And yet we share other peoples work on our facebook walls, youtube and tumblr’s daily (even artist’s who get their artwork shared and then blow it out of proportion)….its called TV show gifs, screenshots, edited screenshots, music, movie stills, links to movies etc etc. So I guess with that logic we shouldn’t share those either? Those should just remain where we found them? Hmm maybe I understand why companies are so pissed that people make fan videos and post entire movie and episodes online now (I dont really, because credit is being given etc, but you get my point). Same. Shit. Different. Pile.
I’m sorry, I’m an artist, so I can respect this person’s frustration, but I’m sorry, I can’t tolerate people who think they can control the internet and who are just as hypocritical as the people who message them saying not to post it on the internet.
In ways, the artist is right, there is a fine line with SHARING artwork. We need to SOURCE the original content and CREDIT the artist, but hell if credit is being given, you should seriously shut up and stop complaining and be like this asker said, thankful that people are 1) crediting you, cause its not done often, so take that as a huge step forward into recognizing creative rights and 2) SHARING YOU WORK WITH THE WORLD. I mean isn’t that the POINT of why you posted it? So what difference does it make (if its being done right) that someone decided this is AWESOME enough to share on another blog or website CREDITS AND SOURCES you and you get even more people seeing your work that you posted for the WORLD to see in the first place? THIS is why this question is ALWAYS asked and always brought up because artists are becoming too PICKY with their works. I’m sorry, I’ve said it a thousand times, I’ll say it again. If you post it online, thats the end of it. Its free dips to share, reblog, and even yes sadly steal (in which then you can peruse legal action and have the right to complain all you want) but SHARING a piece that is CREDITED and SOURCED is NOT stealing, get that through your head. We need to focus on the bigger issue and thats people STEALING art, making fake accounts and claiming it as their own. THAT is a bigger issue than “Not being able to control whether people use right click or not”.
I can understand its frustrating when you dont know where your art is being posted, but dear god, its the internet, its not a private art gallery you rented on a side street. If you want complete CONTROL of where you art goes, then do that -___- Post it on the internet, then you’re a open book my dear. I know this as an artist. If I have something I don’t want shared, I simply don’t post it. I’ve threatened and almost sued many people for stealing my artwork in the past, so I know how the legal system works when it comes to our rights as artists. Let me tell you right now, if you were to go after any of these people who have sourced and credited you, you’d be laughed at because sorry darling, they didn’t steal it, they shared it and further more, they linked it back to you (even if there is no vital link and its just your username, name, blog name etc or even, yes this is true because I tried to fight it once, “Credit goes to the original artist. I do not own this photo/video/drawing etc”.)
The internet cannot be controlled and it sadly never will be. Thats why this question keeps being asked because artists are trying to say they want a “Controlled” space, well you’re not going to find it here and all while doing the SAME THING on their tumblrs, facebook, instagrams, and whatever, that they’re trying to get other people to not do when it comes to their art that they shared on a public domain.
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