LOLOL yeah I'll never understand "Look what I did not don't let others see if they like it" stuff. Shit if I say something I did posted elsewhere I'd feel so enthused

dude you so got that right. I agree with you, if you put out art on the web then you give us all rights to distribute it.

Lol, I would give this a 5 but I can't rate it ^_^

I.. guess I'm weird..

I don't find anything wrong with artists not wanting anyone but themselves distributing their art. And I definitely understand 'no linking'. They don't mean "don't send someone a link" (most of the time), they mean no direct linking. Which is to use their URL to make the picture visible in another source, and that can really screw with bandwidth.

I don't understand asking someone not to post a link to their sight, or not to save it to their PC though.

I write fanfics and post them on the web, sometimes in multiple sites. And though I don't put a "do not distribute" on them, I will notify whoever is in charge if I see them in a place I didn't put them.

When copyright law was written, distribution meant having it printed in a book or a newspaper. Distribution automatically meant in a commercial context, whether the publication was free or not.

Ethically, I see it the same way as Lucky7: If you put something on the internet, it will be spread around (regardless of whether you like that or not, or whether you find that right or not).
Don't want it spread around? Don't put it on the net.


I am aware of the fact that this is a hot topic, but in reality many artists are sometimes making a very big fuss over a simple, unmodified picture someone reposts on some forum, which at times looks like a desperate attempt to gain publicity.

I remember one artist demanding to be put into our DNP list (which we had for a while back in 2004) - and DEMANDED that I also put a link to his website...

While I certainly don't appreciate people spreading art around without my permission, its alright if they at least credit the art to me. I want to share my work with people, and its inevitable that people will save my stuff onto their hard drives or put it on fchan or other places. No point in going nuts about it, especially when its my porn (I don't think I draw it very well anyway). If my art is being altered or someone removes my signatures that's just plain disrespectful, as it would be to any other artist. I'm not going to watermark things or stamp warnings all over my stuff. It might be a different story if I was selling things, but even then I wouldn't be too worried about it.

If anything, people can ask me if they want to post stuff elsewhere. I've decided I'll usually say yes. Kinda pointless to try keeping art all in one place.

No we don't have a DNP list anymore. We have a "Do Post" list now.