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ain • #oakaicomms closed X°. *(g*w') @OAKAIARTS Mr Jeffrey Hidy has blocked me since then. He reached out, and was really nice about everything. Said he wanted to commission: - a piece for his friend's birthday my commissions are for personal use only. not commercial. And how long your process usually takes! 7:47 (i) jeffreyhidy A would thank you for the interest you like the 90s anime ones or something else in particular? 90s please! 90s please! Let me know how many you have in mind Let me know how many you have in mind Usually i take between 2-3 days for the usd $25 one :) I would like just one photo of a couple in this exact pose. I am doing a portrait for No Posts Yet +. Message.. 7:54 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Rejoice @ImperfecttOne PERFICT пИпь IDITION Replying to @OAKAIARTS When someone asks for a commission start doing a background check first. See who they friends and mutual friends with. Then when they tell u what they want do some research on that like look up some key words they said bout what they want and if needed CONTRACT THEIR ASS! 2/2 3:21 PM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Nannan O• @z_zhennan Replying to @OAKAIARTS I'm glad Noah's team reached out to you, but Jeffrey is still slandering you on Instagram. He's claiming that you did not draw the entire piece and that you only drew Leon's face and everything else was his work. can provide all the information necessary if need be, just let me know! I was having a hard time drawing an anime character -Jeffrey that looked like Leon. On Oct 21, 2019, at 3:01 PM, B. The whole piece was not made by oakai, I asked her to help me with the face of leon bridges, and was compensated. This is me asking if they need her info to put her on the contract, -*1, Sony O Message jayhidy And she fixed it for me. She was angry because she thought I got thousands of dollars from this and wanted compensation, so i blocked her after arguing. & she posted it on twitter and it BLEW up to make me look like 1:10 PM · Jan 8, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

VRJosh is making 2020 better than 2019! @TwitchVRJosh Replying to @WeAmourAmara and @prm4re They've been profiting off of Oakai's work since November when the post was made. Strictly legally speaking, they would owe compensation, though likely not punitive damages if they didn't do it knowingly. The art thief is also liable, moreso because they knew it was stolen. 11:46 AM · Jan 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android

patreece + @patreeceart Replying to @OAKAIARTS What the hell? This is NOT okay!! I see this happening too often with people's artwork being stolen for album covers & I wonder why they don't properly check who it belongs to and whether they have rights to use it I hope you can get this resolved! 9:00 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPad

(+18) Vxlly @VxllyisTaken Replying to @OAKAIARTS Do you typically put a signature on your art? It may not stop theft entirely, but could certainly make it more difficult. 8:24 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter Web App

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Leon Bridges and Noah Cyrus Stolen Art Controversy refers to the art created by OAKAI which was commissioned by Jeffrey Hidy and made the album art for the remix of "July" by Noah Cyrus featuring Leon Bridges in November 2019. Jeffrey Hidy claimed the art as his own and in January 2020 OAKAI reached out to Twitter to regain credit.

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On November 8th, 2019, Leon Bridges posted a promotional clip for the remix using OAKAI's art (shown below, left). The post gained over 10,600 likes in two months. On January 6th, 2020, Twitter user @OAKAIARTS^[1] tweeted, "Today, I found out one of my customers had passed off MY work as his own. A thread. [ left pic is the original work i’d sent to him. The right is HIS post ]" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 108,700 likes and 43,600 retweets in two days.

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On January 6th, 2020, Twitter user and artist @OAKAIARTS^[2] tweeted that Jeffrey Hidy blocked them but originally contacted them to commission "a piece for his friend’s birthday" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 10,500 likes in two days.
OAKAI^[3] continued saying that they weren't aware that the art would be used commercially (shown below, right).

ain • #oakaicomms closed *°. *(w' ) @OAKAIARTS I was not made aware that this would be used outside of personal use. aka: be claimed as HIS OWN WORK, to be used for Noah Cyrus & Leon Bridges' song as cover art. So far I've seen this on Noah's, Leon's, sir plagiariser's himself as well as on Spotify. LEON NOAH FEATURING NOAH CYRUS BRIDGES CYRUS א 407,268 views July (feat. Leon Bridges) noahcvrus # ulv with aleonhridgesofficial out noM LEON NOAH CYRUS LEON BRIDGES NOAH FEATURING FEATURING BRIDGES CYRUS 641 likes 59,337 views leonbridgesofficial Hopped on @noahcyrus's track "July" V Out today! jeffreyhidy So honored to be able to showcase my artwork on such beautiful record, with my favorite person @noahcyrus. This song was so impactful for me & being asked to be apart of this proiect means the world to me. So much love to @noahcvrus & View all 308 comments 7:57 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

That day, OAKAI received an outpouring of support and Leon Bridges' Instagram post was flooded with comments regarding the art's credit. OAKAI^[4] responded in a few tweets that same day saying, "the support i’ve been getting is incredible. thank you so much to everyone who helped and reached out to spread this :( i just wish for this situation to get cleared up, please dont send any harmful messages if there have been any!!" They also tweeted "Noah and her team have reached out to me and they've been really sweet and understanding about the whole situation. We talked about working on a future project and I'm looking forward to it♥️♥️♥️Thank you so much for all the love and support. 🥺♥️" (shown below, left). On January 6th, @noahcyrus^[5] replied to OAKAI arts thread saying "well shit 🤯 I had no idea! Your work is so beautiful and I want you to help work on new art for this remix. sending you a dm now🖤" (Shown below, right). The tweet received over 15,100 likes and 600 retweets in two days.

ain • #oakaicomms closed *°, *(***) @OAKAIARTS the support i've been getting is incredible. thank you so much to everyone who helped and reached out to spread this :(i just wish for this situation to get cleared up, please dont send any harmful messages if there have been any!! 10:04 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone ain • #oakaicomms closed ☆°. *(*w') @OAKAIARTS · 3h Replying to @OAKAIARTS Hey guys, an update - Noah and her team have reached out to me and they've been really sweet and understanding about the whole situation. We talked about working on a future project and I'm looking forward to it Thank you so much for all the love and support.

Noah Cyrus @noahcyrus Replying to @OAKAIARTS I had no idea! Your work is so beautiful well s--- and I want you to help work on new art for this remix. sending you a dm now 5:54 PM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

Twitter user @DirkPower^[6] tweeted screenshots of Hidy's alternate account and said, "The dude spent a while using an alt saying Jeffrey had apologised and the thread should be deleted or the original artist could be sued, till people realised it was him. So now hes trying to intimidate OP as himself" (shown below, left). @DirkPower^[7] continued, sharing another screenshot saying, "Meanwhile, as he used an alt to insist he deleted everything, I saw he'd RTd his main Twitter, and sure enough he still had the tweet saying it was his art, and vaguetweets about not trusting twitter Dudes bad at covering his tracks lol" (shown below, right).

OOB INTDNTos AHSCLIP @ahsclip BAD DECISIONS @OAKAIARTS you have to take the post down or he can sue for emotional distress! He apologized and deleted everything. Noah reached out to him and he posted it 3:29 PM · 06 Jan 20 · Twitter for iPhone

J @plantdaddy69 I can finally announce to the world that I made the cover art for @noahcyrus's new remix of “July" & I'm so proud of myself and grateful JULY

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Meg Turney @megturney Replying to @OAKAIARTS and @AustenMarieTV Definitely a case for a lawyer, but until then happy to help notifying @noahcyrus @leonbridges. They have a legal case against him, too, if he signed over rights to a piece he didn't own. Hope you get paid soon! 10:24 AM · Jan 6, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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^[1] Twitter – OAKAIARTS

^[2] Twitter – OAKAIARTS

^[3] Twitter – OAKAIARTS

^[4] Twitter – OAKAIARTS

^[5] Twitter – NoahCyrus

^[6] Twitter – DirkPower

^[7] Twitter – DirkPower

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