Re: Why do people think cartoonists work for free?

[DaD O Matic]

Hi Leah, and Swisstoons,

I guess I can consider myself fortunate,nothing that I know of has been taken of mine,but it is a big world.

Hi,Swisstoons nice to meet you, I just see it as going into a shopping center removing the price tag and walking out of the store,no difference.

I feel with large media site such as F/B if something was used without permission or right out pirated,it would be removed.

Being just a hobbyist the damage is not economical,but I would still would contact the site moderators,or webhost first.

This is a important issue,being that if a artist who wishes to enter this field does not get the support from media sites,hosting services,ect.,could look to other fields as career choices.Education and training take years.

Does this have a profond effect on services? Maybe not, but sites like zazzle could suffer.

On the brighter side, cartoon sites I have visited and signed up for, post very prominately a NO copyright infrigement policy. These sould be the kind of sites an artist and their fans should promote.

[Leah-Admin]

---

We have a very clear no copying message in our welcome message and our rules.

This is a good site for finding stolen content
http://www.copyscape.com/plagiarism-detector/

This isn't about the sites though it's about the individual and educating the individual. We are all agreed copying is a no no. No one here is condoning it.

Meanwhile it is possible to find out if your images have been used

See
http://www.tineye.com/

Also interesting post on this here:
http://blog.tineye.com/2011/11/02/imitation-is-the-highest-form-of-flattery/

[DaD O Matic]

useful info!

[Leah-Admin]

Yep, I think (see other post in thread re plagiarism) I will start a mini campaign to highlight the issue of copying artists work and provide easy access to info regarding how to protect it, perhaps have a page for it on the forum or something. Ideas welcome!!