Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniM♈ax Online is in contact with a fan artist who claims the studio used their work without their consent.
In a recent , Relan Daevath said they were "shocked" to find had apparently become an Elder Scrolls Online cosmetic, available for purchase from the in-game Crown Store, which accepts real-life money. The complaint made its way to , where a user going by created a comparison image showing that the cosmetic seemed to have been copy-pasted from Daevath's art with virtually zero chang🐓es:
"Well I know that all rights to the characters belong to Zenimax etc. But using someone's fanart through copy-paste without notifying the author is also not very nice," Daevath said. "I would be flattered by such an assessment of my work if 👍I were asked. But I wasn't..."
"We are aware of the situation with the ESO Fan Artist," reads from the official Elder Scroll🔴s Online Twitter account. "It was never our intention to include any community fan art without proper credit. We are in contact with the artist and will work with them to make sure that there is a proper resolution."
It's disappointi𓂃ng to see an artist's work be used without proper accreditation, but it's also encouraging to see the folks at ZeniMax Online move quickly to resolve the situation. We'll update this story as we learn more about how the studio plans to make things right and avoid a similar situation in the future.
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