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DENYING THE POVERTY DRAFT-THE SOLDIER AS A SYMBOL

=whitetrashpalace:iconwhitetrashpalace: reports, 5h 18m ago
The Poverty Draft, Politics, Symbols, and the inconvenience of being human.

Even in times of war, the Soldier as an individual is of no consequence. The Soldier is a symbol, a simple pawn in a culture war. The Soldier is either a villain, or a Hero. The Soldier always serves for the honor of his country, not his paycheck. The Soldier is faithful, as there are 'no atheists in the trenches'. The Soldier is Combat Arms. The Soldier is male, he married a young white girl, and he has a baby on the way, whom he has never met.

The Soldier is a romantic ideal.

deviantARTtimes July 5th, 2009

=deviantARTtimes:icondeviantARTtimes: reports, July 5
Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.

To cheeseburger or not to cheeseburger

*Halohid:iconHalohid: reports, July 3
Body types in the world of internet modeling and how to respond with respect and compassion.

All Deaths are Tragedies

*Silvaz:iconSilvaz: reports, July 1
All deaths are important, not just pop stars.
134 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~Azhaq

A Feminist Perspective on Questionable Images

*sick-snowangel:iconsick-snowangel: reports, July 1
Sex and sexuality in art are some of my favorite things, and certainly sometimes arousal is part of this, but more importantly, it is FAR MORE than about simple arousal, as porn is. One of my deviantart friends, :iconcypherthepanicartist: , said that art of a sexual nature can “ provoke thoughts about our dreams, fears, desires, and place in the world"...yes! Well done art that deals with sex exposes the soul of the subject or act in question, not just the naughty bits. I feel that any kind of work on this site that looks at sexuality in a thoughtful or artistic or critical or celebratory, etc. way is certainly appropriate content for an art site, because, of course, this work is actually ART.

So You Want (to) Critique.

=KneelingGlory:iconKneelingGlory: reports, July 2
Here is a two-fold guide for deviants wishing to receive critique as well as deviants who want to give constructive critiques.

Hate Mary Sues? Don't we all! (Part Two)

=dantesgirl:icondantesgirl: reports, June 29
A continuation of my unexpectedly-popular guide on Mary Sue prevention. In this Part, I will be critiquing a notoriously bad fanfiction - My Immortal. Thank you all for your current support!

deviantARTtimes June 28th, 2009

=deviantARTtimes:icondeviantARTtimes: reports, June 28
Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.
6 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Docali

30+ Coolest Business Cards to Inspire You

=M-PlayC3ll:iconM-PlayC3ll: reports, June 26
Always when you introduce your company it is fact the use of your business card. You want the primary feeling that is left with your client to convey the image and personality of your business to be a positive one. Here is the list of collection 30+ coolest business cards to inspire you.
11 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *ggns

Misunderstood: The True Story of "Scary" Animals

=Flame-of-the-Phoenix:iconFlame-of-the-Phoenix: reports, June 26
** Part of my ongoing series of the Misunderstood. **

This article features: Scary Animals

Here you will find:
- features of numerous talented artists, from many forms of art
- fast, fun facts
- hopefully a new take on some animals society condemns and fears

Editorials This Week

deviantARTtimes July 5th, 2009

=deviantARTtimes:icondeviantARTtimes: reports, July 5
Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.

To cheeseburger or not to cheeseburger

*Halohid:iconHalohid: reports, July 3
Body types in the world of internet modeling and how to respond with respect and compassion.

DENYING THE POVERTY DRAFT-THE SOLDIER AS A SYMBOL

=whitetrashpalace:iconwhitetrashpalace: reports, 5h 18m ago
The Poverty Draft, Politics, Symbols, and the inconvenience of being human.

Even in times of war, the Soldier as an individual is of no consequence. The Soldier is a symbol, a simple pawn in a culture war. The Soldier is either a villain, or a Hero. The Soldier always serves for the honor of his country, not his paycheck. The Soldier is faithful, as there are 'no atheists in the trenches'. The Soldier is Combat Arms. The Soldier is male, he married a young white girl, and he has a baby on the way, whom he has never met.

The Soldier is a romantic ideal.

What Is An "Original Post" (OP)?</

*DAPoliticalForum:iconDAPoliticalForum: reports, July 5
:star: In the simplest terms, an OP, or Topic Thread, is a report of someone's actions, an issue, or of an event, which has not been previously reported, and which interests or affects significant segments of the Forum audience.

Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 10 - Orcs

*ladyarah:iconladyarah: reports, 2d 9h ago
Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 10 - Orcs
6 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Skarbog

Undiscovered, Vol. 2

=roguequeen:iconroguequeen: reports, July 4
A weekly feature of an undiscovered artist.

Scientology ads on DA

=realta-eireann:iconrealta-eireann: reports, 17h 59m ago
DeviantART is displaying Ads for Scientology - it needs to stop!

Grammar: I can haz?

~Selenedragon:iconSelenedragon: reports, 3h 57m ago
We all have grammar troubles sometime. Want some hints? Want to avoid some certain mistakes? Come and join! Class is about to start.

Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?

~jjankk:iconjjankk: reports, 2d 10h ago
This is an extremely old article from 2005 but I found it interesting.
It explains how some graffiti artists began to sell their art for money. There are people in the world who think that graffiti is art and not vandalism and other who feel the opposite way. I feel like graffiti is a work of art and should not be banned or should not be against the law. Even though I consider graffiti art I don't think it should be sold to galleries and to people. I think graffiti was meant for the streets and that's where it should stay. What's your opinion on this topic?

Why the Fourth is a Fraud

~TRegnier2795:iconTRegnier2795: reports, July 4
by Joseph. J. Ellis
Step away from the grill: Bestselling historian Joseph Ellis says we’re celebrating our nation’s independence on the wrong day. How history screwed up the date.

Find the original here: [link]
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Clarifiying the Copyright Issue

`Lovely-Demented:iconLovely-Demented: reports, July 31, 2007
Dear Watchers,

I will begin this day by clarifying a few things I believe have been misunderstood by deviants at large. The issue of parameter copyrights is misleading. I have come to the conclusion that many people are assuming that artists' rights to parameter ownership in the world community are under fire; this is not true. It might hold true for a few specific persons, but not to me or most others. The ownership battle is one being fought in deviantART amongst deviants, Admins, and Help Desk personnel. Parameters are already protected by international copyright law (I will prove this just as soon as I find the text again) and artists ought to be worry-free about this topic. However, on deviantART the battle rages on because a few select big wigs believe parameters should be freely used without proper credit being given to the originating fractal artist. The reason the word copyright has been thrown into the mix so often is because deviantART's authority types say that parameters aren't copyrighted and they, therefore, do not have to investigate supposed parameter theft by deviants.

Now, I will clarify parameter theft. We, the fractal artists, like to see the behind-the-scenes work of a fractal, so that we can deconstruct it and learn the how's and why's of the fractal creation process. Many fractalists will share these parameters with interested fractal artists with the understanding that the parameter is read-only and not to be duplicated for submission on deviantART or elsewhere. When this trust is violated, it is art theft. This is what everyone is in an uproar about.

Also, fractalists will submit flame starter packs with the idea that these are starting points for new artists and old alike to jump off from and create their own fractals. Tweaking or manipulating of these starter flames is a given and okay to do, unless, otherwise noted by the original artist. This practice is not under fire. All you tweakers of flame starter packs let out a sigh of relief and calm down.

To the people who have said: "It's not like fractal artists are making their livelihood off of fractals, so who cares?" I don't make money off of freedom and I don't want that taken from me either. Money isn't the issue, the little piece of our hearts we put into a fractal is, so respect that or go back to your hole.

The official US Copyright Law pertaining to general copyright:

102. Subject matter of copyright: In general

(a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible* (see footnote) medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories:

(1) literary works;

(2) musical works, including any accompanying words;

(3) dramatic works, including any accompanying music;

(4) pantomimes and choreographic works;

(5) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works;

(6) motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

(7) sound recordings; and

(8) architectural works.

(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.

This last part is a bit tricky, but after much reading of the dictionary, I have deduced that parameters are NOT a procedure, process, system, etc. because they are not a step-by-step procedure on how to make a fractal, they ARE the fractal.

And here is some official US Copyright Office legislation for you pertaining to the manipulation, tweaking, or derivation of an other artists' work:

Derivative Works

A “derivative work,” that is, a work that is based on (or derived from) one or more already existing works, is copyrightable if it includes what the copyright law calls an “original work of authorship.” Derivative works, also known as “new versions,” include such works as translations, musical arrangements, dramatizations, fictionalizations, art reproductions, and condensations. Any work in which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship is a derivative work or new version.

A typical example of a derivative work received for registration in the Copyright Office is one that is primarily a new work but incorporates some previously published material. This previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the copyright law.

To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a “new work” or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and copyrightable in itself. Titles, short phrases, and format, for example, are not copyrightable.
Examples of Derivative Works

The following examples show some of the many different types of derivative works:

* Television documentary (which contains some archival footage and photographs)
* Motion picture (based on a play)
* Novel in English (a translation of a book originally published in Russian)
* Sound recording (CD in which two of the ten selections were previously published online)
* Sculpture (based on a drawing)
* Drawing (based on a photograph)
* Book of maps (based on public domain maps with some new maps)
* Lithograph (based on a painting)
* Biography of John Doe (which contains journal entries and letters by John Doe)
* Drama about John Doe (based on the letters and journal entries of John Doe)
* SACD (inwhich all the tracks were previously released in a CD and have been remixed
* Words and music (some of the words are from the Bible)
* Words and musical arrangement (arrangement is based on a piece by Bach)
* Musical arrangement (based on a work by Bach)

Copyright Protection in a Derivative Work

The copyright in a derivative work covers only the additions, changes, or other new material appearing for the first time in the work. It does not extend to any preexisting material and does not imply a copyright in that material.

One cannot extend the length of protection for a copyrighted work by creating a derivative work. A work that has fallen in the public domain, that is, a work that is no longer protected by copyright, may be used for a derivative work, but the copyright in the derivative work will not restore the copyright of the public domain material. Neither will it prevent anyone else from using the same public domain work for another derivative work.

In any case where a protected work is used unlawfully, that is, without the permission of the owner of copyright, copyright will not be extended to the illegally used part. Which means, art thieves, you don't own what you're stealing.

Notice of Copyright

Before March 1, 1989, the use of copyright notice was mandatory on all published works, and any work first published before that date should have carried a notice. For works published on and after March 1, 1989, use of copyright notice is optional.

Although not required by law, it is perfectly acceptable (and often helpful) for a work to contain a notice for the original material as well as for the new work. For example, if a previously registered book contains only a new introduction, the notice might be:

© 1941 John Doe; introduction © 2002 Mary Smith

For more information about copyright notice, see Circular 3, Copyright Notice.

*Tangible: 1. Composed of or relating to things that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses. 2. Having verifiable existence.


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=Hebejebelus:iconHebejebelus: Jul 31, 2007, 3:36:32 AM
:highfive:

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=Hebejebelus:iconHebejebelus: Jul 31, 2007, 3:41:29 AM
^^
No problem. It's obviously an issue close to you.

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`Lovely-Demented:iconLovely-Demented: Jul 31, 2007, 3:44:11 AM
You know, it's just aggravating that an admin would say that fractals can be duplicated by two different people pushing buttons. That's like saying I can duplicate you by mixing dna in a lab and getting lucky. What $*^&(*^ idiot.
=eldris:iconeldris: Jul 31, 2007, 4:06:32 AM
I personally dont have a club about fractals, but I can see where you're coming from and agree totally. They may as well try to get away with saying that about vectors, because when it comes down to it vectors are mathematical. There's a huge thing like this over coding too, and I know if someone took my coding without permission and posted it somewhere exactly, I'd be niffed.

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~WelshWench:iconWelshWench: Jul 31, 2007, 4:20:36 AM
:thumbsup: :)

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=Hebejebelus:iconHebejebelus: Jul 31, 2007, 4:27:07 AM
I know what you mean.

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`Lovely-Demented:iconLovely-Demented: Jul 31, 2007, 4:32:33 AM
Of course, secretly I have duplicated you and I will be submitting you to DA soon.
~Jumplion:iconJumplion: Jul 31, 2007, 5:36:56 AM
This makes perfect sense.

Maybe you could send it to one of the staff here? I don't really know what Admins are. Do you know who was the admin that said these things to you?

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=Hebejebelus:iconHebejebelus: Jul 31, 2007, 5:37:17 AM
xDDD

Hand him over. He can do my work for me.

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