I recently had my artwork stolen from DeviantArt and re-submitted as their own artwork on the same site. The situation has been rectified for the time being.
Anyone using my artwork without my written consent will pe prosecuted to the fullest extent as DeviantArt will remove the art, but in no way will protect you from being sued for Copyright infringement.
If you failed to read any of the terms when creating your DeviantArt account I urge you to do so. This way you will not be confused as to what is stealing artwork.
I appreciate everyone's interest in my artwork greatly, I do not however feel this is a form of flattery in any sense and upsets me to no end.
I think this is a wonderful art community website and hate to think that this would ever happen at DeviantArt.
I am hopeful it will not happen in the future.