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

[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.