Your work on tumblr?
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- uuuuuu0
the reason attribution is important in determining fair use is when considering whether or not the use of the copyrighted material is either transformative and/or added value, whether or not it is a benefit. It could be argued that the blog is context enough to create a commentary, like design of the day type of thing, but without attribution I would argue that this is in fact degrading the value by removing the original artists for all the posts. there is no benefit to posting entire works on a blog without anything added to it and so therefore not fair use.
Ask Google and they will insist on attribution for using Google Earth if you want to cite fair use.
- ukit20
I think it has to be considered fair use...otherwise our ability to talk about anything would be seriously limited. Hey check out this new thing...oh wait I can't show you a picture of it that would be a copyright infringement.
- omg0
... meanwhile the rest of the 14-19 year olds will say whatever the fuck they want online.
- omg0
if you're gonna compare a multi-billion dollar money making machine to some kids fuckin' tumblr blog and cry that they didn't credit your business, you gotta be fuckin' crazy!
- omg0
Here's how a discussion goes on Tumblr. When some kid feels happy, and they want to express themselves, they post a picture like so...
This is just a projection from the kid's mind being posted, reblogged, repinned on their Tumblr. No money is being made. You've stepped into the human mind here, and someone like Disney wants to control what others think and say online, and ask for credit here...?
- ukit20
^ Or just try singing "happy birthday"...crazy as it sounds that is also technically illegal due to copyright.
- omg0
There are too many selfish people in this world, trying to justify their money making agendas.
- uuuuuu0
the way people on the net use imagery is not an excuse for every context. we're not talking about material from the entire pop cultural nethersphere being posted by teenagers for fun. this was design work posted by a design blog that is supposed to be about design and professional designers being shown to many other designers yet nothing of benefit has been created through it. And why not? attributing the work would have gone a long way to actually create value for the work and the artist subsequently making it a lot more legit in terms of copyright and fair use. right now whoever it is gets hits on a worthless blog using other people's work. not only is it infringement its useless. good on them?
- Miguex0
Just for the record...
is not a design blog, is the equivalent of facebook but based around blogging & re-blogging images in general, you will find ANYTHING there, someone that has a page dedicated to fishing, liked what someone else posted on it (lets call it a design image) and this fishing enthusiast can add it to their page.
now everyone following their page sees this image, lets say that our fishing enthusiast doesn't know anything about design, he is not going to do any research on the artist, he just wanted to share that image, just like the 'happy birthday' image omg posted above. (without citing credit to disney) everyone following fishing dude can do the same, the image gets pushed up on the tumblr network as being popular, regardless of it being produced by X artist.
So let's get that straight. Tumblr is just like sharing a cat photo on facebook, is not a design blog.
:)
- designquestions0
Is it lame to email a tumblr owner and ask for credit? I feel like that would make me look like a douche.
- Miguex0
^
what's the worst it can happen? do it man.
- Peter0
- The first few ads I did I cut out of the papers. Or screenshot if digital.
- A few years later I couldn't be arsed to.
- A few years after that I told people I worked with something else then what I really was.
- A few years after that I was, am, working with something else.Tumblr? How about just being glad someone appreciated your work enough to share and repost it.
- animatedgif0
Who cares, if it really bothers you cover it in watermarks
that'll
be
real
classy
- Horp0
The perception is that you might be missing out on commissions. The reality is, you aren't. Commissioning entities don't trawl sites like Tumblr, they don't have time. The few that do only do so to rapidly build moodboards for clients to be inspired by, then they produce whatever resultant work is required internally, or commission known suppliers.
So relax, that fame you seek isn't going to be found on Tumblr.
- monospaced0
how do you check?
- also, why don't you tag yourself as the designer?monospaced
- A thing on tumblr, tells you how many notes there are. How do I do tag it?designquestions
- I don't know shit about tumblr.monospaced
- Either do I.designquestions
- When you post it,
it gives you options to keyword and redirect to your site. you can probably still go back to original post and update info
BH26 - There's a way around having it link back to your site. A loop hole.inhaler97
- scarabin0
i just put my info on the image.
problem solved
- Watermark?designquestions
- like this http://24.media.tumb…scarabin
- Watermarks are so deviantartishset
- yeah but it's the only way you can be sure to get creditscarabin
- i try to avoid that by making it really smallscarabin
- I try to avoid it by making my work really small. Like 5px wide.set