don't mind me just chillin' through

[fjordfocused]

so i decided to look more into Tumblr’s latest bad idea, the +Post subscription service, and I’d like to share with you my favorite bit of bad decision making:

absolutely incredible. we can steal the entire content of the post just by copy-pasting the post itself in a reblog. both original and stolen content in one entity. post-modernism. absurdist. ceci n'est pas une original content.

[beckiboos]

So let me get this straight… you can literally pay to follow someone exclusively to steal their content and post them in reblogs and OP also couldn’t BLOCK you to stop you from doing it?

Genius minds at tumblr.com

[iamanartichoke]

some very important info re: paid accounts~

I am not a lawyer, but I can decently interpret legalese and, being as I also suffer from tl;dr syndrome and assume others may as well, I took one for the team and went through the updated TOS for the post+ accounts and highlighted (what I understand to be) the most pertinent information, which ultimately comes down to this:

You cannot monetize copyrighted works (aka charge and earn money from fanfic, fanworks, etc) and if you do decide to put your fanworks behind a paywall via Tumblr, when you are inevitably sued, Tumblr will not protect you and will not defend you and you alone, personally, will be responsible for whatever monetary damages said lawsuit results in.

If anyone is a lawyer and knows I’ve gotten any of this wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me/this post.

Screenshots taken from Tumblr’s TOS (updated 7-21-21), Stripe’s Account Agreement, and the post+ FAQs.

1. Your paid account will not be hosted by tumblr; it is routed through a 3rd party.

2. By signing up for a paid account, you’re entering into an agreement with Stripe, so in addition to Tumblr’s TOS, you are also bound to Stripe’s TOS.

3. Stripe, like Tumblr, will not defend you or protect you against any lawsuits.

4. Furthermore, you may end up owing Stripe money (indemnify = compensate)

5. Tumblr’s TOS specifically states that you can’t put any content on your post+ account that violates any laws, including laws that protect intellectual property rights of others. This is super important, because Tumblr’s post+ FAQ also states that you can post anything that you would regularly post on tumblr, which I’m sure many will take to mean that gifsets, fanworks, etc are fair game, since all of that stuff can be posted on tumblr now. However, the difference is, you’re not making money from the fanworks you’re posting or reblogging now. Once money enters the equation, the game changes.

Tumblr is making it seem like any and all content goes for post+ accounts, knowing 90% of this site is fanworks. This is not true and you’ll be opening yourself up for lawsuits if you charge for fanworks.

6. Tumblr further disclaims any and all liability in any legal issues.

tl;dr: Please do not make a post+ account, bc you will be opening yourself to lawsuits and if that happens, Tumblr’s response will be not our problem, you agreed to all the terms which said you couldn’t do that, sorry not sorry. Please protect yourself.

[wonderlandleighleigh]

Hey @staff​ you guys are shiesty. 

[meta-knight]

fave palettes!

[80sanime]

[otherwindow]

first Pyramid Head’s ASS nerf now Chris Redfield’s?? oh! oh!! Jail! Jail for Dead by Daylight devs! Jail for One Thousand Years!!

[slocotion]

Another nameless mushroom imp??

May’s “name to win” contest is live over on my patreon! 

🔸️Six dollar “Jester Jackpot” tier patrons are invited to submit up to two name suggestions for this little imp in the comment section of my pinned patreon post (link). Whoever suggests the most fitting name will win the doll! ✨ Short bios are welcome, but not neccesssary - you’re entry can be as long or as short as you like!

🔸️The deadline is May 30th, 23:00 GMT+1. The winning name will be revealed May 31st, 23:00 GMT+1.

🔸️I ship worldwide, by registered (tracked) post, but I’m based in Ireland so some delays should be expected.

Here’s some info on the doll itself: It stands15cm high, and can hold a variety of poses due to the wire armature inside its soft body. It’s head/ hands/ feet are made from hand-painted, varnished polymer clay, and it’s outfit is entirely hand sewn.

Patreon / Etsy / Instagram

[hell-bib-deactivated20171016]

A controversial young art duo included in the show breaks new ground with Can’t Help Myself (2016), a gigantic robot equipped with a single arm upon whose end a shovel-like object is attached. It is the brainchild of Beijing-based artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu. Described by the press release as “guard” of sorts, the robot’s duty is to contain a pool of dark liquid resembling blood as it starts to seep away. The more the substance oozes, the more frantic the robot grows, shoveling the liquid in a move that leaves behind smears and traces of red.

Can’t Help Myself, according the curator, “is itself a tale, a story, that we can say comments on our contemporary culture.”

[kokkuri3]

You can watch a video of it here.

I think seeing the way it moves and hearing how it sounds contributes greatly to the piece.

[poikaboo]

{ID: a large metal arm contained on a disk. attached to the end is a large brush that drags in towards the base of the disk. around the disk, on a white floor, is an ooze of bloodlike substance, disrupted by lines where the brush has dragged the ooze back in towards itself /end ID}

[catcrumb]

[myuheru-archive]

[chaoticgouda]

shipment officers, gently nudging Ever Given with their 8 tugboats: Ever Given move out of the way please so you don’t block the entire global trade

Ever Given, her lamplights enormous: you SHOVE ever given? you shove her hull like the big boulder? oh! oh! no commerce for human! no commerce for human for One Thousand Years!!!

[daenerys-targaryen]

I miss the cinema. I miss expensive popcorn and sneaking in my own candy and finding the perfect spot with my loved ones and watching the trailers for new movies and being quiet for two whole hours with a bunch of strangers as we all get to experience the same thing at the same time :(

[carnelianfoxx]

hi! so i just found out that youtube is adding a new source of revenue to videos, “applause”. on every video there will be an ability to donate money directly to the channel.

major issue! youtube takes 30% of the cut. now they’ve been doing that with superchats for years, no big surprise. however you should know that if you donate through mobile, it takes an additional 30%.

so only 40% of your donation may reach the creator.

just support them on patreon, kofi or streamlabs. youtube is garbage

[parasitoidism]

To anyone blessed enough to not have twitter the latest news is that butch hartman traced aot fanart for a 200 dollar commission that looks like shit

[vaelcus]

one thing i wont miss about tumblr is the constant stream of begging on this website

[marisatomay]

if dems just cave every time the gop threatens them and refuse to use the power people fought so hard to get them we are going to get nothing done and we will lose brutally in both 2022 and 2024 and deserve it

[marisatomay]

so you’re refusing to call witnesses in the impeachment trial after saying you would call them, based on an unenforceable threat from the gop, and because you claim to not want to drag the trial on at the expense of covid relief, but you’re going on recess next week without holding trump accountable in any way or passing covid relief go on girls give us Nothing

[marisatomay]

this stat is infuriating and indicative of just how broken our political system is, but also it highlights just how fucking hard people worked for y e a r s to get dems the house, senate, and presidency, and to watch them just roll over feels like a slap in the face

[theembroideredflorist]

Spring is creeping in 🌼🌸🌷

[horrorlesbians]

everytime I remember that lesbian couple that have a marble statue of the two of them embracing and sleeping on a bed together over where their graves will be because the artists didn’t believe they would be able to be married before they died, so what they couldn’t have in life they could have in death, I fucking breakdown

[horrorlesbians]

memorial to a marriage; patricia cronin

[horrorlesbians]

“on july 24th, 2011- the first day that same sex marriage was legal in new york state, particia cronin and deborah kass got married. that same year the marble ‘memorial to a marriage’ was replaced with a bronze version. rainwater pools in the space between their two sculpted bodies, and falling leaves catch on the metal in the autumn. the two women sleep peacefully through snow and ice, and the scorching days of summer. over time the hands of cemetery visitors will wear down the bronze, burnishing it into a smooth shine. one day this will mark the final resting place of the two women. and someday people will have to remember that there was a time, long ago, when this was a memorial to a marriage that two women never thought they’d have.” 

- Caitlin Doughty, on the Death in the Afternoon podcast

[damnedifyoudeeohh-deactivated20]

For those curious:

[friendraichu]

Here’s the real-life couple in 2019 💖