EDIT: Read this! [link]

I remember when I first joined this website to post my art. I was amazed by all the great pieces of art I saw. What do I see now? SHIT! ART THEFT! MOTIVATIONAL POSTERS! COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS!

EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

Listen up kiddos:

1. Your Bella and Edward photo-manipulations (or any other Twilight pics) are ART THEFT and violate dA's COPYRIGHT POLICY.

2. Your extremely annoying twincest or any other type of Tokio Hotel image you stole from Google IS NOT ART. IT'S ART THEFT AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS! Which means it is NOT allowed here and WILL be deleted. So stop re-posting them and bitching when they get deleted again!

3. Your stupid de/motivational posters...oh my God. Stop making them. Or better yet, just put them on some other site. They are dumb and once again about 99% of the time ART THEFT AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS!

4. Your anime screenshots....are not art. ART THEFT AND COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS!

I spend so many hours a week reporting violations and it is ridiculous! More and more come and everyone's excuse for doing it is "Well there are others who do it too!" Just because someone else does it, doesn't mean it is legal.

I will admit some of these photo-manipulations I see that have Google images in them are pretty good.....but I think these artists need to step away from stealing images from Google and start going through dA's lovely STOCK images to use! Use your talent on REAL ART!

Here are 3 very helpful and insightful policies for you to read:

FAQ #8: What does deviantART consider to be Art Theft?
FAQ #572: What does deviantART consider "Fan Art" to be?
FAQ #306: Does "Crediting" let me use whatever I want?

The last one...oh my God I hate when people re-post something thinking that if they credit where they STOLE the image from, then everything is fine.....IT IS NOT!

I'm going to keep reporting violations so go cry me a river. You can write hateful journals about me or get your friends to write things on my wall bitching me out, but it wont stop me!

November 6th - Dad's surgery