp Society, Darren Di Lieto that my work (along with a great many others) has been published in a book without our knowledge or consent. Quoth Darren:
Personally this has hurt me as I've spent the last three years building the archive of Artist interviews on the LCS. But what has really made me angry is that all that work included in the book has been stolen from the illustrators involved with some of them even being credited for work that is not their own. I am sure some of them won't care much, but others will and will want retribution. Someone has made a lot of money from this book and it wasn't me or the unknowing contributors. So please do not buy it!
Obviously this kind of "theft" won't make it into mainstream news. Heck, it seemed like some of the comments welcomed the publicity. The fact remains, however, that the publishers of this book violated the copyright on hundreds of images and opened the door for additional violation or theft. Its just wrong.
