[ SECRET POST #227 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #227 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Things to click as usual? (:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 101 secrets from Secret Submission Post #033.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom.
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Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, I don't know. I'm not the iconist. :0

Some of the art used in icons has been passed around for so long that nobody knows who the artist is anymore. Some, I guessing, are probably too timid or lazy to ask. A small percentage might have tried to PM or email about it and never got a response (maybe the letter didn't go through, the artist switched accounts, the artist left the internet, etc.) so they assumed no news was good news. And a lot assume that if the artist doesn't say, "hey, my art isn't for use on livejournal! Don't make icons from it!" then it means she's okay with it.

I don't have a problem with usage, and neither do my friends who draw fanart themselves. You would be surprised at the number of artists on Deviantart who don't mind iconing ("don't claim it as your own" =/= "don't use it for graphics"). Of course there are those out there who are dislike it too, but I don't think there are as many as some people think there is. If the artist herself tells you, on a journal entry or personally or whatever, then take it down. If not, it's free game until she makes an announcement. You're not breaking the law if there's no law to break, you see.

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[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

I think it's just common courtesy, really.

Although a lot of artists have started putting their stance about it up with their art, which is good...but it's very often ignored. All Japanese fanart sites have the same 'do not re-use' website link, and yet people still use their art.

I think it probably wouldn't bother me so much if clear statements like that weren't ignored.

As for the law comment, I wouldn't say this was about law, just courtesy and respect.

btw, are you the OP?