@Orchid: No, actually, it had nothing at all to do with you.
Quote: Just for all members to know, scanning is a primary way to violate
copyrights in most countries. The fact that you buy the artbook, does not mean that you can scan it and post it wherever
you want and claim the scan is yours. Unless it is written there on the copyright notes, but most works I see usually
adverts that you can only make personal use of them, and cannot redistribute, or display publically and the list goes on
and on... Maybe we all should read a bit about our rights and the laws before starting making noise about these
things.
According to our pal ArtificialRaindrop are we all thieves here at Minitokyo? I don’t think
so.
Instead you respond rudely based on an assumption that I was talking to you? And then based on your assumption, you put
words in my mouth and take what I wrote out of context. My response had nothing to do with yours, and I'm honestly
surprised that you thought it was given what you did write. Your response in no way contradicted what I mentioned, and I
honestly thought it was something everyone should read. What I was referring to was this basic attitude, though still
not necessarily this comment:
Quote: If they don't want their works be stolen, then do not upload
it.
While this in inherently true, the only way to truly protect your work is in to keep it offline- that by no means
justifies art theft. Maybe the person who made the comment didn't mean it like that, but far too often people use
this as an excuse to brush it off and blame the victim.
MapleRose pretty much summarizes my view on it as well:
Quote: @Orchid: yes technically scanners didn't draw the artbooks and
it could be considered copyright infringement. But my personal view is that if it's published, then they're
making money from it.
But the issue here isn't just copyright or stealing fanart, but pixiv have asked us not to post art from their
site, and we're going to respect their wishes. End of story.
While I understand your point about it still technically copyright infringement, my point of scanning isn't to say
that you own the book as an artist; it's to limit the mayhem caused by situations such as this and it forces all of
us to take responsibility for what we are posting. It's too easy for people to throw things that they found off of
the web on the site and simply put "not my scan" without giving credit to the original artist. I never once
called the people here thieves, those are your words alone, Orchid.