[ 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.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I never said it was. Why, am I supposed to think that's awful too? I think the differences are probably just that fanfiction theft happens less often – I mean, with fanart, loads of people will have saved a folder full of fanart or whatever, whereas with fic people are more likely to just bookmark the page, so if they want to share some fanart with someone, they'll end up uploading it to their own folder, whereas if they read a fic that they think is really great, they'll typically give someone else the link ... and when it comes to theft, it's easier to just copy and paste the bits of fic you want to steal than it is with artwork, so it's harder to tell when that's happened and to prove it.

I'm not saying it's okay to claim someone else's fanworks are your own. I'm saying that people get too worked up about it when it happens. And I'm saying there isn't anything inherently wrong with posting fanworks without crediting the original creator of the fanwork. That said, if someone makes it public that they don't want people posting their stuff without permission or credit, then it's only manners to do as they ask, if you like their art – but that doesn't mean I can't think that requests like that are kind of dumb and that people need to stop acting like someone intentionally gave their kid sister AIDs every time their fanart gets used in a YouTube slideshow.