[ SECRET POST #248 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #248 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 143 secrets from Secret Submission Post #036.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [ 1 2 3 ] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [ 1 2 3 ] personal attacks, [ 1 ] attempt at parody, [ 1 ] repeat.
Next Secret Post: Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11th, 2007.
Current Secret Submission Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

22- ...I think I want to fucking kill you. =D

26- Right there with you on the last bit. XD

29- ...as for the actual fanart themselves, they kinda DO [own it]. It's the characters they don't own. And YOU sure as hell don't own it.



Disclaimer: No death threats are serious. Geez.
Disclaimer B: I wish there'd been more positive stuff to comment on, so I didn't have to make 2/3 angry replies.

[(Anonymous)]

No, they don't own it legally. Claiming the rights to distribute it would be illegal. They're not making money off it, and they wanted to share it with the fandom if they posted it, so unless they posted it because they want everyone to come leave them asskissing comments and praise for their drawings, what's the problem with other members of fandom sharing it around some more?

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

By putting the watermark on, that makes it more acceptable to pass it round, as they get credit and no-one can pretend it's there own (theoretically). Whether or not it's the right thing to do to want praise, it is there own choice to make.


As for the copyright issue, people draw professional arts of copyrighted works all the time whilst still having rights to their own art (eg Shakespeare or similar illustrations)

[(Anonymous)]

Shakespeare isn't actually copyrighted – when something is as old as the works of Shakespeare it ceases to be protected by copyright law. The same goes for other popularly illustrated things like Alice in Wonderland or fairy tales.

And I think you're missing the point I'm making here: artists don't need to be so possessive about their work. It doesn't honestly matter if someone posts it somewhere without crediting the artist. Sure, it's rude to do it if the artist has said they'd like credit, but I think most artists are being kind of up themselves in demanding it.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Well, what of the official arts for say...Harry Potter? The people who commissioned them are the ones with the main rights, but they can say where and where not they're to be posted.


Maybe they don't need to be. I'm not disputing it. All's I'm saying is whether they're in the right or not it should be there choice.