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Adam Turman's artwork, created for a breast cancer campaign

There's an oft-quoted expression that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

 would love it if you'd just lay off the flattery, thank you very much.

Turman just found out that a person claiming to be a graphic artist, using the name "Ben Hur," has been selling one of Turman's images on baseball caps and t-shirts. This morning I was able to check out the plagiarist's site myself, and saw Turman's "Second Base" image all over the home page. Here's how Turman explains it:

Luckily for Turman, he saw swift results. Hur's site is now down, and all the images have been taken off of his Facebook page and Zazzle. Turman says the best defense is swift communication to as many people as possible, letting them know what's a fake and what's an original.

Turman says the worst part of this latest incident is that Ben Hur was stealing art that was used for a not-for-profit campaign.

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