How is it possible to let people download images and then not have them post them elsewhere? This is why we have 5 Free
Downloads : so that people can share the link of your item and get others to download themself. But no, people tend to
upload images on the net because it's faster that way, faster than signing up for an account.
Sure, we can ask other imageboards to regulate their boards and remove all images from Minitokyo, but the thing is,
it's not effective. We can't say to certain people on the internet "please don't remove
people's signatures, that's a violation of blah blah" when most of these
people who do it are anonymous.
I don't want to sound rude, but moderators spend enough time ON Mt to delete images that members have uploaded
because of ignorant members not reading the Policy. I don't have time to browse many other image boards, and I
can't say that I recognise every single item in the gallery, especially when it increases every day. And 50% of
Minitokyo's gallery posted elsewhere - you mean, simultaneously across the internet? I'm not sure about that
statistic.
And to say that you want to ban everyone on "level 0" is a very very big claim. What if these level 0 people
don't post or don't submit, yet are the ones who go around reporting objects? I don't think it's
fair to say that all level 0 people are the ones who rip.
And if you WERE on level 0, you wouldn't have any credits. And that way you could only download 5 items per day. So
how would they rip off 50% of Minitokyo's gallery? Obviously they'd submit other stuff they find. Then
we'd ban them, and that's what we do.
And since they're so efficient at removing signatures, they probably have the ability to then even remove
watermarks. If this is the case, then these people with quite good photoshop skills wouldn't have to be level 0
because they have their own skills and can make their own artworks and submit them to the gallery.
It's not a crime to be level 0.
It's not fair to say it's just level 0 people taking images off Minitokyo - they don't have the credits
or the credit power to rip off the entire Minitokyo gallery.
I want to also add that it's not just Minitokyo who has this reponsibility:
Quote: Minitokyo, members and
affiliates will do all to protect it's members from such copyright violation.
Members and Affiliates too.
I've been a moderator for more than a year already, and to date I don't recall any member asking me about
their work being ripped on another site. Until now, that is. You're the first.
What *I* personally can do:
If a member approaches me, I WILL email the administrator or site owner and ask them to take all the images down.
That's the least and probably the most I can do. Why? Because we don't own the other sites on the net. We
can't tell them exactly what they can or can't do, but we can try to help persuade them.
We won't do nothing if our attention is brought to a particular thing. I
don't give a flying toss about imageboards on the internet so I wouldn't know if my work was being ripped or
not. I perhaps will if someone gave me the url and an email address I can contact.
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Again I don't intentionally intend to snub, but telling other members how many credits you have is not allowed, so
I'm removing all the credit numbers from this thread. I don't think it's a valid argument to say "I
have X credits, we should get rid of the FDQ", anyway.