Drig
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http://www.freewebs.com/swagd/characterimages.htm
Asok found this and told me about it however he is unable to access a comp at this time so I was informing everyone about possible violation of use. Many swaggers work has been stolen.
Damn it! This pisses me off so much.
I don't know what pisses me off more; that there is a group out there just helping themselves to images that have no right to without even credit due, or that they didn't rip off any of my work. :p
LOL Dred....
Some people think that because it's online it's free stuff that doesn't need to be credited... I think Stirzy the only one that doesn't have his sig hacked off... which is what annoys me.. that they would hack off sigs to start with...
Yeah, recognize a lot of that work from here and from deviantart. Anyone checked the forums on the site those pages are hosted on to see if they have any official rules for citing artwork, or asking permission before posting pictures of copyrighted material?
If not, might think about informing the administrator and asking, then looking into other potential courses of action. I'm sure individual artists could also write the admin and ask that their works be taken down.
EDIT:
Also see they've got some copyrighted music available for download... Lucas might be interested in that.
Xan, I know my pieces and Drig's piece all have signatures intact (except for one of mine, which I forgot to sign). So I don't think they've quite stooped that low. ;)
Boshuda
Well I went ahead and E-mailed the site admin to remove the images until contact is made with the artists here...
Hopefully they are friendly about it.
I'll keep everyone posted.
Drig,
Thanks for the heads up on this. As of this posting, the site appears to be down. I take that to mean the artist changed the name of his site to make him more difficult to find... or perhaps the flannel shirted jedi already caught up to him? At any rate, thanks for the quick response on this stuff guys.
Drig your messages were great, I may actually use them as boiler plate to handle this from this point forward.
Eclipse
I tip my hat to those ever-vigilant members of SWAG!
As Eclipse has pointed out, the site seems to have gone down. Perhaps the admin got wise, perhaps not. In any case, it's really good to know that you guys are keeping an eye out for these scoundrels!
~ Mercy
Okie Dokie Everyone!
Here's the results!
The admin has not contacted me, but has posted this on their forums. I might have been a little harsh sounding in my message to them but hopefully they wont try and implement many of the ideas they have commented about. Thanks for the help everyone!
Thanks for the site Eclipse! I just want to make sure people feel safe when posting their work on the site. The Message I sent has a very small typo in it :D might wanna fix that before using it! :P
I'll continue to update everyone as things arise.
Drig,
Your friendly neighborhood Dug!
Got a response and everything looks like its gonna be a-okay now!
"No problem. I know how frustrating it can feel when someone goes and uses your own work, without permission or anything. I've had the same problem when I make forum skins, and it takes me a lot of control not to go off on them about it. And, I just read the member comments on my topic about images. ... However, I'll let those who are actually concerned know what you said.
Thanks, Drig. And, sorry for everything."
Please note that this is the admin of the site and not the owner of the page that had images on it.
They have been very cooperative and I appreciate their quick response. They are a simple roleplaying group that enjoys having images for their rpgs the same as most so if they ask for your images, don't be afraid to allow them to use them.
Happy Winter Everyone!
Keep on Swagin!
Drig
Be careful following the link to that site. It set of my virus scanner like a christmas tree. Apparently they're plagued with malware and viruses.