Truth be told, at this point I absolutely hate Amino and no one can change my mind.
Thereâs so much art theft on the app, and no one is trying to do something against it. There is no âreportâ button, there is no âDMCAâ request. You can only ask the MODs or ADMs to remove the art, but sometimes they will refuse to remove it, or even start being aggressive, throwing tons of stupid excuses for their acts. And youâre forced to download the app and make an account to request them to take down your art.
That being said - even the ADMs and MODs are supporting art theft.Â
For example, my friend asked an ADM from SU BR Amino to take down a post because they CROPPED their watermark, the ADM refused to take it down and said that they would make a new post crediting the art. (And they blamed Pinterest users for cropping the watermark - which as a lie).
My friend explained that reposting art without permission is a crime (and in fact, it is) and they said that they werenât stealing (because no one claimed the art as their own) so it wouldnât be considered a crime.
My friend told the ADM that artists disliked Amino because art theft as something common, and then, the ADM told their friends about it - and the same people stalked my friend and started to victim-blaming and saying bad things about my friend, like âyou are disgustingâ.Â
After joining the artists community on Tumblr, Iâve meet some artists that share similar stories, and ALL of them have the same dislike for Amino that i have.
For short, if you are a creator, and ask them to take down your art or edit, or theyâll ignore you, or being completely arrogant and disrespectful.
Now stop a minute and think about it with me -Â
An Amino blog with more than 100,000 users (where most of the users are minors) learning to support art theft, while both ADMs and MODs are being immature and doing nothing about it.Â
Art theft is a big issue on the internet already, and the kids are not learning to respect the artists - they are learning the opposite.
Kids are idolizing the MODs and the ADMs, and not the content creators.Â
So what do you think will happen in the future?
Not to mention this damn watermark:Â
Re-watermarking an artwork? This should be ilegal.
- Donât roleplay as others characters.
- Donât re-name, trace or steal others characters.
- Donât repost art when the artist has clearly said they donât want that.
Iâm not saying that ALL Aminos are like that. But only few Aminos are absolutely against art theft and have guidelines about it.
pixelskylines
kianamaiart
snowghoul
origamiaround
janainaart
blakekathryn
titsay
baratheonpilled
