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This is my first submission for the 2009 calendar year and before you start slamming me and making further gross misrepresentations in regards to this stamp about tracing and I am only neutral on the issue:

Tracing is legal under the most circumstances and dA has professional lawyers who clearly investigated the issue. They found that it's okay to do it as long as:

1. It belongs only in the Fanart category.
2. Proper credit is given to the original artist. This includes permission and linking back to the original artwork.
3. No profit is ever made out of traced imagery at all.
4. The artist who traced the drawing has no intention to claim the image as their own. Otherwise, it's considered art theft and misrepresentation.
5. The original artist doesn't object towards the said deviant who traced the image. The original artist has every right to report it to the admins if they object and have it removed.

Many professional artists do not like people who trace their art as it is considered an insult to them if it's reused elsewhere.

Please DO NOT brand deviants who trace drawings as copiers in their entirety. Copying art in its entirety can be seen as theft and misrepresentation.

Comments on this stamp are closed. The reason is that only a small percentage of users agree in a neutralised matter. Totally disagreeing with this matter on the legality of tracing is unfortunate.

I cannot stress to the fullest extent that if you are unable to deal with it, then there are other websites where you can post your artwork.

If you still have a problem with this, I suggest that you note me privately.

If you are a subscriber, you can put this in your journal or shoutboard by using : thumb112764560 : somewhere in the field.

Stamp template (c) 2005 ~deviantStamps and $liquisoft .
Stamp template can be found here .

Description
This is my first submission for the 2009 calendar year and before you start slamming me and making further gross misrepresentations in regards to this stamp about tracing and I am only neutral on the issue:

Tracing is legal under the most circumstances and dA has professional lawyers who clearly investigated the issue. They found that it's okay to do it as long as:

1. It belongs only in the Fanart category.
2. Proper credit is given to the original artist. This includes permission and linking back to the original artwork.
3. No profit is ever made out of traced imagery at all.
4. The artist who traced the drawing has no intention to claim the image as their own. Otherwise, it's considered art theft and misrepresentation.
5. The original artist doesn't object towards the said deviant who traced the image. The original artist has every right to report it to the admins if they object and have it removed.

Many professional artists do not like people who trace their art as it is considered an insult to them if it's reused elsewhere.

Please DO NOT brand deviants who trace drawings as copiers in their entirety. Copying art in its entirety can be seen as theft and misrepresentation.

Comments on this stamp are closed. The reason is that only a small percentage of users agree in a neutralised matter. Totally disagreeing with this matter on the legality of tracing is unfortunate.

I cannot stress to the fullest extent that if you are unable to deal with it, then there are other websites where you can post your artwork.

If you still have a problem with this, I suggest that you note me privately.

If you are a subscriber, you can put this in your journal or shoutboard by using : thumb112764560 : somewhere in the field.

Stamp template (c) 2005 ~deviantStamps and $liquisoft .
Stamp template can be found here .