"I really like this little black piglet!"
"... ... ... IT'S A TEDDY BEAR."
-Günter and Gwendal, Kyo Kara Mao

Clubs I belong to: ~Gojyo-x-Hakkai ~floydians ~CC-Me-Please

Mood: *sigh*
Listening to: step back from that ledge
Reading: "The trouble is that he is merely Christian."
Watching: "We may have to kill my stepdad."

Read deviantArt's submissions policy recently? It states the following:

1. If deviantArt disbands, and the CEO forms another company, that company has the copyright to your work.
2. deviantArt holds the copyright to your work only if you delete your ENTIRE gallery, AND inform them of the deletion.
3. deviantArt has the right to sell your work to a third party, possibly without notifying you of the sale.
4. "Artist agrees to defend, indemnify, reimburse and hold deviantART and its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities, and its and their members, managers, officers, directors, representatives, employees, agents, successors, designees, licensees, sublicensees and assigns harmless from and against any and all liability, loss, damages, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses and court costs) arising out of or related to:

a (snip)

b any breach or alleged breach of Artist's representations and warranties and/or any breach, alleged breach or violation of the notices, terms and conditions hereof". In other words, if deviantArt were to sell your work, you cannot sue them or hold them responsible for their actions. Or, if deviantArt "through negligence" permits someone to gink your art and sell it, you can't hold them responsible for shitty copyright protection.

5. The best one is "Assignment". According to policy, that's linked to what I said in #1. deviantArt can assign your contract with dA to another website, or to anyone it likes. YOU, on the other hand, cannot do the same.

So, if, for instance, you have a story that you've written, and you put it on dA. You delete the story, but you didn't delete your gallery. You sell the story to a magazine. Legally, you cannot do that without getting written permission from dA, because even though the story no longer exists on the website, they still hold copyright to it. And can continue to distribute it.

Best of all? The end of the policy says:

"The provisions of Sections 1, 3(e), 4(b) 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. In addition, any sublicenses granted to third parties for the display of Artist Materials on electronic devices pursuant to Section 3 shall survive any termination of this Agreement."

Section 1 deals with terminating the Agreement. 3(e) says that you give up all rights to your work once you upload it to dA. 4(b) says you can't assert any rights over dA using your name or your likeness to promote dA. 5 says you don't garner royalties from dA publishing your work. 6 says you must keep to the usual censorship rules, but it ALSO says that if you have anyone who Watches you who is under the age of 18, you cannot put anything on your page that they can't legally see. 8 deals with the #4 I pasted above. 10 excludes dA from liability of theft of your art and of being responsible for damages. 13 asserts dA copyrights over its symbols and whatnot. And 14 says that you can only request deletion of your gallery by writing dA a snail mail letter, and that any other forms of contact are disregarded.

I DARE you to look at this without laughing.

Things To Kick Me About.

Kat's Nexus of Doom.