Copyright infringement?

TaisSS 2016-06-01 16:45:28 UTC #1

I was looking for new comics to follow, checking the fresh section as always.
Suddenly I entered one and saw a bunch of short comedy strips that a user has been posting since yesterday .(THEY DON'T BELONG TO THIS USER THEY ARE EVEN SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS)
Even tho the user is not saying the works are theirs I don't think it is allowed to upload them that way. ;w;
I'm not sure if this kind of "uploading reading recs" of sorts it's allowed.
I didn't want to report it without consulting it first with you guys.

Should I report this person? :/
Or the authors of each comic have to report them ??
I never reported anyone so I don't know what to do.

Some of the works that are on this users page are property of
Sarah Anderssen
Tatsuya Ishida
Dan Piraro
and some more.

Thanks for your responses in advance!!

Sanz 2016-06-01 16:49:27 UTC #2

they shouldn't be uploading others work without permission. I would report them personally.

PotooGryphon 2016-06-01 16:51:08 UTC #3

Yep, report them to the Tapastic staff or tag @michaelson to check it out.

69Michi 2016-06-01 16:52:53 UTC #4

The courtesy/nice-ish way to do would be to private message them and ask if they have permission to repost these things. Often time creators don't allow any sort of repost of their works, they can do that themselves if they so wanted. So yah, do what Cyndi said LMFAO

TaisSS 2016-06-01 16:55:16 UTC #5

Thank you, just reported to the staff.
Do I tag @michaelson in this topic above??

michaelson 2016-06-01 17:06:09 UTC #6

The series has been taken down and the user has been deleted. This isn't the first time they've uploaded comics/illustrations that don't belong to them. Not sure if they understand how Tapastic works.

PotooGryphon 2016-06-01 17:06:10 UTC #7

He's been tagged XD Twice now lol He is good and tagged. No worries, Michael will get to the bottom of this.

TaisSS 2016-06-01 17:08:31 UTC #8

Thank you so much for the quick response.