Were all one huge community, as stated many times through out deviant art, but there are some sneaky little rascles that go on to someone's webpage, sweep up that persons art and display it as their own. They are know as ART THEVES through out DA. Now, we don't know why they do this but, some people think they get satisfaction out of it, or they can't produce their own art or, their just plain selfish; i have no idea but it needs to stop.
'TO THE ART THEVES" i hope everyone on deviantart gets this cuz, now i'm speaking to you theves. Yeah, i know can't create somthing yourself so i'll just steal it, no one will notice...; you think if you steal this from deviants like *messa and *pokefreak won't notice? don't go thinking to yourself, 'oh, well i'll just delite it and it'll be like it never happend right?' No, the person who you stole it from will be upset, and may humiliate you in front of your friends who watch you. You don't want you account to be suspended, nor do we want to take the time to talk to you about what is wrong and right.
Now to get back to the general conversation, another problem with theves is, they could be 5 years old for all you know, and may not have learned all the differencecs bettween right and wrong yet. So, a way to tell their age, is to look on how they comment. If they comment with a ton of emots and sound like a 5-7 year old would talk, talk with a soothing tone and don't be to harsh. On the other hand, with teens and older people, you should give them a pang of regret and saddness, so they will learn; unfortunatly the hard way. for a last resort, contact Da and tell them about the person if they do it repedity.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, i may be posting more articals, i'm not sure.