Stop Reposting People's Art

Step 1: Reblog from the original artist, do not create your own post   Step 2: Artist not on tumblr? Ask them for permission to post their art. Step 3: Artist says yes? Post the picture with a link to the original source of the art, and write the artist name so everyone knows the name and website of the artist who made the wonderful art. Step 4: Artist says no? Too bad, you can't post their art. Respect their decision. When in doubt, don't post! Step 5: Can't be bothered to do any of those things? Simple: don't post anything you did not make yourself.

[dont-repost-art]

Hi :c There is a user named abrahamdavila on DeviantArt who keeps reuploading Precure drawings from other people on his account and even he has been reported, told to not do it, he continues ... What can I do? It´s frustrating to see him doing this

Hey. The people who made the art can file a copyright takedown and then deviantART is forced to remove the art. The problem is that it's not super easy to file one, and only the person who owns the art can do it. I'm assuming there is art from Japanese artists in there? That makes it even harder since there's a language barrier too.

The rest of us can only continue commenting on the art, telling them it's not their art and this is not allowed. They may not remove the art, but at least others will know it's stolen.

[dont-repost-art]

I wanted to get some advice; I’m not an artist myself, but recently I found an account on tumblr that is reposting MULTIPLE artist’s arts, without credit or permission; I can’t file copyright for the artist and finding all of them can be a little exhausting.

What can I do to help?

Only the person who owns the art can report for copyright. If you can't find the original artist, the only thing you can do is message the owner of the account and try to convince them that what they're doing is wrong. Sadly most of them don't care.

Reposters really suck :(

[dont-repost-art]

I know this is tumblr, but i really wanted to know why is reposting (with the repost button) art/artwork bad on twitter? I thought that helped the artist bcs the likes and views don't go to the person that reposted it but instead go to the artist and more people would see it. I have reposting art since i learned it wasn't good but i still don't understand why <:/

Sorry I'm super late answering this. "Reposting" on twitter/X used to be called Retweeting. Retweeting art is perfectly fine and it does help artists and makes them happy! But now that Retweeting has been renamed to Reposting, I can see why there can be confusion.

Reposting originally refers to saving the art on your computer, and then making a new post (whether on tumblr or Twitter or Facebook etc) to upload the art to your account. This is bad. This makes people angry.

So using the repost button is perfectly fine! It's reuploading the art that is wrong! Hope it's clear!

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Update: The fradulent titles were removed by Goodreads and Amazon under pressure from the author community. However, because there's a chance this just happened due to the bad publicity, she also linked The Author's Guild for other authors who might have their names stolen for fake books, but who might not have the connections she has or the luck to go viral.

[hyba]

When we started talking about AI being used to write entire books, this was a twist I honestly did not see coming. The things people come up with...

[official-ladyblog]

How to spot a reposter

Hey guys! In case you haven’t heard, downloading someone’s art and then posting it to your own blog is bad. If you want to know why, you can learn more about that here and here. Edit: The second link was broken, here’s the proper url.

In spite of this generally-agreed-upon idea that reposting is bad, I still often see reposts in the tag and even on my dash. I can usually spot a reposter pretty easily, but it looks like it doesn’t come as naturally to others, so here’s a step-by-step guide!

1. Low-res images. I’m automatically suspicious of an original digital artwork that’s already pixelated. Conversely, if it’s a photo of a sketch, it’s probably OP’s art (not to say that traditional art couldn’t also be reposted, but usually sketches aren’t posted in favor of a more complete piece). Edit: I don’t know what I meant by this part, it doesn’t really make much sense in finding reposts. 

2. Read the caption. Many artists will make references to the content of the art (with the implication that they made it)(eg. “I was craving the beach AU”, “after [what happened in the comic] they go grab smoothies”) or the artistic process (“please excuse the anatomy”). If there’s no caption, or the caption is too vague/doesn’t imply ownership, it could be a repost. 

3. Check for a signature on the art. If you find one and it doesn’t match the url or names that the poster goes by on their blog, it could be a repost. 

4. Glance at their tags. Reposters are in it for the notes, and will often use as many tags as possible. However, a whole lot of tags doesn’t necessarily mean reposter. Look for an art tag or something else they might use to distinguish their own posts from reblogs. This brings me to my next point:

5. Look for other art. If they’re an artist, they probably either have an art tag (which the post would be tagged in), or they post other art on the blog. Go to their blog and check the tag they use for art. If they don’t have an art tag or any other indication that they make artwork, it could be a repost.

6. If they don’t have an art tag, check one of the (probably many) tags they use on the post; eg. if it was a Chat Noir sketch, they probably tagged with “chat noir”. Check their blog’s Chat Noir tag; they might’ve also reposted other artwork (in which case it’s definitely a repost), or they’ve never posted about the fandom whatsoever (which is kind of suspicious).

7. Look for the original. If it’s been reposted, there’s a place on the internet where it was originally posted. Google reverse image search just needs you to get the url for the image; drag the picture into a new tab or right-click and select “Copy image address” (or something like that), and paste the url into the search. If you find another place that the image was posted, and it was posted there before the suspected repost, then you have a repost. 

And of course, if you recognize the artist and they’re not the ones posting it, or if the caption says “credit to the artist”/“not mine”, you have a reposter. 

What do you do when you find a reposter? First, tell them politely that reposting is discouraged; sending them the two links I used at the top is a good start, and if you find the original art’s link, send that so they know what they reposted. If they respond rudely and/or absolutely refuse to stop reposting, contact the original artist, and they can report them for theft. Whatever you do, don’t send reposters hate! Death threats and general malicious messaging are not okay. 

None of the above methods are necessarily foolproof, but by the time you get to 7, you can usually be fairly sure what you’re dealing with. Most of the time I only get as far as step 3 or 4 (which only takes a few seconds) before deciding that it’s a repost. If you’re ever in doubt, leave a like and move on; if it does turn out to be a repost, you can’t take back the spread of the reblogs.  

Remember, reblogs exist for a reason! You don’t need to repost art just to get it on your blog, and you certainly don’t need reposts to get a popular blog. 

[surprisegents]

quick and dirty guide to recognizing stolen content on tumblr

there is RAMPANT art and photography reposting on this stupid website, and it occurs to me that folks might not know how to recognize it. here are the mental gymnastics i go through every time i see a sus post

1. is there a caption? most creators tend to leave one. maybe it's so their url is prominent, or to express their thoughts about the piece, link their shops/websites, etc. most reposters leave the captions blank

2. look for credit in the picture. is there a name, handle, or watermark? does it match the url?

3. check the original post. often you'll find that the original poster actually linked the artist. go forth and reblog that version!! for some godforsaken reason people keep REMOVING CREDIT on this website and i will MANIFEST INSIDE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DO SO

4. check the tags of the original post. beyond the main fandom/character/subject tags, creators tend to have a #my-art tag or something similar. photographers often use #photographers-on-tumblr/lensblr. sometimes they'll also have thoughts about their work there. this doesn't always work, but personally i never see reposters adding tags like this

5. look at op's other posts and bio. is there anything about being an artist or photographer in the description? does the art they post look the same? usually this is where you'll Know if it's a serial reposter, because their blog will be FULL of reposted shit with no captions that all have different styles. also half the time their blog description straight up admits it

6. check the notes to see if someone added the proper credit. at this point, if you know it's a repost but still wanna reblog it, at least give credit where it's due. see if someone else already did the work for you

7. reblog and add a link with creator credit. if you know it's a repost, and you can't find credit, consider doing your part to help creators get their well-deserved recognition. usually you can just google the watermark in the picture. otherwise reverse image search on google or tineye is your friend

8. if the original creator is on tumblr, reblog their version of the post. if you've gotten this far it's not hard to search their blog for it

9. consider letting the artist know their art has been stolen and send them the link. this way they can take action and file whatever claims they need to get it taken down

10. finally, support original content creators! look at the #artists-on-tumblr and #photographers-on-tumblr tags, follow your favourite creators and reblog their work. seriously it can make a huge difference

if you read this far, THANK YOU. making sure content creators get their credit is literally the bare minimum we can do to be respectful of the countless hours they spend on their work. especially when that content is freely accessible

[dont-repost-art]

Thank you for making this blog; it’s been very enlightening! I’ve reblogged an artist’s work without permission before, and I didn’t read their profile bio before I did it. So, when they messaged me to remove the reblog and the like I put on their post as well as block them, I felt very bad about it all. I took it down and wanted to know more about what I did wrong, and I found your blog.

What I learned from your blog is that reposting is terrible and that I should reblog instead. Now, I didn’t create a new post on my acc, and I did reblog from the creator.

So, my question is does reblogging hurt the artist like reposting? And should I just view the art and not interact with it to keep this from happening again?

Flaming me is appreciated; I probably need it

I'm happy that you have learned and you found this blog useful!

Reblogging (or retweeting on Twitter) does not hurt the artist! It's very good for the artist! Because you help spread their work, but it's still linked to them and their account. If you reblog a picture, and I see it and I want to follow that artist, their name is right there. I only need to click and I can go to their page and see more of their art. It's difficult for an artist to get known if viewers don't interact.

If you reposted the art, I don't know who made it, I don't know what their url is, I know nothing. I can't follow them, I can't see more. And the average person is too lazy/busy to do the research themselves.

[dont-repost-art]

I have a question is it okay to make video edits of a fanart if the artist doesn't have dont repost or use without permission etc. in their account or posts?

Just because they don't explicitly say "don't report/reuse" does not mean they allow it. I would definitely ask them if they're ok with it first! I've taken down videos that used my art without permission before.

[novaerog]

I've noticed recently a lot of JP Beyblade artists I follow on Twitter have been complaining about people reposting their art. Some of them have gone so far as to tweet in English, when they've never tweeted in English before...! This is in combination with them having to update their profiles or their banners with "no reposting" verbiage. They shouldn't have to!! Please, if you see people reposting artwork, yell at them. You don't have to be nice when it comes to art theft :') This shouldn't be up for debate anymore. Over time I've seen artists who have stopped drawing altogether because it pissed them off so much that other people reposted their work. So if you want to support artists, STOP REPOSTING THEIR STUFF. And report people if you're able. I know it's hard to do on here, which is stupid, but some other platforms allow you to file complaints. Sending links to the artists so they can report the reposting themselves sometimes helps, but a lot of sites don't have reporting systems in Japanese (looking at you tumblr).

[godbirdart]

hey fellow artists / creators, if you’re also on twitter there’s an account on there people are using to turn tweets [and by proxy, the art in those tweets] into crypto / NFT that I strongly recommend yall block

some asshat pinged it on a commission I did for a client. I’m not fuckin happy that someone tried to steal my damn art, that someone else paid to have done of THEIR character no less.

[ screenshots below from this tweet ]

[godbirdart]

if you’re looking at this post wondering just WHAT an NFT is:

it’s art theft. it’s literally just art theft.

[dont-repost-art]

A: Thank you for doing all that you do

B: Would i be able to sue someone who reposted my work?

C: in your opinion, how do you think Tik tok reposter have affected the art community as a whole, or specifically fandom artists ( It’s where it most frequently happens from what i see)

Ty~

A: We don’t do a lot, but you’re welcome!

B: Yes if you really wanted to, but you’d have to decide if it’s worth the trouble and money. And if your art has copyrighted characters, it could be tricky since you don’t own the rights to the characters, only to the art.

C: I don’t use Tik Tok myself so I’m not familiar with what’s going there. But reposters are the worse  where ever they are. I suggest you all put a watermark on your stuff. In a spot that’s hard to remove, like in the center or over a character.

[dont-repost-art]

[surprisegents]

quick and dirty guide to recognizing stolen content on tumblr

there is RAMPANT art and photography reposting on this stupid website, and it occurs to me that folks might not know how to recognize it. here are the mental gymnastics i go through every time i see a sus post

1. is there a caption? most creators tend to leave one. maybe it's so their url is prominent, or to express their thoughts about the piece, link their shops/websites, etc. most reposters leave the captions blank

2. look for credit in the picture. is there a name, handle, or watermark? does it match the url?

3. check the original post. often you'll find that the original poster actually linked the artist. go forth and reblog that version!! for some godforsaken reason people keep REMOVING CREDIT on this website and i will MANIFEST INSIDE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DO SO

4. check the tags of the original post. beyond the main fandom/character/subject tags, creators tend to have a #my-art tag or something similar. photographers often use #photographers-on-tumblr/lensblr. sometimes they'll also have thoughts about their work there. this doesn't always work, but personally i never see reposters adding tags like this

5. look at op's other posts and bio. is there anything about being an artist or photographer in the description? does the art they post look the same? usually this is where you'll Know if it's a serial reposter, because their blog will be FULL of reposted shit with no captions that all have different styles. also half the time their blog description straight up admits it

6. check the notes to see if someone added the proper credit. at this point, if you know it's a repost but still wanna reblog it, at least give credit where it's due. see if someone else already did the work for you

7. reblog and add a link with creator credit. if you know it's a repost, and you can't find credit, consider doing your part to help creators get their well-deserved recognition. usually you can just google the watermark in the picture. otherwise reverse image search on google or tineye is your friend

8. if the original creator is on tumblr, reblog their version of the post. if you've gotten this far it's not hard to search their blog for it

9. consider letting the artist know their art has been stolen and send them the link. this way they can take action and file whatever claims they need to get it taken down

10. finally, support original content creators! look at the #artists-on-tumblr and #photographers-on-tumblr tags, follow your favourite creators and reblog their work. seriously it can make a huge difference

if you read this far, THANK YOU. making sure content creators get their credit is literally the bare minimum we can do to be respectful of the countless hours they spend on their work. especially when that content is freely accessible

[novaerog]

beyblade fandom will you seriously for the love of all that is holy

STOP  REPOSTING FANART 

if it’s not

your

work, and it’s not official, licensed art, you have

no right

to post it here. PEriod. 

“but i sourced it”

No. That still doesn’t count. 

You have no permission.

And don’t harass artists for said permission, it’s gotta be hella annoying. Especially for non-English speaking folks.

“DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION” 

means

“DONT POST MY ART” 

No I am not accepting any opinions. Anything differing from the above is Wrong. 

[circus-and-roses-blog]

I agree. I’m annoyed to see a lot of Beyblade fans who reposted fanart without any permission and it’s worsened because a lot of Beyblade fans just repost it without giving any credits.

And do you know what is the worst?

I see some Beyblade fans repost many fanarts, edit/change the fanarts into memes/shitposts/aesthetical graphics, and ADD THEIR WATERMARKS TO THE FANARTS WHO ARE NOT THEIR OWN.

For example :

Notes : I just use this for example because of I found this post as coindence in my Facebook timeline. I don’t have intention to any dramas.

If they want to make memes/shitposts/aesthetical pictures, why don’t they use image from anime (since it’s allowed) instead use another artists’ fanarts?

It’s rude to see them reposting fanart without any permission, without giving any credits, change their arts, and added their own watermarks on people fanworks.

[hiwataris-bitch]

It is literally so painful that Beyblade fanpages on Facebook don’t respect the artists! Like, no, your “edit” isn’t your original work, you just put somebody else’s fanart on additional background and added your own watermark. That’s simply rude! I had my art reposted once, but the owner of the fanpage asked me if I was okay, and I said sure, just add the “reposted with permission of the artist”. This is how you do it. There is “don’t repost without permission” on artists’ profiles for a reason.

[circus-and-roses-blog]

Yes, what they did to the fanarts are rude and disrespectful to the artists.

Their efforts to edit fanarts are never be same with the artists efforts.

Reposting fanarts without permissions and credits are bad. Add their watermarks on people fanarts are worst.

Although they edited fanarts by themselves, but the fanarts never be their own. The fanarts always belong to the artists and not for ‘the editors’.

Facebook and Pinterest are the worst place for reposting nowadays. I see most of fanarts are reposted on Facebook and Pinterest. Tumblr is also has a lot repost arts, but is still less than Facebook and Pinterest.

I’ve educated some of reposters on Facebook, but most of them always :

“I found it freely on internet!”

“I found it on Pinterest, so I don’t know who is the artists.”

JUST DON’T REPOST THE FANARTS.

Sadly, one of the biggest Beyblade fanpage on Facebook reposted fanart without any credits. Some of ‘editors’ fanarts also have a lot of followers and most of their followers aren’t realized that repost fanarts are disrespecting to the artists.

I have same experiences as some of Japanese fanartists are soft blocked and hard blocked me because of me being an International fans.

If International fans don’t have any respect to Japanese artists, I’m not surprised if Japanese artists are lost respect to International fans. If they want to be respected, they have to respecting another people at first.

[novaerog]

I love that everyone is still hellbent on ignoring “do not use without permission” on Aoki’s art posts…..  Like he put in English… he didn’t Need to.  but y’all keep posting it ??? 

[misdre]

it probably mainly means commercial use but for real, i’d still leave his artworks alone to respect the fact he takes that extra step to say it in english TO US SPECIFICALLY

[paperclippedmime]

I understand the desire to post his works here whenever new beyblade art comes out to share it with everyone else. But since he is very clear about not wanting it to be reposted, and it would be awful if he stopped making art because we didn’t respect his wishes, maybe we can just create posts that link to the new artwork instead?

[uglycatblog]

Let’s share links instead! To make sure everyone knows his page too!

[novaerog]

YES!! Thank you all for the excellent additions!! <3

[misdre]

yeah!! thank you for addressing the issue too. honestly what i do is just habitually go look at aoki’s gallery to admire all the drawings on my own. no need to spread them against aoki’s will!

[pinakaitala]

It’s 200% about commercial use….Aoki created a culture here and it’s about money, like ‘don’t print my art on T-shirts that don’t benefit me financially’ otherwise we could all just forget it and stop drawing his characters, because that could be considered character theft…no one in the fandom is doing that stealing his art and claiming it as his own, we’re all sharing it because we love it….Aoki is not a struggling artist, he’s not a fanboy, he’s the creator of a public television show and mangas so it’s just about money = don’t let others gain money that is legally mine. It would be ethically wrong to repost if it were a small internet comic but these are legit brands, it’s like posting other famous mangas or anime, it’s, I don’t want to say public domain but it’s part of culture now

[novaerog]

I understand the disclaimer is most likely for prohibiting commercial use. Still doesn’t change that he’s specifically posting only on his personal website, and putting the disclaimer on there (in his non-native language). Even if it’s “part of the culture” it still seems really rude to repost it. Japanese fans don’t seem repost his work, so why do we feel entitled to? They talk about it and link to it, but I have never seen it reposted by anyone except non-Japanese fans. I just really think it needs to be looked at the same way we look at people reposting other folks’ fanart. It’s not yours, he’s not making money off of that specific image, and he chose to post it where he did - and to not post it elsewhere. It’s not like these are being printed in along with the manga (that I’ve seen as of yet) or being used as promotional images. It’s his art that he made because he wanted to. This fandom is still really bad about posting (and not crediting) other people’s work. So I think by extension, we should at least examine how we treat the creator’s own artwork too. It’s not that hard to share the link for everyone to enjoy without stepping on anyone’s toes. 

[misdre]

a bit to the side of the topic but you don’t see japanese fans reposting things because it’s a big taboo in japanese animanga circles in general to repost or use any official art for anything. that’s why you don’t see them posting or using screenshots on social media (and they actually sometimes block western people who do use them. i was blocked by some on twitter in the past because i had a cardcaptor sakura screencap for my icon… or at least i don’t really see any other reason for why japanese artists would block me hah, i do think they fish out ‘suspicious’ looking people sometimes) so actually if we talk about culture, part of aoki’s culture would be to not take his official work and put it anywhere. it’s a western thing that if something exists on the internet, it’s up for grabs to plaster anywhere which is just not true.

[dont-repost-art]

It doesn’t matter if they are small, or big and famous. If an artist asks that you don’t use and repost his art, YOU DON’T USE OR REPOST HIS ART. It’s that simple. Doesn’t matter if it’s about money or not, you don’t get to decide. He decides.

[novaerog]

I love that everyone is still hellbent on ignoring “do not use without permission” on Aoki’s art posts…..  Like he put in English… he didn’t Need to.  but y’all keep posting it ??? 

[misdre]

it probably mainly means commercial use but for real, i’d still leave his artworks alone to respect the fact he takes that extra step to say it in english TO US SPECIFICALLY

[paperclippedmime]

I understand the desire to post his works here whenever new beyblade art comes out to share it with everyone else. But since he is very clear about not wanting it to be reposted, and it would be awful if he stopped making art because we didn’t respect his wishes, maybe we can just create posts that link to the new artwork instead?

[uglycatblog]

Let’s share links instead! To make sure everyone knows his page too!

[novaerog]

YES!! Thank you all for the excellent additions!! <3

[misdre]

yeah!! thank you for addressing the issue too. honestly what i do is just habitually go look at aoki’s gallery to admire all the drawings on my own. no need to spread them against aoki’s will!

[sapphireluna]

It’s been years and the meme that was created from my video and never credited to me anywhere is still all over google/facebook/reddit etc. and I am so mad. Something I made was viral, but nobody knows it’s mine! And the screenshot is so poor quality, it’s insulting! I struggle so much to get views on Youtube, and if that meme had been credited from the start, I could have been in a different place today! Stop hurting creators! Stop reposting, or at least credit! This is the original video this meme came from.