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That doesn't sound right. dA is the original source for a lot of the work being sold. I'm not familiar enough with the community to know if they're being used a
by scrollaway 10y ago
That doesn't sound right. dA is the original source for a lot of the work being sold. I'm not familiar enough with the community to know if they're being used as a black market but I know for certain that lots of artists use it as a sales gallery.
- lmm 10y ago> That doesn't sound right. dA is the original source for a lot of the work being sold. Right, but a lot of what's sold there is "fanart" that uses copyrighted characters etc.
- jrockway 10y agoI'm not convinced that there has been sufficient litigation to show that fanart is actually copyright infringement. As I understand it, there's a district split on the issue and the Supreme Court hasn't said anything. The cases are also very old, mostly predating the concept of fanart. Most cases these days are predicated on whether or not something is fair use, but don't explore whether or not copyright was infringed in the first place. All in all, it's good for money to be poured in here, because it means the defense will have adequate legal resources to set the right precedent.