Need minor help...

[conuly]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/book_icons/190243.html?thread=1937443#t1937443

Now, we've got a "don't complain about people asking for credit" policy over at book_icons. On top of that, I personally dislike the attitude shown in this user's comments - a minor "hey, he doesn't allow that, here's the link" seems more polite than "COPYRIGHT!!!!". I know that's not what she said, but I keep reading it like that. When we come right down to it, just about every icon on LiveJournal violates somebody's copyright, however both we and the vast majority of copyright holders pretend to ignore that little fact because prosecuting everyone would make you really unpopular and cost a lot of money and no money is being lost anyway. Or something.

But Brian Froud apparently is an exception, and I wouldn't want to harm anybody by having somebody else use his work without his permission on my comm.

So, what I need is a way to politely but firmly 1. tell off the commenter for violating the sacred rule about bitching at those who want credit (seriously, is it that big a deal?) and 2. remind everyone that copyright does exist, even if you're not profiting from it, and that it's up to you to make sure that you aren't going against the copyright holder's express wishes and/or setting yourself up for prosecution in the future.

But politely.

Help?

(And please don't be rushing off to comment. That negates the whole "politely" thing, even if you *are* polite)

Comments

[idonotlikepeas]

I'll take a stab at it, but no promises.

magicmiracles - thank you for the link; we certainly don't want to directly violate Mr. Froud's wishes. That said, we have a policy in this community that anyone that makes an icon may ask to be credited; creating a good icon, despite the fact that someone else's artwork is involved, is quite tricky. If you wish to participate in this community, please do not suggest in the future that a poster should not ask for credit.

marauderthesn - since Mr. Froud has asked for his artwork not to be used for this purpose, please edit your post to remove those icons. They do look great, and we both know that they aren't damaging his sales, but it's his art and ultimately his choice, both ethically and legally.

[idonotlikepeas]

Heh. I like semicolons waaaay too much.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

What's funny to me is that Brian Froud's demands that his art not be used in icons makes me like him a little less. It's within his rights, certainly, but it's such a small thing. Ah, well, I don't have any of his stuff, anyway.

[idonotlikepeas]

I'll take a stab at it, but no promises.

magicmiracles - thank you for the link; we certainly don't want to directly violate Mr. Froud's wishes. That said, we have a policy in this community that anyone that makes an icon may ask to be credited; creating a good icon, despite the fact that someone else's artwork is involved, is quite tricky. If you wish to participate in this community, please do not suggest in the future that a poster should not ask for credit.

marauderthesn - since Mr. Froud has asked for his artwork not to be used for this purpose, please edit your post to remove those icons. They do look great, and we both know that they aren't damaging his sales, but it's his art and ultimately his choice, both ethically and legally.

[idonotlikepeas]

Heh. I like semicolons waaaay too much.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

What's funny to me is that Brian Froud's demands that his art not be used in icons makes me like him a little less. It's within his rights, certainly, but it's such a small thing. Ah, well, I don't have any of his stuff, anyway.