Why Are More Cartoon Illustration Exhibition Entries Being Stolen?

On Friday, I wrote about Elena Ospina and her art being stolen and repurposed by a man for, of all things, as a cartoon entry for the Women's Rights Cartoon Exhibit. This was done without her knowledge or permission. The stolen art was signed "Mario Russo."

My thanks to Jamie Smith, who found a couple more examples. Here's Jamie:

"Cursory browse reveals a couple entries from Mario Russo to the 2015 International Aylan Cartoon Illustration Exhibition: a Google Image search on one panel reveals it to have been ripped off from a Deviant Art portfolio by artist "asprin0" (note blatant signature + copyright removal)."

Link to entry:
http://resistart.ir/.../Ayl.../mario_russo-italy_%281%29.jpg

Link to original creator portfolio:
http://asprin0.deviantart.com/.../Aylan-Kurdi-tribute...

"... Aaand the other one too:"

Mike Cstod Peterson talks about all this at his Comic Strip of the Day blog: Perseverance, Perserveration and Not-So-Great Expectations.