I'm wanting to upload some stuff from sugikiyu but his/her website asks not to reuse any works without permission. And I don't know what to do from this point.
Other boorus are already hosting some of the material I was looking for, and danbooru also has a part of his/her works as well.
So, 1) those posts had approval from the artist (unlikely, I guess), 2) they didn't and the artist probably wants them deleted, which needs to be done then, 3) they didn't but we don't care as long as the artist doesn't explicitely ask for removal, 4) let's ask for permission instead (you guessed it I don't speak japanese).
I don't expect uploaders to bother asking for permissions every time they encounter a new artist, but since this one made an explicit claim, I don't know what we're supposed to do in such cases.
Right; #3. I've come across plenty of those "do not post elsewhere" notices while looking up artists' names on their websites (forum #34178). Ignore it, and if the artist happens to take notice of Danbooru and tries to do something about it, well, that's just bad luck for you. Asking permission will do no good.
I have no idea what goes through the mind of people who put up these notices. It's like leaving a $100 bill on a park bench with a note that says "Don't take this."
Danbooru gives attribution to the artists of works it stores; if you're putting your art on the Internet, that's the best you can hope for. I'd ignore the warning.
I think the main reason most artists worry about this is because they feel they aren't given proper credit when their art is posted at other sites (a valid concern). This isn't really the case for Danbooru though considering the red-colored artist tag is almost always present.
Eleven said: In my opinion if an artist explicitly states that then don't upload it.
This is not and has never been our policy. We've had these discussions before, and the decision is pretty clear: ignore it. Japanese internet is a strange place anyway, they consider it bad etiquette to link to a site without contacting the owner first. Are you seriously gonna respect it?
Actually I can understand artists concerns about seeing their works exposed without contact, but I'm not debating this here, I just wanted to know how danbooru works regarding this. I'll go with #3 then.
But then stating your opinion in a thread asking about the danbooru policy is useless and confusing. It helps no-one, but might create the impression we somehow should respect these disclaimers, which we don't.
葉月 said: But then stating your opinion in a thread asking about the danbooru policy is useless and confusing. It helps no-one, but might create the impression we somehow should respect these disclaimers, which we don't.
Sorry for the confusion, I thought the thread starter wanted other people's opinions on the matter.
Japanese internet is a strange place anyway, they consider it bad etiquette to link to a site without contacting the owner first. Are you seriously gonna respect it?
A side note:
The same thing was taught to me as a part of basic netiquette when I started using the Internet in Finland. The year was 1998.
During my first years online, I actually followed that instruction when in doubt about whether linking something was encouraged or not. Not much trouble, since I rarely linked anything back then, except in private e-mails. Some people from the western world even expressed their gratitude when I wrote to them asking for permissions.
As time passed, I gradually realized people around me were linking whatever they pleased. I gave up my habit around the same time I noticed netiquette turning against new phenomena, such as lunatic use of all caps, colors, emoticons, etc.
My theory is that the "don't link without permission" rule was born in the U.S., back when the Internet was still a relatively small community of university teachers and students. It would make sense that such a custom died away in the west due to a huge growth and change in userbase but lived on in a very formal culture, like Japan.
Commodore Perry, your mission is to open Japan for U.S. copyright laws. We cannot accept all this unauthorized fan art being produced and shared on the web.
...Uh?
In other words, what is different is not necessarily worse or better. It is just different. More grassroots-level communication over the borders would do good, though.
