On the left, the image on Temu's website from a seller called Soulvie. On the right, Melody Markle's earring from her Instagram page.
Melody Markle says she was shocked to find what looked like a copy of her chickadee earrings for sale on Temu for just $11. Advocates say it's a common experience for Indigenous artists.On the left, the image on Temu's website from a seller called Soulvie. On the right, Melody Markle's earrings from her Instagram page. An Algonquin beader says one of her designs was stolen and sold on a massive online retailer without her knowledge for nearly a year.
"I was scrolling and then I came across what looked exactly like my design," said Markle, who's from Long Point First Nation in western Quebec. The path to removing stolen designs is complicated and potentially expensive, Ellis said. Most people opt not to hire a lawyer, if they're even aware that it's an option.
Markle says she looked at beaded earrings on Temu after a fellow beader said she found her own designs on the site. Markle and Derosiers both said they believe Indigenous artists are targeted for design theft because of the beauty and uniqueness of their creations. Temu's statement said artists "often don't have sufficient copyright protection for their work," although copyright is automatically applied to all completed works in Canada.
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