Large Scale Art Theft (Art4Love.com)

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I've just spent my last hour and a half taking over 500 screenshots of this website.  They have thousands of stolen pictures (many from deviantart) that they are selling as canvas prints for hundreds of dollars each.

SCREENSHOTS I'VE TAKEN
s691.photobucket.com/albums/vv…;

other artists with news journals:
illjules.deviantart.com/journa…
Illjules:
":star:UPDATE: So, the art4love website is down. That didn't take long. Weither or not it's because of outside interference, or because the motherfucker who runs it (resident NYC artist Chad Love Lieberman, who can GET FUCKED if you ask me) is tearing it all down on a grand scale to avoid being caught. Too late, asshole.

I'm contacting dA today in order to determine what gets done next, because it's my belief every single artist that was ripped on that site (specifically from deviantART) is entitled to compensation. Yes, I mean class-action lawsuit. This guy made literally thousands off dollars of your work.
So, thanks to everybody ('specially Moko and Jim) who've been digging deeper than I have and found out even more disgusting information. The more we know, the harder we take this outfit down. Holy fucking shit, so the guy who runs this bullshit outfit? Yeah, he's Democratic Presidential hopeful JOSEPH LIEBERMAN's nephew. HIS FUCKING. NEPHEW. Stealing thousands and thousands of dollars. From all over the internet."

martanael.deviantart.com/journ…
news.deviantart.com/article/15…

The website is currently down but you can still access the pages by entering 67.90.44.118 into your url bar.  (when you click the other pages replace the art4love . com with the IP address)
JUST BECAUSE THE WEBSITE IS DOWN DOESN'T MEAN IT'S OVER.
Please take a look and see if your art has been taken.  If you recognize any of the other pieces, please contact the artist and let them know what is happening.
I personally recognize several of the images, but I watch hundreds of artists and don't know them all by name.  

Again, I will be posting all my screenshots in this photobucket album
s691.photobucket.com/albums/vv…
Edit:All of them are up!

I personally did not find any of my artwork on this site, but it still disgusts me that someone would have the nerve to do this.  The victims here are the artists who've had their work stolen.  I would personally go through and try to find each and every one of them myself, but unfortunately I'm not getting paid thousands of dollars to use my copypasta fingers like THIS DOUCHEBAG.  I don't have nearly enough time to go through all of it myself, but if lots of people can pitch in maybe we can help these artists out.

and just a sidenote:
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> joseph lieberman's nephew?
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> yeah that guy isn't getting elected anymore.
[15:23] <kaffles> who is joseph lieberman?
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> presidential candidate
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> you know what you should do?
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> write the daily show, or Stephen colbert, and show them this
[15:23] <+Pheonix561> tell them about how his nephew did this

^I think this would be a good idea as well.
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You are a saint. I'm checking the files now. Ack! :(