FA+
Shop
I'm a little bit conflicted.
14 years ago
♡ Hello and Welcome! I'm kaz and I'll be your guide today. Have any questions? feel free to ask. ♡
⌘CURRENTLY OPEN ADOPTABLES⌘
▪Mystery Dragon Egg Adoptables [batch #1]▪
▪Mystery Dragon Egg Adoptables [batch #2]▪
▪Dead Dogs!▪
▪Rooster Suits▪
♡
So, I finally found an art website that I really like. It's called Humble Voice ( http://humblevoice.com ) and it's completely free, all levels of art and formatting that I like (even fantastic formatting for written work!) There is, however, an issue with it. Said issue is as follows:
By using this service, you grant to Humble Voice a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, re-format, store, prepare derivative works based on, and publicly display and perform Your Content. Please note that when you upload Content, third parties will be able to copy, distribute and display your Content using readily available tools on their computers for this purpose although other than by linking to your Content on Humble Voice any use by a third party of your Content could violate the Copyright notice of these Terms and Conditions unless the third party receives permission from you by license.
Humble Voice reserves the right to reproduce and distribute Your Content in promotional and marketing materials, both internal and public, with or without prior notification to the copyright owner. This includes, but is not limited to, promotional materials, advertisements, as well as to provide to a third party for use in articles about and reviews of Humble Voice in any medium. When possible we will try to indicate the appropriate copyright owner in reproductions of Your Content but do not guarantee it.
Trademarks
it's not so much the "third parties will be able to access and save your work" as that holds true for basically any site. If you put it on the internet, be prepared for the possibility of it being ripped off.
The bit about having the right to reproduce and distribute without the artist's consent, however, is bothersome. Even if it'd only be for promotional things and adds for the site itself, it bothers me that they do not have to give the artist any credit, but at the same time I'm sorta thinking "Okay, well its just the promotional materials for the site." They're not going to take it and mess with it, they're not going to alter it, they're just using it for advertising.
I'm not sure. Can I get some opinions? I'm really on the fence about this because, hey, how often do you find sites with a good layout AND a decent community?
By using this service, you grant to Humble Voice a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, re-format, store, prepare derivative works based on, and publicly display and perform Your Content. Please note that when you upload Content, third parties will be able to copy, distribute and display your Content using readily available tools on their computers for this purpose although other than by linking to your Content on Humble Voice any use by a third party of your Content could violate the Copyright notice of these Terms and Conditions unless the third party receives permission from you by license.
Humble Voice reserves the right to reproduce and distribute Your Content in promotional and marketing materials, both internal and public, with or without prior notification to the copyright owner. This includes, but is not limited to, promotional materials, advertisements, as well as to provide to a third party for use in articles about and reviews of Humble Voice in any medium. When possible we will try to indicate the appropriate copyright owner in reproductions of Your Content but do not guarantee it.
Trademarks
it's not so much the "third parties will be able to access and save your work" as that holds true for basically any site. If you put it on the internet, be prepared for the possibility of it being ripped off.
The bit about having the right to reproduce and distribute without the artist's consent, however, is bothersome. Even if it'd only be for promotional things and adds for the site itself, it bothers me that they do not have to give the artist any credit, but at the same time I'm sorta thinking "Okay, well its just the promotional materials for the site." They're not going to take it and mess with it, they're not going to alter it, they're just using it for advertising.
I'm not sure. Can I get some opinions? I'm really on the fence about this because, hey, how often do you find sites with a good layout AND a decent community?
"You hold the copyright. We know this. However you have to be aware that people can steal your work thanks to ctrl+c or PrtScn."
"We're an art site. We need to advertise it, and for that we need art, so if it's your art that shows up in our ads or interviews, well, we'll try to say who did it but hey, sometimes there's too much to flag and it may not happen, so... yeah. Still your art, but sometimes your name won't be on it."
I don't think there's any issue. They are covering their asses so if someone ends up using a screenshot of the main page for an article (like, say, the main page of FA with its tables of thumbnails that change on every reload and good luck finding the original artists for those thumbnails now) they won't be yelled at for "Hey this 100x100px image there is mine I'LL SUE YOOOOOUUUU" type of thing.
That's how I read it, anyways.
Being the stick in the mud that I am, however, I think that I'll play it safe and keep searching for other places.
thank you again for your opinion! ^^