#absurdliest

uuuuuuuuuugh....

i was aware of another russian DA comm reposting artwork and whatnot from a lot of us, though they'd linked back to our pages--still, attempts to make them stop did not go well; they refused to take them down, it's hard to figure out what to do about it when you don't speak russian...hrmff.

this is something different altogether. >:| claiming my art and someone else's and trying to pass it off as their own, the fuck! rude as hell.

im so disgusted and upset, thank you for telling me. :^(

Unfortunately, it’s a very common thing to do around russian fan communities, esp on this site. Untranslated content isn’t “welcomed” (a lot of russians don’t know english well and it actually MAKES THEM MAD when there’s something they don’t understand), so people sometimes post translated comics insted, often w/out original artists’ permission. At the same time they put their own group name on translated work and don’t allow other same-themed groups to repost “their original content”, call it stealing (oh, sweet irony). Some, when asked to remove posted content actually get angry about that and refuse to do so, saying that by doing so they spread the knowledge about their favourite creators and increase their popularity :/ Aaaand then block these who ask to do that. I don’t know if it’s possible to do anything beyond that. VK is that one site that don’t really do anything about stolen (and sometimes more illegal) content, unless they may get into real trouble with law. They just go with “you post in on the internet, you allow people to take it” :/

I never had any contacts with this particular group, but i hope they hear the message and respond well to it U_U

absurdliest reblogged your post edlems: kelgrid: yukisamui: Hi ever... and added:

Their admin said it’s all your fault you don’t put credits on your arts and they’re not going to ‘do your job’ and add at least a link to authors’ blogs and they rather delete all of it. She says you’re ‘just complaining and don’t want to do anything’.

Besides admin said anyone talking about credits is being insolent and “all the dissatisfied artists may sit in their swamp”.

bjarru reblogged your post edlems: kelgrid: yukisamui: Hi ever... and added:

So they answered me and told me that they will delete all your work. I guess they won’t publish your works at all anymore

I won’t quote their words since, eh, they’re pretty rude in a hilarious way (they actually thought they were making you “famous” and if you “ungrateful” folk wanted to talk you should have asked them yourselves. Despite, you know, language barrier and stuff) and I don’t wanna spoil your day any more

Anyway, it seems most works are gone. Have a nice day

*sigh* Oh boy.

Thank you very much for informing me! I've recognized several others artists' work, and I doubt they agreed to have their art plastered over there either.