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The Give And Take: A Guide To Critique
*writeaway
reports, 2d 23h ago
reports, 2d 23h ago*writeaway, the new group for all you budding poets and wannabe novelists, pronounces a guide to giving and receiving critique on writing, written by ~Vampiress22.
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Let's keep our perspective
`davincipoppalag
reports, 2d 1h ago
reports, 2d 1h agoMy friend posted this in his journal and I think it's important enough that the whole world should take a moment to reflect on it. Yes..the world lost a talented performer and artist in Michael Jackson..but there are many more tragic deaths occurring daily all over the world that go unnoticed. Please give these heroes your prayers and thanks too.
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The Etsy Wars-CNN examines Etsy
^kkart
reports, July 14
reports, July 14CNN Money examines in depth the art site Etsy.com and the struggle it is currently facing to keep it's user base, fellow artist's like us on deviantART. It is a very interesting read, to say the least, and will surely raise a few eyebrows.
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Gangs:No Peace Until There Is Peace In Our Streets
*DAPoliticalForum
reports, July 12
reports, July 12
Gangs in the United States are not a new or recent phenomenon. Their history has been traced back to the post Revolutionary War days and originally they formed as a means of self-protection and as social clubs.27
Skills to Survive Life: Part One
=druideye
reports, July 11
reports, July 11Are you depressed? Do you feel like you are a failure? Do you feel empty inside? Do you sometimes end up harming yourself, or punishing yourself in some way? Do you find yourself unable to handle stress sometimes?
This might help. Give it a read, it might change your life. It changed mine.
This might help. Give it a read, it might change your life. It changed mine.
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=deviantARTtimes
reports, July 12
reports, July 12Providing 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.
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"Thanx Mr. Rorschach"
=dwk61
reports, July 10
reports, July 10Music by the legendary Rex Illusivii (Suba) set to an extraordinary collection of suggestive artwork.
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Grammar: I can haz?
~Selenedragon
reports, July 9
reports, July 9We all have grammar troubles sometime. Want some hints? Want to avoid some certain mistakes? Come and join! Class is about to start.
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deviantARTtimes Sunday July 12, 2009
=deviantARTtimes reports, July 12
reports, July 12Providing 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.
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Let's keep our perspective
`davincipoppalag reports, 2d 1h ago
reports, 2d 1h agoMy friend posted this in his journal and I think it's important enough that the whole world should take a moment to reflect on it. Yes..the world lost a talented performer and artist in Michael Jackson..but there are many more tragic deaths occurring daily all over the world that go unnoticed. Please give these heroes your prayers and thanks too.
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deviantARTtimes July 19th, 2009
=deviantARTtimes reports, 4h 24m ago
reports, 4h 24m agoProviding 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.
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The Etsy Wars-CNN examines Etsy
^kkart reports, July 14
reports, July 14CNN Money examines in depth the art site Etsy.com and the struggle it is currently facing to keep it's user base, fellow artist's like us on deviantART. It is a very interesting read, to say the least, and will surely raise a few eyebrows.
20
Gangs:No Peace Until There Is Peace In Our Streets
*DAPoliticalForum reports, July 12
reports, July 12 Gangs in the United States are not a new or recent phenomenon. Their history has been traced back to the post Revolutionary War days and originally they formed as a means of self-protection and as social clubs.17
The Give And Take: A Guide To Critique
*writeaway reports, 2d 23h ago
reports, 2d 23h ago*writeaway, the new group for all you budding poets and wannabe novelists, pronounces a guide to giving and receiving critique on writing, written by ~Vampiress22.
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ELL-OH-VEE-EE is the Movement
*PianoxLullaby
reports, July 12
reports, July 12This is an article that holds the intent to bring awareness to pain, depression, and a lack of loving arms. Everyone has moments of grief, but not everyone can find the help they need to make everything okay again. It is important that we can bring awareness to these issues, and show the peoples suffering from these that there is still hope.
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Orphaned Works Bill Must Not Become LAW!
*orafaerygirl
reports, April 24, 2008
reports, April 24, 2008Orphaned Works Bill Must Not Become LAW! **Please Read**
The US government as well as other countries in Europe are trying to pass legislation that requires all artists of any kind (artists, designers, musicians, writers, filmmakers), to register their creations with private registries for a fee. If creations are not registered, they become “Orphaned Works” which means that they have no copyrighted protection and become public domain- meaning that anyone can sell and/or distribute your artwork(s) without your permission, for their own personal profit!
As artists, we need to be heard in order to protect our incomes, our creations and our careers. That means signing the petition: Say “NO!” to the Orphan Works Act, then back it up by writing letters to our congressmen and representatives. This means voicing your opinion about how we need copyright protection, as we've had since 1976, which protects everything we create from the moment we create it. This is the case around the world.
Who stands to make the bucks of your work? “Some major art and photography associations, or I should say, the managers of the associations, support this bill. The reason they support it is that they will operate some of the registries and stand to make a lot of money. Some have already been given millions of dollars by the Library of Congress. Follow the money and you will see why some groups support this bill of legalized theft of everything you have ever created.
Two proponents of this new legislation are Corbis and Getty Images. They are large stock photo and stock art companies. They sell art and photos inexpensively and are trying to build giant royalty-free databases. Do you see how they could benefit from considering most works of art in the world orphans?
Do you know who owns Corbis? Bill Gates. He doesn't do anything unless it can make a huge amount of money. Helping you lose the copyright to your art is big business for Gates”.
You can read more about it here:
Animation World Magazine: Mind your business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art:
April 10, 2008 By Mark Simon: [link]
Below is a link to sign a petition against this act: Say “NO!” to the Orphan Works Act:
Go Petition- Changing the world: [link]
Below is a link with the contact information for the President and all US Senators, Representatives, State Governors and Legislators:
USA.gov- Government Made Easy: [link]
For additional information on Orphan Works developments, go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists. [link]
Please make a stand, get your voice heard and protect your rights, your work and the works of others. Take the time to visit the links above then forward this to everyone and anyone you know!
Parts of this article were printed with permission from Animation World Magazine: Article: Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art! By Mark Simon: Thank you PhantomsRose [link] for spreading the word!
Ora Moon
DeviantART: [link]
My Website: [link]
The US government as well as other countries in Europe are trying to pass legislation that requires all artists of any kind (artists, designers, musicians, writers, filmmakers), to register their creations with private registries for a fee. If creations are not registered, they become “Orphaned Works” which means that they have no copyrighted protection and become public domain- meaning that anyone can sell and/or distribute your artwork(s) without your permission, for their own personal profit!
As artists, we need to be heard in order to protect our incomes, our creations and our careers. That means signing the petition: Say “NO!” to the Orphan Works Act, then back it up by writing letters to our congressmen and representatives. This means voicing your opinion about how we need copyright protection, as we've had since 1976, which protects everything we create from the moment we create it. This is the case around the world.
Who stands to make the bucks of your work? “Some major art and photography associations, or I should say, the managers of the associations, support this bill. The reason they support it is that they will operate some of the registries and stand to make a lot of money. Some have already been given millions of dollars by the Library of Congress. Follow the money and you will see why some groups support this bill of legalized theft of everything you have ever created.
Two proponents of this new legislation are Corbis and Getty Images. They are large stock photo and stock art companies. They sell art and photos inexpensively and are trying to build giant royalty-free databases. Do you see how they could benefit from considering most works of art in the world orphans?
Do you know who owns Corbis? Bill Gates. He doesn't do anything unless it can make a huge amount of money. Helping you lose the copyright to your art is big business for Gates”.
You can read more about it here:
Animation World Magazine: Mind your business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art:
April 10, 2008 By Mark Simon: [link]
Below is a link to sign a petition against this act: Say “NO!” to the Orphan Works Act:
Go Petition- Changing the world: [link]
Below is a link with the contact information for the President and all US Senators, Representatives, State Governors and Legislators:
USA.gov- Government Made Easy: [link]
For additional information on Orphan Works developments, go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists. [link]
Please make a stand, get your voice heard and protect your rights, your work and the works of others. Take the time to visit the links above then forward this to everyone and anyone you know!
Parts of this article were printed with permission from Animation World Magazine: Article: Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art! By Mark Simon: Thank you PhantomsRose [link] for spreading the word!
Ora Moon
DeviantART: [link]
My Website: [link]
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If you do not register your work for a fee with the copyright office, and/or maintain or make available to the public, including the internet, information documenting your ownership/copyrights, etc. you consequently are failing to supply “reasonable proof of ownership” for your own work.
Any work that is found available in this manner, which does not retain a copyright, name, watermark, registration, etc. is fair game for ownership by somebody else.
This is and is not a “fair use” issue!
Harvesting orphan work that is unclaimed/un-copyrighted and/or unregistered etc. makes you its legal or beneficial owner of, or any party with authority to grant or license, having the exclusive right to the work. (Under section 106).
What this all means is that if I chose to, for example, take/harvest a photo I found on the web that I am able to clearly prove in a “reasonably diligent search” under the guidelines of this bills law, as not being copyrighted, registered, etc. to anybody, I can say that I now own this work.
Now I can sell it for profit under this Orphaned Works Bill. If the owner of the said photo finds it for sale by me, and wants me to make monetary restitution for its use, under this law, as the infringer I will have to make restitution by paying a “reasonable compensation” which is negotiated in “good faith”, for the use of the infringed work, as I can prove I made the “reasonably diligent search”. There are equal sided exceptions to this section of the bill.
The problem is obvious; there are hundreds of thousands of orphaned photos for example out there.
We use them “fair use” as open source/ open stock!
The real question is, do you want to eventually see all unclaimed “orphaned” photos to be harvested in mass and either sold back to you or have limited “fair use” availability?
As the new owner of said photo I can but my claim/copyright on it and do just that.
Remember “fair use” does not substitute for obtaining permission from me for this photos use (Doctrine of “fair use”; codified in section 107 of the copyright law), and now I just might charge you for my permissible use of said photo! I have my copyright/watermark on the photo, and am now operating a 6 million dollar image stock photo bank, everything is registered by me and all of these wonderful previously free images can be yours too, but for the small price of ?
Perhaps I will allow public access to this mass storage bank, in “good faith”, for non-profit, the normal public “fair use” and charge commercially only, raking in a huge profit on prints of this photo.
So why do I care? I happen to like to share free stuff, which includes my example photo. I would not be happy if that photo became somebody else’s property and now I may have to pay for the right to use it.
Ora
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