To be honest up until reading a handful of blogs about it recently I never even thought about the images that I've "misappropriated" to use in my blog posts but apparently there has been some big blow up about anime bloggers who have been using fanart images on their blogs and not crediting their sources. Interesting since well yeah I do that...a lot (hello anime hottie of the day).
So I spent the better part of today reading other anime related blogs from Anime Blips which has a good number of posts from bloggers who are either very much against bloggers posting other's art without credit/permission or others that were pretty middle of the road seeing both sides of the story. I really didn't see any that were actually "screw you artist I'll post whatever whenever and you'll just have to like it" posts so I guess that's a good thing.
Now while I could add my own two pennies worth of opinion to the debate it's simply just not needed since many before me have given their own and honestly better opinions on the matter. I just think the whole thing is ridiculous to get ones panties in such a bunch over the whole deal. The Internet, fanart and blogging after all is what it is plain and simple, a free for all world. However I'd like to think that the studios are sitting there reading all this as well and having a good laugh and saying "SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG!" Really I'd like to hear what a studio or manga artist has to say about all of this since what I've read has pretty much been basically; posting Fanart without credit or permission...EVIL and morally wrong. However, posting "official" art and screen caps well that's just fine.
Will that matter in the end to anyone other than a handful of power tripping angry bloggers or the artists, of course not. In the end majority will win every time and this discussion will fall off the face of the Internet in a weeks time and be forgotten once again (for three years perhaps?) and anime bloggers will just keep doing what anime bloggers do.
Anyways I just thought I'd include a nice list of blogs that I read during this time. You should too and use them to form your own opinion on the matter.
Eurekaism
RabbitPoets
Hinano
Mistakes of Youth
Fuzakenna!
Geekscream
Now onto the next bandwagon that I think I should jump on. Totally unrelated and totally not credited or asked for permission image used just because I can, actually I left it on the work computer by accident yesterday so I needed a good reason for it to be there and this one is good enough.
So I spent the better part of today reading other anime related blogs from Anime Blips which has a good number of posts from bloggers who are either very much against bloggers posting other's art without credit/permission or others that were pretty middle of the road seeing both sides of the story. I really didn't see any that were actually "screw you artist I'll post whatever whenever and you'll just have to like it" posts so I guess that's a good thing.
Now while I could add my own two pennies worth of opinion to the debate it's simply just not needed since many before me have given their own and honestly better opinions on the matter. I just think the whole thing is ridiculous to get ones panties in such a bunch over the whole deal. The Internet, fanart and blogging after all is what it is plain and simple, a free for all world. However I'd like to think that the studios are sitting there reading all this as well and having a good laugh and saying "SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG!" Really I'd like to hear what a studio or manga artist has to say about all of this since what I've read has pretty much been basically; posting Fanart without credit or permission...EVIL and morally wrong. However, posting "official" art and screen caps well that's just fine.
Will that matter in the end to anyone other than a handful of power tripping angry bloggers or the artists, of course not. In the end majority will win every time and this discussion will fall off the face of the Internet in a weeks time and be forgotten once again (for three years perhaps?) and anime bloggers will just keep doing what anime bloggers do.
Anyways I just thought I'd include a nice list of blogs that I read during this time. You should too and use them to form your own opinion on the matter.
Eurekaism
RabbitPoets
Hinano
Mistakes of Youth
Fuzakenna!
Geekscream
Now onto the next bandwagon that I think I should jump on. Totally unrelated and totally not credited or asked for permission image used just because I can, actually I left it on the work computer by accident yesterday so I needed a good reason for it to be there and this one is good enough.
