Beytrikai, you probably shouldn't lecture the staff who works on this site. You can't just take anything you find on Google. Google is not a free domain, it just links to other items on the web. You should look carefully at the context of each image. Furthermore, Kai-V has made it clear she wants that signature removed, but it's still there.
Kai-V works hard here and treats everyone well if they treat her well. I suppose she doesn't take kindly to people stealing her work. This is why it's best to only use official images.
Quote:If you don't want others to use your art, then ask them nicely that may(not can) you not use my art.
Consider the absence of permission as a denial of permission. If it doesn't explicitly say it can be reused, you should always ask the creator first.
Quote:if someone has used your creation, it is because that they admire your work because it pleases them. It should create a positive motive to continue to do your work to please others.
So it would be OK if I started taking Gaia_Dragoon's signature designs and putting my name on them without permission, right? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? So if he can steal for others and you get to write it off as "positive motive", I will steal from him as well.
Or, is that not OK?
Quote:And people who are saying taking images from Google such as Beyblades isn't the right thing? Well take a look at yourselves, you don't own those images, TAKARA does (Not saying to you all, just a few people).
We are reusing OFFICIAL IMAGES for the sake of NON-PROFIT PROMOTION. Pretty much any government in the world would protect this under fair use laws. Reusing fanart is not the same as reusing official images. We've already spoken with Takara-Tomy about how we use our images.
By the way, Gaia_Dragoon uses official images as well. But none of us said anything about that.
If you two only came here to white knight for your friend, this isn't going to be a very productive membership for anyone. We're not looking to ban anyone, but Kai-V has made it clear she doesn't want that image reused and it remains there, which IMO is incredibly disrespectful to her and her work.
This really isn't a debate. I've removed the offending signature from the opening post. It should be deleted from his web space. Any further discussion about this issue will result in the topic getting locked and users will have warnings handed out. If you feel this is unfair, feel free to contact any member on the Committee that isn't Kai-V or myself (as that would be biased of us).