Local Business profiting from Craftsy copycat workshops!
While browsing a very popular local cake business’ Facebook page (109k+ likes!) that gives workshops, I was stunned to find they give group workshops to people wanting to learn different techniques copying Craftsy classes blatantly! Until now, I’ve seen Maggie Austin’s Fondant Frills Ombré cake and the Gravity Defiying Waffle and Syrup cake! The group photos show about 10-15 people per workshop. I’ve taken one-technique workshops at other businesses ranging from $40-$100. How much are they profiting from other people’s ideas and the $20-$50 they paid ONCE to access the valuable information? It seems so unfair to me, maybe even illegal?! Do you know about this practice? What do you think?
They also use licensed characters in their cakes. I know they’re not getting MY like! Aargh!
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So they’re paying to do the Craftsy class and then presenting the techniques learned as their own course!?! Unbelievable…
Can you report them to Craftsy?
Heaven in paper cups!
They need to be reported and highlighted. A very difficult thing to control sadly
You must never limit your challenges, instead you must challenge your limits
Just send the URL of the cheating FB page to them so they can contact the offenders themselves.
Here’s a link to contact Craftsy:
https://www.craftsyhelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=394
Heaven in paper cups!
That’ exactly what’s happening, Angel. Thanks for the link! I’ll do that.
My friend did a pouring beer cake (gravity) years ago and then all of a sudden everyone was copying it. Then someone does it with waffles and syrup so who is copying who? Unethical and immoral in my book but you can hardly stop it I would think.
@thinksweet I agree someway. In a world where most things are already invented, who can say who did it first? If your friend did a pouring beer cake, did he/she expect he/she would be he only cake artist defying gravity? I think a syrup and waffle cake is a good way to apply the technique, but it is not a copy. I’m all about learning techniques to APPLY in my cakes and that’s what I try to do when taking Craftsy classes and joining communities like this one. The point is these people make exact replicas of Craftsy cakes and profit from showing people how to copy them, not even changing color, position of decorations, ANYTHING! They were reported.
I agree with u completely..There is lots of businesses out there ,they are learning from Craftsy platform and then giving classes and earning money on it…Very worst they don,t like to mention about this platform ..And about gravity defying cakes ,no words ..Cause lots of people learn from craftsy and start giving their own classes as their own design…I already helped some of the people to show them the right Platform ,where to go and learn …And thanks for the link ,will do some more work now on it.
Totally wrong in my book. Any form of this to me just stinks. If you know who did the work originally then what does it hurt to give them a shout out. Even if you say inspired by …at least you are recognizing a fellow artist and maybe helping them get seen as well. I think we all take a little bit of this and a little bit of that from others but there are many that is just truly a rip off and that should be shut down. It does not show respect for others and will only give you a bad name in the end.
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Disgraceful… I use Craftsy alot to learn and try new ideas – it’s great! But passing the techniques off as your own… is a big NoNo!! Its the cake equivalent to Plagiarism.
MySugarFairyCakes - Geraldine
So wrong, and disgraceful in my opinion!
