Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-26831136-20150426043743/@comment-29714229-20150426164445

Slug-Drones wrote: Asking permission does seem a bit strict, but it isn't wrong. Leniency would be better though, I would now suggest that direct permission from the artist isn't needed but users will have to credit the owner of the image. Sharing artwork isn't theft after all. This does not apply to editing images though, that should not be done without permission. How does this sound? I like your idea but I've seen an artist get upset on Youtube because someone used their photo in their viedo without permission. They didn't claim it was their art and even said they didn't make any of the photos in the description but the artist was still upset. Many artist would be fine if you just give credit but there are also those who aren't fine with it that we must think of them too. Getting permission is a huge pain and the chance of the creator even getting back to you could be slim but there are also lots of people like this whos images I've used for my avatar because they openly said I could.