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No, stealing isn't okay.

But we're not going to go out of our way to have the mods go and look up EVERY image and EVERY quote anyone ever posts. We can't ENFORCE anything stricter because it's IMPOSSIBLE -- anyone could easily just LIE and say "yeah, I asked" when they didn't, and we wouldn't be able to confirm the permission most of the time because we simply don't have the contact information for most creators. However, if it DOES come to our attention that something is infringing, and it can be demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt, then we'll take action.

Furthermore a great deal of stuff could be considered "fair use" by way of editorial comment or parody. This is, for example, why Ashy's signatures don't break the rules -- they're considered parody as they're presented for their joke value in their context (or possibly editorial comment, as they're drawing attention to a specific scene for commentary), and Ashy isn't committing plagiarism because she's not claiming to own or have created the material.

We're not going to take a "guilty until proven innocent" stance. We're not going to cast unreasonable suspicion on people who post creative material. We're not going to let Trisphee become a police state where you feel like you want to check with a moderator before you make a post. This isn't a healthy environment for anyone -- not our users (they shouldn't live in fear), and not our staff (they shouldn't spend all of their waking hours researching every little thing).
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Old Posted 09-08-2012, 09:56 PM Reply With Quote