This News entry is to bring into the spotlight a fellow deviant who has gone and uploaded other peoples art/photos to his Flickr account without asking the owners permission or even informing them that he has done so...

The deviant goes by the name Oscrein and his profile can be found here [link]

If you would like to have a look at the Flickr account in question here is the link [link]

Now at the risk of sounding like a pretentious advocate for the whole philosophy of Karma... an interesting twist in the tale has recently surfaced, leaving the deviant in question on the receiving end of the baton (yes that IS pronounced bat-on...)

With a little further investigation, I have discovered that this person has indeed had almost the exact thing happen to him. The only difference being that the offender in this case clearly has a more creative streak, as he has not only stolen the images from Oscrein but also made a few minor improvements to them at his own discretion.

Ive posted both the original and the modified deviations right here for your perusal and reflection...



Original



Fraud




Im not saying I approve of what has happened to our friend Oscrien but being the eternal optimist that I am, I'm hoping that a valuable lesson can be learned from this nasty turn of events, and that in the future this incident will cause people to think before they blindly steal credit and popularity at the expense of the original artists.