Welcome to the club. I have had a lot of stuff ripped off from this place. Most of it happened when I was AOM here, and most of it landed in slide shows. There are many people in the world that believe that if it is on the web, it is free to take. They believe that they are flattering us by taking our art without permission and sending it to the world. I don't find it flattering. It's sort of like being raped because you are attractive.

On the other hand, every request that I have made to have my art removed from where ever it was has been honored, except one. It's just PITA to have to make the request.

It still bothers me when my stuff is stolen, but not like it used to. Anything that you put in the web is at risk for being stolen. You just have to be willing to take the risk or not. The reason that I am willing to take the risk is because I have concluded that my art has no real monetary value.

One thing is for sure, when I get one of those inspirational slide shows in an e-mail with all of those great pictures, I delete it because the images were probably used without permission.

I appreciate the comments that you have made on my images. Good luck in the future with whatever you do with your art.