Daily warm-up for August 25th. The Other Fish in the Sea.

The Other Fish in the Sea

This one is a bit of watercolor and a bit of acrylic on 4×6 paper.

I’ll be joining some friends to record episode 78 of the Ninja Mountain Podcast soon.

One of the topics will likely be about the misappropriation of some of my jpegs by someone who posted a gallery of my ( and many other artists’) work to a photobucket page.

On the surface of it, it appears to be a fan site ( were I to be vain enough to think I have fans), but it more clearly speaks to the lack of understanding that most folks have about copyright.

I suspect that the person who is using the images knows better than to ask for permission ( or they would

have done so). I do not own the copyright to many of the images that were used . They are owned by the publishers who purchased those rights.

They are operating under what appears to be the modus operandi of the internet. It is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.

The page has since been taken down it seems. I guess enough of the artists became aware of the infringer and put a solid stop to it. Photobucket does do a good job of responding to infringement claims.

I was going to ask to be removed shortly after the show airs so people could check it out, but it seems that plan is moot.

Rule of thumb–

If someone asks and it is in my power to do so–I will generally allow people to post my work along with a link to my site as long as it is not being used to promote a business venture or something I find objectionable and the art remains unmodified.

Still, I’ll save some of the finer points of this for the show and not force you to read further. :)

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