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JRCnrd — How to deviantART: Giving Credit
Published: 2013-02-09 05:45:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 9485; Favourites: 113; Downloads: 81
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So apparently a lot of stockers lately have had their work ripped off by coperations, professional artists, the list goes on.
I figured I could at least do SOMETHING to try and make a difference through education. Let us see how well that works. 
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~richardperkins , ~MarinaAvila , =Kxhara , =Skybase and *SenshiStock
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Can you link to the image of the female archer reference you used here? I looked on all the stock makers' profiles and I can't find it.
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Made this so long ago, I honestly don't recall who's the owner. Probaby should have linked it when I made it. 
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That is very helpful, I'll link it in my journal!
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Thank you so much for this! I used it here:
A Legitimate Explanation(UPDATED)I thought I should explain the rules behind stock usage
before hell reigns down on me again in one of these contests.
I really don't like upsetting people, and I would rather not
have to lose a friend over someone else's mistakes in judgement.
Every contest I hold that will allow the usage of stocks,
will have the following rule posted:
Here's why:
Some artists on DA have claimed stock that does not belong to them.
Yes, some of it is created by them, but they used the resources of others
to do so, and never credited those resources. If I were to allow such stocks
inside the contests I hold, would you consider that fair to the artists
who actually created the images?
Would you mind if someone took an artwork that you created, and
changed it slightly, uploaded it, and never even mentioned you were
the original artist? Because I would be furious.
Even DA has rules in place for such things.
If I were a rule breaker, could you even trust me?
And the
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Giving credit where credit is due is applied to nearly every art form including academic writing. Although "idiots" is a little harsh,I could understand how it would feel having one's work literally whored out all over the web being reused and the original creator left in the dust. Thank you for providing this informative tutorial!
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Yeah I'm thinking of changing it, but that would require hunting down the original PSD and that requires remebering what the hell I called it >.> So ya know, excuses, excuses, I'm lazy.
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It's alright I have lost many files from computer issues involving original files. It's still good, though.
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Great tutorial, but I think the tone is awkward. You don't need to call people idiots or sad. Now, I understand that you probably don't mean it literally, but it really feels wrong to me. Someone mentioned that art thieves deserved to be addressed like this, but I disagree, mainly because there are two types of art thieves, those who know they're stealing and those who don't. The former may be said to deserve to be called idiots, but your tutorial isn't for them, they're not going to suddenly reform because of this. The latter are the ones who need this tutorial, and if they choose to read it, it means they're willing to learn. I personally wouldn't call these people idiots, not even jokingly. Don't let this ruin an otherwise very clear and helpful tutorial.
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Funny you should mention the education part, recently had a discusssion with someone on that
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Yay! Someone who isnt afraid to talk just the way art theives need to be talked to!!
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Thank you for uploading this. Education is always a good thing, and hopefully this'll help people think twice before they rip off stock artists. I would even go so far to say that stock artists should link back to your rules so people can't say they didn't know about them. Thaks to you, now we do.
good job! ^_^
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*Favs* I credit people but I never understood what CC was, but after reading this I've learned something new tonight
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I FREAKING LOVE YOU
I've also been seeing a LOT of people uploading pictures of celebrities/fashion shows/famous people like they took the photo >_> or did some minor edit like change the color of the person's eyes
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Sorry I'm going to have to agree with Gamekiller48, this is a great idea, and I concur wholeheartedly that people on DA really need to learn how not to steal and when to give credit, so your heart is definitely in the right place...
But what you said about Creative Commons is incorrect, and telling people to give credit one the one hand, then giving them false information about CC with the other is just unhelpful.
When people use Creative Commons, they pick one of the options to tell people what they can and can't do with a piece. This can be anything from "share this piece with your friends but don't change it at all, and link back to me" to "you can do whatever the heck you like with this piece, and don't even need to credit me".
>.< I hope people don't seriously think that they can do what they like with CC works after reading this tutorial...
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Thank you very much for the correction. I'll fix it.
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^^ no problem, I'm glad you didn't get upset that I pointed it out (some do haha...)
I re-read it now, much better! Good job, hopefully people will read this and learn to give credit from now on!
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"creative commons is a special type of licensing that allows work to be used and abused without crediting or worry about copyrights" - WRONG.
There are different kinds of Creative Commons license options, each cc is combined of one of those four:
CC by: You have to credit the author of the image
CC nc: Not commercial, you may not sell the piece of product that was created from that piece
CC nd: No derivatives, you may not change that piece, make photomanipulations with it, etc.
CC sa: Share alike, if you use a picture with this license in your work you have to also license it under creative commons.
Creative Commons ≠ you don't have to give credit
Also to your third point: if the stock image is licensed under creative commons you MAY repost these images in your gallery (you still have to follow the license), that's the whole point of this license.
Otherwise easy to understand tutorial/info graphic.
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I updated it with this information. Thanks for the heads up!
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Thank you for the correction. I'll fix it.
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Just to add on, I believe that every CC is at least BY, meaning that credit is required for every work under a CC license. There is no CC license that requires no credit to the author.
This is the page of all their licenses: [link]
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