#save artists

[kusafoliumishere]

(Vent) We're still strike on!

#boycottdeviantartmovie

[radrado]

FEED, my solar ash friends, FEEEEDD

[dolphintreasureart]

Please Stop Stealing Art

Please stop reposting, editing, taking credit, and stealing someone else’s hard work. If you see someone stealing, report them or call them out. Get them to take it down or at least give the artist credit. It’s not fair when someone spends an entire day, weeks, months or years to create something only to have it stolen. That does so much damage to the individual who created it. When you steal it, you’re not just taking credit for their hard work, you’re also destroying their confidence, chances of survival in terms of revenue, all because you decided to take the easy road. You’re passing off your laziness as hard work...it’s disgusting. Instead, we should build each other up by reaching out to do requests, commissions, collabs, re -blogging/tweeting; that will do more good then stealing. You can friends, clients, companions, mutual that way. It’s so much more worth it than destroying a legacy, or digging a premature grave for yourself. When you steal, you’re not only destroying the artist, but you’re also destroying yourself in the process. People will call you out and lose respect for you and will stop supporting you. Why would you do those things to yourself? Your self worth is more important than money, fame, and glory. Being famous will only get you so far, but if people see through your lies, it leaves little room for forgiveness. (Celebrities have to go through this all the time) so please, think first and just don’t do it. Just stop stealing. Put the artist first.

[radrado]

Some news! Really bad news!

I'll only post my artwork on Tumblr because guess what! Instagram is stealing photos from art accounts to feed an ai! Wow! I can't believe I'm getting stolen from!

In all seriousness, don't post your art on Instagram, it's not worth being fed into an ai, my dudes

[dolphintreasureart]

This whole Net Neutrality repeal...

Is making me very anxious. I wrote to the FCC, my senator, congressman, and representative. I’ve been told that they have been ignoring them for the most part...it’s making me very sad...But I did my best, dammit. I care so much about the families that rely on the internet for their children, for schooling, to stay connected to family, internet business owners, YouTubers, and just our general well being overall. I want the world to stay connected as it is and not have to rely on spending money we don’t have just to be privileged enough to use it. I know the vote will be held on December 15th. Please, I implore everyone that is able to keep trying. Be civil, be respectful, but use your power of persuasion to insure the safety of Net Neutrality laws. The more we talk, the better chance they’ll listen!

[lordtsarkastic]

[sakuratenshi]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoztLDF73I)

This is important for all artists and creators of any kind. This could severely hurt artists, writers, and creators, and we need to let congress know how against this we are by sending letters to them about it.

The gist of the podcast, as a classmate put it, would be: 

"...where today we can currently post artwork up online and be protected, we won't be able to if this law change were to pass, this would make it so that we'd have to register every single piece of artwork for a copyright. That's EVERY sketch, final work, contracts, and so forth. Basically, this is in favor of those infringing artwork than the actual artist.

"This is where my understanding is a little hazier, if someone were to want a piece of artwork, all they'd have to do is change one color in the piece (like a simple changing blues to turquoise or value change), then all of a sudden it becomes a derivative, instead of infringement. This would make it so that they wouldn't necessarily be stealing their artwork but just creating a derivative. "So if you try to put stuff up on Instagram or Facebook, unless you have the actual copyright (example: if you were to do it today, after having put up [artwork] on your own site, unless you don't put it up on your site or some other website, it wouldn't have copyright), anyone could steal it and reproduce it at will. They could receive all the money and you wouldn't be paid for it."

And my illustration professor said this about the legislation: 

“This is going to be a big blow to freelance/contract artists, many whom receive royalties on their work and retain copyright of their work, even after commission. Most salaried positions already work under an extended Work-for-Hire agreement with their places of employment retaining full ownership of the work created under your contract.

“That being said, the part that really gets to me if how it will adversely affect creators. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution recognizes ownership of one's own work as an unalienable human right that exists from the moment of creation of that work. This new bill looks to take a sharpie to that section and simply blot it out. In addition to this, the new law will will make it virtually impossible an artist to seek damages from any copyright infringement.

“I do remember when something similar to this happened about 6 or 7 years ago. And luckily, common sense prevailed. But it took the efforts of a host of artists speaking out.”

This is super important that we fight against this. It could really ruin our chances of ever having a creation of ours protected.