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~tigrfire:icontigrfire:

Fight Fire with Tigr.  

  • Status: Member
  • Digital Artist
  • Male/United States
  • Offline for 11w 5d 18h 50m 49s
  • Deviant since Sep 4, 2005, 9:43 PM
  • 42 Deviations
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  • 189 Deviation Comments
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DeviantArt's Flawed Copyright Policy

Journal Entry: Tue Jul 3, 2007, 1:44 AM
Recently, 9 of my deviations were stripped down from DeviantArt due to "Copyright Infringement" policies. While I can see the aim of such a policy, it has flaws in the way it is implemented on DA.

1. The Fair-Use legality: Simply put, this means that openly available material that is used in a responsible fashion may be freely redistributed so long as it does not effect the copyright owner's rights to sell or distribute the work. This legality does not mean that the copyright owner can not request the work be removed legally, but doing so is still up to the discretion of the artist/re-distributor and not to a middle-man (such as Deviant Art, acting as a force for a company unaware of any copyright infringement).

2. Deviant Art makes no attempt to background check these "copyright infringements." Instead, it simply removes what it can find under no ground at all besides that it feels it to be right and that they, are in some way, upholding the good of society. Sorry DA, no such luck on most of my art you removed. Almost all of the art that wasn't specifically listed as being freely publishable would fall under the fair-use clause of copyright infringement.

3. Contacting me with an automated bot is USELESS. It makes me have to go through all the work of dealing with a bunch of elitist DA admins that are going to do nothing else but cite policy that isn't even applicable in the situation.

Don't be surprised if this is the last you see from me here as freedom in art and expression is apparently second-hand to website revenue. Pretty pathetic for a premier art-sharing website if I do say so myself.

  • Mood: Disgust

Devious Information

  • Current Residence: College
  • Interests: Computers
  • Favourite genre of music: Techno / Hip-Hop
  • Favourite artist: Picasso
  • Favourite poet or writer: Milton
  • Favourite photographer: http://mjcfromct.deviantart.com/
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • Favourite game: Supreme Commander
  • Favourite gaming platform: Nintendo Wii
  • Personal Quote: "If something isn't worth fighting for, then it isn't really worth anything."

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Devious Comments

~orlyowlplz:iconorlyowlplz: Mar 10, 2008, 7:57:40 AM
:iconorlyowlplz: helps you in your mission to reach 2,000 PV's
~perplitude:iconperplitude: Jun 18, 2007, 2:38:47 PM
Hello, I`m your 1,022nd PageViewer... I think :D

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~MJCfromCT:iconMJCfromCT: Jul 20, 2006, 4:09:34 PM
Thanks for the +fav, tigrfire. :)

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~lady0Fsorrows:iconlady0Fsorrows: Dec 4, 2005, 11:13:29 AM
WHOA.

i really like your deviant ID & your gallery, so imma stalk you now :]

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=xxmoonblissxx:iconxxmoonblissxx: Nov 11, 2005, 12:30:58 AM
awesome stuff, your pretty good! i like your deviant I.D....still can't make one for myself...eh

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~tigrfire:icontigrfire: Nov 8, 2005, 4:09:56 PM
i just hope more people will make it by my page..not a lot of visitors lately and that kind of sucks.

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~passacaglia:iconpassacaglia: Nov 8, 2005, 3:07:57 PM
:#1: Yay! Good point! :aww:
And thanks again ;)

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~tigrfire:icontigrfire: Nov 8, 2005, 3:04:07 PM
No problem, I always think it's a good thing to easily fav stuff. People shouldn't try to constrict themselves to even just a few hundred, you have any idea the percentage that is out of all the artwork on this website? Gotta go for more..

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~passacaglia:iconpassacaglia: Nov 7, 2005, 11:59:03 AM
:excited: :glomp: Huuuuuuuuuge thank you for the +fav!! I'm very happy that you liked it! :D
:blowkiss:

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~usual-album:iconusual-album: Nov 7, 2005, 11:44:47 AM
thanks very much for the fav.

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~berlynn:iconberlynn: Sep 17, 2005, 12:34:07 AM
:w00t::w00t: for the :+fav: and :+devwatch: :w00t::w00t:

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~deadscreen:icondeadscreen: Sep 14, 2005, 4:53:56 PM
hey tigr, thanks for the comments. even if youre only a few days senior to me, you ARE still senior. so, you know more than i do. =P i love your style :heart:
`sya:iconsya: Sep 14, 2005, 1:07:03 PM
:wave: Hi there!

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~Epion:iconEpion: Sep 12, 2005, 8:43:55 AM
The Thumbshare area is a great place to show people that you and your art exist. Welcoming new deviants is always enjoyable, as is helping people out via the Help With Life area.

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~tigrfire:icontigrfire: Sep 12, 2005, 8:18:26 AM
alright alright, i'm gonna try and find some people on the forums. if you got a post you frequent, hook me up.

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~Epion:iconEpion: Sep 11, 2005, 6:48:02 AM
*poke*

Join the forums, Tigr. I feel guilty, because I'm your only friend. =P

It's a sure way to make more, if you get out there and have people notice you. Commenting on deviations and such.

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~Changas:iconChangas: Sep 11, 2005, 12:49:57 AM
i see you liked it enough the favourite it :D thanks mate.
~Stoked99:iconStoked99: Sep 8, 2005, 6:00:23 PM
That was supposed to be a :wave: LOL
~Stoked99:iconStoked99: Sep 8, 2005, 5:59:55 PM
:wavw: Intresting Gallery.
~fractalspirit:iconfractalspirit: Sep 8, 2005, 10:22:52 AM
You're welcome :hug: :glomp:

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~fractalspirit:iconfractalspirit: Sep 8, 2005, 3:21:43 AM
Hi :wave: WELCOME TO :devart:

Hope you're having a good time here, and enjoy your stay

cheers!

Albert Iz *fractalspirit ;)

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~tigrfire:icontigrfire: Sep 8, 2005, 12:09:25 AM
if anyone thinks of a good word for me to GID, i'll do it tommorow when i come back from classes. something with people would be fun.

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