Sammi-chan said:
Well, if it's true that artists are being slighted and not treated the same as video producers and such (and I'm not really going to doubt that such is the case), then yeah. I'd support actual policy to give them equal consideration for their hard work. I'd be willing to guess that the reason for the difference is that most video producers do it for profit, and only a few artists actually make money on it. But that doesn't really make it right. Credit where credit is due should still apply. I think I just misread your last post and assumed you meant a change in attitude rather than actual rules that people would have to follow.
It's true. It's not just my opinion. Alot of what you're saying is a foregone conclusion and is right.
Look around. When a clip is posted when it shouldn't be, it's removed with a moderator notice as to why.
The same does not hold true for most artists, because they may not technically be using their material as a business venture. People then assume, based on that and other factors, that it is ok to post anything here without trying to clear it first.
The mods do nothing because they cannot be cross-referencing things all the time or getting approval from the copyright holders.
That is what I will have been doing. My job and goal was very specific, and wasn't generalized at all (outside of the side-wide authority as all mods have). This was a clear understanding between myself and the owner, and he knew, even before I was modded, that I intended to clean up the artwork section and organize it more fully.
Because a situation can not always be validated readily, people assume to do what they wish. For all we know there are some who are making money off of their work, just like BAC here. We just don't know it, so we should not assume it just for the sake of having material here.
The only fair thing to do is avoid posting. I have created several countermeasures and situations where exceptions can be made and this and that, or how to deal with those "what if?" situations, that fall into a grey area not covered by the rules in any depth.
Trust me, this has been years in the making and I know what I'm talking about. Relying on people to merely listen to that is not good enough and never was. Some definite policies would need to be included and someone would have to take the time to make sure they're running smoothly.
Artwork needs to be given the same level of urgency that video producers are given or else this is just going to continue. To seperate the two into two seperate interests is not fair or considerate to everyone. It's like treating one as the greater and one as the lesser.
I will have worked a relation with the artists in the community to this site and will have had established knowledge of when it's ok and when it's not. The userbase will then have been informed publically of the list of oks and no-nos, and it is this, in part, that will have cut down on the unwanted or unknown distribution.
That would have been my job, and this all would have been solved already, rest assured. Some would like to believe we have this situation under control already, but we really don't in the larger picture, especially when it takes a great one like BAC himself to actually say something for something to finally be done. This incident is proof to the contrary.
Everyone and their material is equal. Popularity should have nothing to do with what is allowed to slide and what is not.
