Ever since the domestic release of The Avengers, there has been a massive influx of people posting other’s artwork with no credit given. This is simply unacceptable.Most of the art I have seen stolen comes straight from tumblr —this is what the reblog feature is for. Please use it. Most of the rest comes from deviantart, which makes it exceedingly simple to credit the actual artist, or pixiv, which is easily sourced by the handy-dandy content source field built into every tumblr post.
I urge you. Please, credit your sources. And if you see something that looks shady, do not support that person by liking or reblogging from them. “I own nothing” or “source unknown” is not a get-out-of-jail free card.
I don’t normally do stuff like this, but I am making an exception, tonight. Every last one of these “appreciation” blogs I am about to list is a veritable whorehouse of stolen work. All of them have their askboxes disabled, making private communication impossible. The only recourse, then, is public shaming. I would ask you, the good people of this fandom to not reblog from the following tumblrs:
Please spread this post around and get the word out.
Also, fun fact, if for some reason you saved a piece of artwork and then ‘forgot’ who it belonged to, you can just drag the image into google image and do the tiniest bit of research to find who posted it originally (probably the most popular link).
Credit artists, you guys. Just do it.
Not stolen, just some fun facts for you guys.
• “well, I didn’t know it was yours sorry”
• “i just found it on google/weheartit/fanpop sorry”
• “i saved it on my computer a long time ago and couldn’t remember who made it so i just reposted it sorry”
• “it’s not like i said it was mine jfc sorry”
• “you’re a crazy bitch it’s just tumblr i refuse to delete the post get over it i’m not sorry”
If you didn’t make something, it isn’t yours. Someone else spent their time (doesn’t matter how much or little) making that graphic/gif and obviously if you think enough of it to have it on your blog, you shouldn’t look down on the owner for getting angry. Even if you don’t credit the graphic to your username or say ‘not mine’ in the caption, it doesn’t make it any less stolen. If you can’t find the original post of that graphic and REBLOG it, then don’t post it. You’ll just have to do without it on your blog. Simple as that.
Sincerely,
All Graphic Makers of Tumblr
PSA about stealing graphics.
Unless someone is explicitly saying that they made those gifs, then it’s not stealing! If you use a gif someone else made to make a photo set, then I repeat: unless they claim that they made those gifs, it’s not stealing! If it’s stealing to use a gif in a photo set you arranged then everyone is stealing by making gifs out of copyrighted material. Get. over. yourselves! Sometimes, members of the TWD fandom are children.
Unless someone is explicitly saying that they made that iPod, then it’s not stealing!
So basically, you are saying it’s only stealing if someone catches you? Clearly you don’t make gifs. They are a pain in the ass.
No one is saying that they own rights to any copyrighted material. But why can’t you make your own gifs when you post a photo set? If you like something that someone spent time making, reblog it from them and let them know!!
(Source: katslucky1231)
Anonymous asked: I personally repost (steal, as you call it) because it keeps me organized. When you post something on your own, it's easier to keep track of how many reblogs it got. You start from zero. Plus, you also get to keep the pictures/gifs etc. on your computer, and I think that's pretty damn sweet. And btw, every tumblr user should know that it's pretty easy to press 'save picture' instead of reblog. And it happens everyday. I don't think people look at the source that often as you would think.
When you post something on your own, it’s easier to keep track of how many reblogs it got.
Which is exactly why you should reblog it from the person who made it.
Plus, you also get to keep the pictures/gifs etc. on your computer, and I think that’s pretty damn sweet.
No one would care (or even know) if you saved something to your computer for your own non-sharing purposes - even though I’m not sure why you would want to? It’s just the reposting thing that’s the problem, claiming someone else’s art as your own.
And btw, every tumblr user should know that it’s pretty easy to press ‘save picture’ instead of reblog. And it happens everyday.
Reblogging takes two clicks. Reposting takes more than two clicks. And because other people do it, that makes it OK? I guess any form of plagiarism is OK then, because other people do it!
I don’t think people look at the source that often as you would think.
Before I reblog anything to my personal blog, I check the source, because I make things and I know how awful it is to have them stolen. If something is from a source that looks like they don’t make their own things or include sources to things they may not have made, or if the source is noted as weheartit, I won’t reblog.
Sorry, none of your reasoning makes any sense.
roseimpala asked: I don't know if this blog is still active, but if you use someone's gif in a reply as a reaction, and you don't bother crediting it, does it count as stealing?
No, people don’t generally expect credit for gifs used in that manner.
Posting it by itself in a photo post is another story.
Anonymous asked: I am sick & tired of my photos and other content being taken from my blog (not Tumblr) and posted on Tumblr blogs without my permission. Linking or giving credit is not enough. Photos are intellectual property and unless the person that owns the photos gives you PERMISSION to use the pics, DO NOT use them. Create your own content...take your own damn pictures and leave mine alone. And when I ask for MY content to be removed from your stupid copy&paste blog, don't argue, just remove. Thank you.
Anonymous asked: Can you use other people's pictures in your post if you give credit? What if you don't know what the source was? Can you say credit to the make or I didn't make this, credit to the person who did? I'm new to Tumblr, and I'd really like to know before I do something stupid.
It’s never advisable to use other peoples’ pictures in your post, unless they are from outside Tumblr (somewhere like Flickr) and you give credit. It’s especially rude if you edit someone else’s work, regardless of if you give credit. And most people don’t regard “credit to the maker” or the like as credit.
If you find something online, don’t save it to your computer and re-upload - do as much research as you can on where it came from. If you find something on Tumblr, either like it or reblog it immediately, don’t save it to your computer and then ~forget~ where it came from. If you don’t want to reblog then, you can save it in your drafts or queue and reblog it later!
For TV and movie edits especially, there are quite a few screencap sites out there you can use to make your own edits. Try these:
- disparue
- rawr-caps
- daydreaming
- fishsticktheatre
- leavemethewhite
- captured-grace
- home of the nutty
- captacular
(These rules don’t generally apply to using someone else’s small reaction gifs in text posts, though - most people won’t consider that theft.)
Also, thanks for asking!! Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions!
![THIS IS NOT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. So why did you claim it as “[your] own” on your page? (You know, the post in which you say “I’m sad because Tumblr will no longer let me post my own pictures.”) Is your reblog button broken?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqwkavsewp1qb89kdo1_500.jpg)
THIS IS NOT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH. So why did you claim it as “[your] own” on your page? (You know, the post in which you say “I’m sad because Tumblr will no longer let me post my own pictures.”) Is your reblog button broken?
(Source: searchin4thethhrill)
Anonymous asked: people don't always "steal" stuff. sometimes it's an accident. so come the fuck down with your "STOLEN" and "STOLE" comments. it's fucking tumblr.
Haha, you are cute.
If you post something you didn’t make, and you do not credit the person who made it, that is called stealing. I don’t see how posting something you didn’t make without credit is ever an “accident”.
The thing is, you like it enough to post it. And someone took the time to make it. And as someone who makes things, I will say it’s helpful to have feedback on those things and know that people like what I make, to encourage me to make more things. So what’s the problem with just reblogging?
It’s annoying as hell to see something you spent time on circulating under someone else’s name. Clearly you don’t make content for Tumblr or we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
Anonymous asked: if you post a picture and then delete it does it delete from everyone who reblogged it?
Unfortunately, no.
