Lessons Learned: How I Dealt With An Art Thief by NatalieKelsey, journal
Lessons Learned: How I Dealt With An Art Thief
Every day, many people on deviantArt find themselves dealing with art thieves off-site (outside deviantArt). There are many ways to approach this issue, but this article is about how I went about it. I'm only writing this in an attempt to be helpful to others going through the same thing, or give ideas to those going through it who don't know where to start or what to do. Becoming victim to an art ripper isn't a hopeless, helpless situation. Though I was inexperienced with the issue at the time and justifiably angered, I was able to prevail through a mixture of help from other kind deviants, a professional manner/attitude and resources found
100 Questions to Ask Your OC by viralremix, literature
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100 Questions to Ask Your OC
Hello, folks! The purpose of this exercise is to delve deep into a character's mind and tease out interesting eccentricities about them, the bits and pieces of unique information that make them special. Each question is designed to help think about the character more and understand them. Whether you're responding to one question or all of them, hopefully your character speaks to you all through it!
PERSONALITY PROFILE
1. People don't behave the same way all the time. In fact, they generally have a mask for every social group -- friends, family, business. Sometimes they have a different mask for different groups of friends. How does your
The Truth About Selling Fanart by KiRAWRa, literature
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The Truth About Selling Fanart
Update notice as of January 17, 2013: I have given this guide a MAJOR overhaul. It was originally written over a year and a half ago, and since then my own views and understanding of copyrights has changed. I felt that this guide should reflect those changes, so if you read this guide in the past, please take a moment to look through it again as I have added MANY new topics, information, and sources. Unlike my first draft, I have also changed my viewpoint to neutral throughout this writing.
Update notice as of July 17th, 2015: Check out DeviantArt's new article on art theft, fanart, copyrights, and other relevant topics! http://protectart.de
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StealingArt theft can be stealing.TakingNot all copying is wrong.CopyrightYou’ve got the power!PermissionGet or give a license: Even “free” stock requires a license.Fan ArtFor love or for money.Moral RightsProtecting your integrity and the integrity of your art.ProtectionIt starts with what you do for yourself.Resolving DisputesBe open to hear each other out.
Update, July 2021: DeviantArt's commitment to providing an open conversation about art theft and protecting artists' rights has conti
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Fan Art and Fan Fiction are amazing ways to participate with a character, novel, film, television series, comic or even music artists and their songs. And, pretty much everything that fan art references is a copyrighted work. So, fan art starts its life as a “derivative” work of the copyrighted original and, as a result, technically fan art is copyright infringement. It can also be a violation of trademark law and sometimes the actor’s rights of publicity if they are well represented in the