License agreement on Art Station and New Grounds etc

[Jephyr]

Thanks to you both!

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More tales from my archive.  

A barefoot runner blog took a foot study I'd done and was using it with out credit/permission.  They had info on who to contact and so I asked for a link and credit and the guy responded 'Oh, sorry —  I'll do that.'  I waited a few months and would occasionally remind him about it and he just wasn't taking it seriously apparently. 

So one day I got pissed and sent him a 72 hour legal notice under DCMA and it was removed the same day.  I sent him a thank you and he responded with a short pissy reply. 


 
Another time a Canadian political blogger took a caricature I'd done of a Manitoba minister and cropped off the top & my signature at the bottom— and scraped off the title and copyright info from the file.  He had a blind ICAN address so after I looked for who to contact for a bit — I just let it go.  Fortunately, the last time I checked that post was no longer available

Another website used a figure drawing I'd done to compare porn and art — and color studies I've done often seem to wind up on sites about color theory. 

Though I take it as a compliment — I also try to protect my copyrights when I'm able.

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That's true Joseph.  I also notice that unless an image is featured or people already have a following it's seems hard to get noticed there.  Still, as you say the trade off probably makes it worth any license risk.

As for Maury — I wouldn't be so flip about such a serious matter:

Judge:  'Can you prove your allegation?'

Me: Shows Fertility idol pic.
Judge:  'Joseph Cow, You ARE the father!'   

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Thanks so much PE — I appreciate that.  I'd been looking for an update to your CD sketchbook so I'm glad to know where I can find some of your latest.  That first pencil is soooo cool!

I also appreciate your thoughts about AS — I feel better about it now for sure.

I hear some people saying they get a lot of commission from Reddit — but as you said those always seem to be fan art thangs.

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Man, I can really write novels can't I?  

Anywho, thank you both again!