Was working the #steemitabuse channel and noticed a report of a plagiarist. Of all the abuse happening on Steemit, plagiarism is the thing I hate most. I decided to get in touch with the original author and confirm the user was, in fact, plagiarising their work.

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Confirmation on DeviantArt

Further confirmation

I verified the original artist by having them contact me on DeviantArt from the original account and send me a photo with my username and the date on some of the artwork that was stolen.

After I confirmed he was plagiarising the artwork of another person, I plan to get all his rewards burned to zero. I contacted a few of the larger voters asking if they can remove their vote and will adjust his pending rewards to $0. In the meantime, I have asked the original artist to join Steem and I created an account for him as the sign-up process is time-consuming and he does not have a sim card in his mobile phone.

Before I get too far, let me share some details.

The plagiarist is posting as the user Hive account@florian.art and using artwork from DeviantArt and other places. Most of the artwork is from the user nosoart on DeviantArt. There is some art from other users as well, but a bulk is stolen from one artist.

Although the user isn't a big earner, he has some decent votes from some well-known people and a lot of engagement. I spoke with one of them and they were really surprised and disappointed to find the work was plagiarized as they liked curating it.

Fortunately, the original artist is now on Steemit as Hive account@nosoart. I asked that he creates an #introduceyourself post but he already made two posts tagged #introduceyourself as the primary tag and is unable to change that. I am going to help walk him through the ropes of how things work on Steemit and will likely be a slow process of learning Steem(it) takes time and is not always straightforward. I am excited to see a real artist here on Steemit producing genuine art and not just stealing shit from Google.

I have seen previous posts by the plagiarist were upvoted by some big names here on Steemit and believe his artwork was enjoyed by many judging by the comments received. I would love to see the real owner of the artwork see the same love and attention rather than some low life profiting off someone else's work.

If you haven't already, check out Hive account@nosoart and follow him if you are into drawings and awesome artwork. He doesn't have much here and hopefully, he will have an #introduceyourself post soon, but in the meantime, you can see his work on DeviantArt where he has been posting for 6 years.

Give him a warm welcome and help him get adjusted to our community. Steem(it) needs more authentic content creators and fewer zero effort plagiarist and spammers. I am disappointed to find yet another plagiarist but I am very happy to see a real artist join the community.