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blindtaleteller · 2 years ago

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tags. and a bit of a story in them about dA, who pulled the same thing with their galleries back when. AI is art theft, plain and simple.

Since these people are a literal plague for the art community, and everyone should be warned about them, here's a funny infuriating thing that happened not even five minutes ago:

So, this is a sketch I posted on Twitter, just to post something since it's been dead silent for a while...

And this is what this utter genius did.

If anyone has a Twitter account, I suggest you to block them.

And if they perhaps have a Tumblr account and someone finds out about it, please let me know so I'll block them on here as well.

#boost #why AI is bad #deviant art did something very similar a long while back #I think they've since amended the shitty rule but #it's part of why I don't post anything of worth or with much effort in it there any more #I had a friend in particular who was an amazing artist #under teh then newer rules allowing exactly this to be done by actual people rather than a program?#some jerk posted traced over and slightly adjusted versions of every single piece she busted her fingers making and posting #out of her main gallery #dA did nothing about it #and simply stated it was allowed under the newer rules #that person made over a thousand dollars off of her work #while she got goose eggs #and to make things worse #when demand for what they'd stolen from her main started to dwindle?#they then tracked down her side accounts #and stole from there too #they somehow stalked her through five accounts #the three she had plus teh two others she made to try and get away from the theft #as she at first was unwilling to give up #eventually?#she removed all her art; shut down her last account #and now doesn't share her art at all any more outside of her own site; or do digital comissions #last I looked she had to get two other jobs #and hardly makes the art she studied for so long and used to love #if that last line and the fact I do mean USED TO doesn't make you mad about this #it absolutely should

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