Stolen Fanart

a friend of mine linked to this on facebook and all I can say is I’ve only ever seen one person online who felt more entitled to use other people’s images. this guy’s “defence” can literally be paraphrased as “some people maliciously copyright their images and upload them so they can make a living suing people for using them without permission.”

the Adventure Time incident gained a lot of notice because the artist in that case had that piece used as cover art on an edition of an Adventure Time comic. they didn’t read the contract clauses and assumed they were only licensing it to be used on that comic cover. however, the fine print granted them permission to use it on other merchandise as well. once they realized it they admitted they goofed and didn’t read the fine print well enough.

Hot Topic was also only selling it. it was officially licensed Adventure Time merchandise, not made by Hot Topic.

the Homestuck one involved an official contest where Hot Topic was on the judges panel and one of their selected winners would get their art featured on a t-shirt to be sold in Hot Topic stores. the contest was fully kosher and no theft was involved there either.

you know what? I may have called out your shitty attempts to look good by making tribute images by stealing and editing other people’s hard work before, but now I’m taking personal offense here.

I know you don’t give a flying fuck about the LGBT people killed and injured in the Orlando shooting at the Pulse club. you used your fucking sockpuppet to try and say America deserved it because Americans like me and some others have called out your plagiarism and malicious defamation of others. you’re all chummy with a little homophobic drama whore who tried to claim she isn’t homophobic, she just “believes homosexuality is a sin” to try and stop getting called out for her homophobic behavior. you also fucking threatened to have someone rape me after I got fed up with you constantly calling me a whore and slut and called you out on it because I’m asexual and just not into sex. really, it was lulzy at first, but it got old after the first half year. you’ve said you loath Americans, you’ve called America a nation of schizophrenics and other insults. you don’t care about LGBT+ people.

as an LGBT+ American with multiple LGBT+ identities (I’m a genderfluid/nb pan ace) I have a right to say this: you DO NOT have the right to make one of your shitty, insincere, plagiarized “tributes” for this. you don’t mean it, you don’t grieve for them, you just want to make yourself look good. and you have no right to use the deaths and injuries of my fellow American LGBT+ community members to try and make yourself look good. not when you don’t give a shit about what happened. we are NOT tools for you to use to try and make yourself look good. their dead bodies are not for you to climb on to make yourself look better.

you are less than shit. you are pathetic, you are spiteful, you don’t have a single scrap of imagination or creativity in you. even if you were creative enough to actually make your own damn tribute instead of vandalizing an actual artist’s hard work you’d probably still half ass it (or not even half ass it even) since you don’t have a drop of true compassion or humanity in you.

the artist whose work you fucking valdalized for your own shitty agenda: http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/seiga/im1292505 http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=9055768

your shitty rippoff so everyone can see what a little piece of work you are: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20265923/

screenshots of your fucking insincerity:

Public Domain:

“Art becomes public domain only after 70 years after the artist who made the work has DIED, 95 years after publication, or 120 years after creation, which ever comes first”. (Source). This is why you are allowed to use famous works like Van Gogh’s “Starry Knight” or Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” freely with out copyright issues, the artist have died well over 70 years ago, thus the work they have produced is now free for the pubic to use.

Publishing:

Posting art on the internet is not considered published works. “Published works are works that are made into copies able to distribute to the public.” (Source). Posting art on a site like tumblr, deviantart, message boards, youtube, vimeo, or any other number of websites are meant for display, not for redistribution unless the artist as stated that: “This work is available for redistribution.” However, if you do not see that sentence anywhere, then that art is purely for display only and you must ask that artist permission to use that work unless you are favoriting it on deviantart, reblogging/liking on tumblr/blogspot, adding the video/song to a playlist on youtube, etc.

Intellectual Property:

Now, until the art work is under public domain, the works in question are protected under “Intellectual Property.” Where artist, inventors, writers, creators in general, are protected under the constitution and have full ownership of the works they have created from the moment it is created. (Source). Taking someone’s work that does not belong to you is considered theft and punishable by the full extent of the law. Meaning, the case can be taken to court and serious repercussions will ensue for the offender. (Source). The works are not just protected in the US, but world wide, and outlined in “article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” (Source).  

Article 27.

(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. (Source).

TL;DR: Yes the internet is public space, but that does not mean the works on the internet is considered public domain. All works are protected by Intellectual Property until it has been 70 years after artist’s death, 95 years after publication, or 120 years after date of creation; whatever comes first. Posting works on the internet does not count as publishing.

It is safe to say, any works created now will not be free to use publicly in your lifetime unless stated otherwise by the creator them self.

Sources:

Public Domain:

https://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/public-domain-faq

Publishing:

http://aigasf.org/community/legalities/legalities_22_does_posting_your_artwork_online_count_as_publication

Copyright/Intellectual Property: 

http://www.aipla.org/about/iplaw/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.hg.org/intell.html

http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/intproperty/450/wipo_pub_450.pdf

The results of these huge posts on tumblr asking people to report others is hate. People go and hate/do bullying on these people. Bullying shouldn’t be tolerated, is against human rights. Art can be deleted, but acts of hate such as “being called bitch” affect someone psychologically.

Sasusaku’s admin on instagram suffers from anxiety. I get you want to deffend your art, but be a human being and try to think there’s someone behind your screen. A person with daily life problems like yours.

She’s been called bitch, thief, only there for the followers, unsensitive within others names. People with anxiety do not react to these situations quite okay, they have panic attacks and sometimes these words and name calling keep them awake for nights.

Stop this already, she’s a human being too. Like you, like me, like everyone. If the account isn’t bothering you anymore go delete the tumblr post because she’s getting nothing but hate.

@spas-mania you called her a bitch.think twice before judging.

@sasughke you started the massive reporting, here are the consequences of it. While you slept your night, she has been in tears all this time.

@sasutrash @dymx @sasusake @mismatchedpurple she’s already being told what’s wrong from other people. what’s with you guys reblogging that post and tell her things over and over. Think twice before commenting.

@finval I get you’re protecting your art which you work hard for, but saying “fuck this person” isn’t going to solve the problem. If you need proof of the bullying she’s been getting, Im more than happy to ask her proof. The posts have been deleted, her IG isn’t found anymore, but people keep hating on her and her anxiety is on the roof.

Hope you guys reflect on this. Reblogging is illegal, but bullying is an international act not tolerated by the law either. Anxiety attacks can lead to suicidal thoughts, in America the majority of the suicidal cases have been consequences of online bullying.

What about the negative feelings these artist experience with their art is treated so frivolously? What about the fact that these artist could also feel anxiety from people just stealing their art and stomping on their hard work? What about the lost income these artists experience with their work so carelessly shared around without support back?

No, to you it’s instead “this reposter has anxiety”. Which honestly doesn’t make sense because she DOESN”T HAVE TO REPOST. She can just stop, just stop doing this and it is the best for us all.

But no, you instead try and defend her when she is clearly in the wrong. That’s what happens honey, do something bad and bad things happen. I get that calling her names is not right, but then why did she think stealing art is acceptable?

jfc, and calling out these artists who are now going through a tough time because of this crap now makes you by your definition, a bully as well. You are just as bad as the people you condemn.

You don’t accept mistakes, you’re blind.

You don’t think of anyone but the artists, do you?. These “reposters” are HUMANS too. They have FEELINGS.

and quite frankly, you keep going on that reposters are humans and have feelings, but you completely disregard the fact the artists are the same. they don’t like their hard work being disrespected, they can have issues with anxiety, depression, and so on too, they could be relying on their art as a way to supplement their income because they NEED that extra money.

yo guys! the day have come where im good/popular enough to have my drawing traced by others, yay :D

Following person stole a fanfic and posted it under the name “Stuck with you”.

http://archiveofourown.org/users/ceciliakmeier/pseuds/ceciliakmeier

The original fanfiction is here:

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11709719/1/

Please, I saw the comic to the fanfic somewhere but don’t remember where. If someone knows the accounts then feel free to notify them or link them to this post.

i’ve discovered this morning that my own art, that i’ve posted on this blog, has been snatched and traced over (to colour and line by this person who has claimed it as their own, and to also get rid of my signature), and i am DAMN sure that the other pictures in their gallery are ALSO STOLEN !! they range from gravity falls to dragon age and now, my fanart doodle i did of chibi preston garvey from fallout 4, pictured below

you can find my original right here, and the traced one here.

original: http://chimeowrical.tumblr.com/post/140175072063/new-sketchbook trace: http://konfvsed.deviantart.com/art/Anders-Disapproves-596026781 comparison: