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Swoon Editions Gets Caught Stealing Designer's Work, Must Now Pay Up
Thank you for reporting this, it is sadly not at all uncommon. There was recently a high profile court case here in Denmark where a ceramic designer had her products copied and sold in a discount super-market chain. In the end she was able to take them to court and win.
Never do any work for anyone without meeting them in person and thoroughly researching them. Never do any work without a signed contract and never do any work without 50% up front. As many time I've been offered the "opportunity" to do work on spec I always declined and most of the time this work was with people I knew. You may wind up having issues with them for dragging their name into public view.
thank you for reporting on this!