case: ([ Zell; Agh. ])
Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2008-01-06 06:05 pm

[ SECRET POST #366 ]


⌈ Secret Post #366 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE MSPAINT USE A BACKGROUND COLOR, PLEAAAASE

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(Anonymous) 2008-01-07 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
They're taking somebody's artwork... without their permission. This is wrong, it's stealing.

If they're using the artwork without permission but crediting the source... well, this is still wrong but it's a step in the right direction as at least the artist isn't anonymous anymore and people can still learn about them.

Additionally, there are no degrees of what is right and wrong like you say in your post above... the size of the icon or amount of fiction stolen is irrelevant. The fact is that it's been taken without permission.

[identity profile] kyriesanctus.livejournal.com 2008-01-07 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
That's why most artists are now in the practice of heavily watermarking or signing their artwork somewhere. Most people are too lazy to try to extract a huge watermark..

Soo.. If you don't want your artwork to be stolen, use a watermark.

Or, if you at least want to be credited, put a READABLE signature on it that points in the direction of your website/name whatever. That way people can say, "this art is by _____."

If an artist doesn't do either, quite frankly, they're just making themselves an open target to have their artwork stolen or changed. It's the internet, people should be smart enough by now to know that words aren't enough anymore.

Anyone who goes to lengths to remove watermarks or signatures on the bottom of a picture just to steal it or use it in an icon clearly has far too much time on their hands and I feel sorry for them. U_U;;

(Anonymous) 2008-01-07 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Additionally, there are no degrees of what is right and wrong like you say in your post above... the size of the icon or amount of fiction stolen is irrelevant.

Incorrect, actually. Depending on what you're doing with the artwork/fiction, creating a new derivative work from a small portion may or may not be entirely wrong.