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This Is All Kind Of Wrong of the Day: Russian-born, Toronto-based illustrator and webcomic creator Vitaly S. Alexius — better known as Alexiuss — recently discovered that a man named Chad Love-Lieberman, who claims to be a “multimedia pop artist” and the nephew of Senator Joe Lieberman, has been using his recently launched website art4love.com to sell artwork stolen from deviantART for thousands of dollars.

Turns out, Alexius is far from alone. Digger creator Ursula Vernon has also had her artwork reclaimed by Love-Lieberman. As has Deirdre Reynolds, who started keeping a list of stolen artwork that got so long she could no longer update it. Campus Socialite recently updated a post about Love-Lieberman’s balls to reflect the fact that he is “a fraud,” but a gushing South Florida Chronicle profile, which features photos of stolen artwork attributed to Love-Lieberman, remains intact.

Meanwhile, both art4love.com and its affiliate, MarkYourSpot.com — owned by Craig Pravda — have been taken down, reportedly due to the myriad copyright infringements (screenshots can be found here).

Alexius has launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the deviantARTists wronged by Love-Lieberman and his partner. You can find out more here, or donate to the cause via PayPal.

[deviantart / thanks carlos!]