venusaur It's no problem ^^ I've been updating this every chance I get so there is no confusion.
Huge update: 6/7/2018- Lemon_bab_bates has agreed to give up using Bates and she new has a different character someone gave her. I will be keeping an eye on her just in case she tries to use him again, but as far as I am aware, this is over.
Please do not harass her. She is fairly young but did admit to stealing Bates because he looked cool.
I will still keep this up and be adding a full album full of hundreds of screenshots of evidence to this beware.
Who:
https://www.instagram.com/cyan.adopts/ (This account has many admins but one was posting about Bates.)
Lunar has been removed from Cyan.Adopts. They are no longer an issue.
https://www.instagram.com/lunar_mutt/ (Main acc of the thief)
They have been username-jumping. Their current is my_bab_bates.
Current Username is Lemon_bab_bates.
What Happened: Character Theft. I backed out of a trade with them and they took my character and continue to try to get/get art for him. I got nothing in return for the character.
Evidence:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjlRpM6DLOO/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjmAzvdjZ5E/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjmBUr2jkI4/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjnQj3Dj9va/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjn6jl8jU4G/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjrWuQfjqx8/?hl=en&taken-by=kitsugalaxy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BjmigM5jfHX/?taken-by=nevermissadrama
I was originally interested in a dutchie adopt from them, but the dutchie was taken. (original post has been taken down. I have no screenshots of it but I am working to get some) They offered a marshmallow dog in exchange for Bates, which I was going to trade for but then lost interest, becoming attached to Bates again. I backed out (no files were actually sent to each other. They later traded away the adopt I was originally going to trade for. They seemed okay with me backing out but then messaged me out of the blue saying Bates was theirs now.)
I and several people have asked them to stop using Bates because he does not belong to her. She has refused and has been nothing but hostile.
She is actively trying to get art for Bates and claiming him as her own.
There is no arguing with this person. Just avoid and block if you can.
(Bate's Toyhou.se is here: https://toyhou.se/1725459.bates . I never transferred him over or gave her the art for him. She took the pic from my Toyhou.se and is able to use it due to a glitch where my watermarks are not showing up.)
I have filed an Intellectual Property/Copyright claim via Instagram.
I do not know if Instagram will actually do anything about this.
(Post had been removed by me- and yes, instagram did actually do something. They actively removed any posts that were made on those accounts.)
If you see Bates being used/drawn and it was not commissioned/requested by me, please alert the artist and report. Please do not harass/witchhunt this user, I believe that they are very young and they do not know what they are doing is fully wrong.
Update: 6/4/2018 at 12:06, they have changed Lunar_mutt to Bates_the_Mutt_
Update: 6/4/2018 at 1:16 pm, they have taken down the posts with Bates on both of their accounts but are still claiming ownership of him.
Update: 6/4/2018 at 1:50 pm, Instagram notified me that they pulled the posts from their accounts.
Update: 6/4/2018 at 4:59 pm, Their account (Lunar_mutt then was changed to bates_the_mutt_) is gone. I had several people tell me that it appears to be gone. Searched while logged out, could not find it.
Update: 6/4/2018 at 6:31 pm, They are still there but they are username jumping. Last known one was my_bab_bates.
Update: 6/4/2018 at 6:52 pm, they officially blocked me.
Update: 6/6/2018 at 8:47 am, Thought this was finally over... apparently not. They are still getting art of him.
Update: 6/6/2018 at 11:06 am, They have unblocked me for some reason.
Update: 6/7/2018 at 9:04 am, Still working on getting that huge masterpost of everything together. Lemon has expressed interest in giving up Bates but for some reason will not allow me to use the *free* art work she got of him.
Keko After several people bartering with her, she finally gave up Bates and has a new character.
Oh thank god it's over....
dekuseI I might with a few of them, one of them is... so uncharacterisic of him and I'd rather not have that piece.
Ahhh just saw the update! So happy that mess is over and done with. And yeah, keeping an eye on her would be a good idea, especially if she's young
Also for the art, i agree with dekuseI. as long as you have the og artist's permission, thats all yours lol
Lotor It's ironic (and I am sticking up for her, we have talked and she has apologized for all of the issues caused) that someone is now trying to claim the character she was given ;-;