Comments on: Art Theft Scandals Rock deviantArt

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:34:49 +0000

One problem I never seem to see people address about Deviant art is the fact that several artists take commissions for characters that don't even belong to them. The girls from the anime 'Lucky Star' and 'Naruto' for example. I've seen tons of artists there taking money for things like that. Yet DA refuses to do anything about that.

By: weelollycupcake

weelollycupcake — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:03:45 +0000

I got my art stolen 4 times by the same person on devinatart,
www.weelollycupcake.deviantart.com
Thats my account, it got stolen from 4 times form a girl called cherubi-gurl.
It took her over a week to get deleted, even being reported by hundreds of people!

By: weelollycupcake

weelollycupcake — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:03:45 +0000

By: alexandra

alexandra — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:34:36 +0000

might want to consider some editing options. all the typos and errors really hinder your message.

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:01:19 +0000

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By: Tristan

Tristan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:43:23 +0000

Also, I realize that fan art can be found on every art site like deviantART. However, deviantART is the only art site I can think of that openly states that they accept fan art and that their community is primarily for fan art. Again, that is what might land them in a legal battle since they also offer e-commerce.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:39:47 +0000

I'm not so sure that deviantART is protected. The difference between youtube and deviantart is that deviantart openly states that a large base of their membership is people who create fan art. Even Angelo Sotira, the CEO of deviantART, has stated several times in interviews that the deviantART community is largely fan based. So there is a conflict in that deviantART openly states that it primarily a fan artist site but also offer e-commerce. THAT is what could land them in the fire if ever a victim comes forward after finding out that a fan artist is selling knockoffs of his or her art. Now there is legally room for parody and derivative works but I've seen art on deviantART that is nothing more than an exact depiction of a copyrighted work of art. I'ver personally reported violations and have never had a response from deviantART. If they have removed the offending art it would be nice if they would inform people that report it.

By: Stocker

Stocker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:32:14 +0000

I seem to be having trouble posting this. DeviantART has always slacked on protection. That is why I use Myartspace now. For one, the galleries on myartspace are flash, which is hard for crawlers to take images from. You can view individual images by right clicking on them and clicking on view, but people are not able to then right click on the image itself in order to save it. I know people can still work around that if they want the image bad enough, but in my opinion it is a lot safer than deviantART or Redbubble. I think you can have traditional html galleries on Myartspace also if you have a Premium account, but I prefer free accounts so I don't know how that works exactly. I know a lot of people knock flash galleries, but they are safer and are becoming widely used by pro artists. Nothing is 100% protected from theft online, but I'd say Myartspace is one of the safer websites for artists.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:43:01 +0000

Mystery: I am sorry to hear about your friend’s problems. Please tell her that I will help her if there is anything that I can do to assist.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:43:01 +0000

Mystery: I am sorry to hear about your friend’s problems. Please tell her that I will help her if there is anything that I can do to assist.