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Orlee

on Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:51 am

This post should be featured on other websites, heh.

The sad part is, image theft isn't just common in Howrse or other online games. People all over the internet steal or copy art and claim it's theirs. I remember, before Horse Land was changed (mauled, but that's my opinion) image theft was something you'd see every time you logged on. Look at DA - that's got plenty of art thieves.

People have no respect :/

rosierules

on Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:50 am

So true my images i make sure are not copyright and i usually use deviant art. either that or i make my own, or photograph myself. ani bay little gallop lilprancy prancy mare and foal rainy day greypinto hiya entertainer uni1 blue butterfly

MustangFilly

on Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:23 pm

Very well said Robbin! But you know, when I first saw this post, I googled strawberry roan, and you know what? There weren't many pics lol. Of course I didn't use any...I use DeviantArt! crazy

littlegeorge.

on Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:14 pm

aaah, me and lissie (aka Serephinex/ gallopinghooves) eat art stealers ^.^
And we are getting hungry :P

RobbinLara aka Forum Mom

on Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:08 am

Anonymous1 wrote:
Anyways here is an observation I noticed:
Some people put "I do not take credit for the horses in this banner" instead of crediting the person. What do you think of that?

I say that is still pure image theft but at least they wanted to make clear that they didn't take the horses photo. But still I think that is image theft.

That is still image theft as they are not the original owner of that image and could be violating several laws or at the least abusing the creative commons license. By "not taking credit" they are making themselves look bad, because they are really saying to anyone and everyone "hey I didn't bother to check my resources and I could be, and most likely am guilty of image theft".
There are so many fantastic stock providers for literally anything and everything a person would need to make fantastic banners, layout headers or any graphic need. Especially on DeviantArt, that there is absolutely, solidly, no reason for not following stock provider resource rules. That ensures that those of us who do follow rules do not get cut off by the people who violate them. In short...why take chances, when you could have a clear conscience and take pride in your work to a whole new level.