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I’d always hoped I gave enough away for free, via my website and DeviantArt, to win enough favour so that people wouldn’t mess with my revenue stream.
When I started up The Apsara Portfolio, I knew that the comics I posted there would eventually find their way onto forums and image boards outside my control. That I would lose them to the internet. It’s the fate of all digital content: once you put it out there, it’s gone. What I never expected was that huge archives of my content would be collated, or how damaging to my endeavours those archives would be. Even my Patreon page is scraped wholesale, now, with anything I post there – and even the comments legitimate patrons leave – appearing on mirror pages that anyone can view for free.
There’s absolutely nothing I can do to stop it. I have neither the technical nor legal apparatus to prevent it. All I can do is make a list, Arya Stark style, and hope that at some stage in the future I gain access to such means.
There are a lot of very helpful people who point me toward these websites, and I read the comments that get posted on them. The mental gymnastics people perform to justify why it’s OK to undermine the attempts of others to make a living is…. depressing. As is the fact they would rather give money to those who run the offending websites than the creators of the material they’re ripping off.
If you’re not angered by the concept of another person’s work being taken without there permission, and used by another to generate ad revenue or as an excuse to ask for donations that line their pockets, I’d really like to know why. Because my sense of what is fair, what is right and what is wrong, just does not allow me to adopt that mindset.
If you like a creator’s work, you need to support them, if not by buying their work, then by not supporting or contributing to websites that steal it.
When I started up The Apsara Portfolio, I knew that the comics I posted there would eventually find their way onto forums and image boards outside my control. That I would lose them to the internet. It’s the fate of all digital content: once you put it out there, it’s gone. What I never expected was that huge archives of my content would be collated, or how damaging to my endeavours those archives would be. Even my Patreon page is scraped wholesale, now, with anything I post there – and even the comments legitimate patrons leave – appearing on mirror pages that anyone can view for free.
There’s absolutely nothing I can do to stop it. I have neither the technical nor legal apparatus to prevent it. All I can do is make a list, Arya Stark style, and hope that at some stage in the future I gain access to such means.
There are a lot of very helpful people who point me toward these websites, and I read the comments that get posted on them. The mental gymnastics people perform to justify why it’s OK to undermine the attempts of others to make a living is…. depressing. As is the fact they would rather give money to those who run the offending websites than the creators of the material they’re ripping off.
If you’re not angered by the concept of another person’s work being taken without there permission, and used by another to generate ad revenue or as an excuse to ask for donations that line their pockets, I’d really like to know why. Because my sense of what is fair, what is right and what is wrong, just does not allow me to adopt that mindset.
If you like a creator’s work, you need to support them, if not by buying their work, then by not supporting or contributing to websites that steal it.
Thank you, anonymous benefactor.
Some kind (unnamed) soul gave me a month's core membership. Thank you, sir/madam :)
DevArt goes full evil.
I’m not going to rail about how material on the site is being scraped for use in AI Composites, or about how DevArt’s “protection” against it is a new check-box that you will have to manually tick for each and every image you’ve uploaded. No. Misuse of your work and DevArt incompetence are expected at this point. Once something is put online, that’s it; it’s no longer under your control. That’s the nature of the beast. You don’t like it; don’t upload content. What I am furious about is the deluge of AI composites flooding my feed, here. I see more of that crap than genuine new content, now. And to make it worse, DevArt has its own AI tool (https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Create-AI-Generated-Art-Fairly-with-DreamUp-933537821) which, while they absolutely-pinky-promise it will not cannibalise user content, is only going to exacerbate the problem. I’m now completely convinced that DevArt is no longer a site that serves artists in any capacity. Not only that; it no longer has any
Werewolf Wednesday Artbook
I've returned to Lulu as their print quality has dramatically improved. The first thing I'm peddling through their service is a collection of my Werewolf Wednesday pinups. (I was legitimately blown away by the quality of the proof copy I ordered!) It's now available here.
Password Retrieval emails.
Is anyone else getting a "Password Retrieval" email from DeviantArt over and over again? I was concerned that there was a security issue at play but I see that there's an option in settings to STOP such emails for 60 days, which itself is weird. Why would THAT be needed? What the hell is going on with the platform NOW?
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