wpegg: As with all doom and gloom debates, there are 2 sides to this. It's about copyright, and those opposed to it always refer to "reasonable" copyright violations such as memes that use a copyright picture, but aren't really taking anything from the creator. However this is more geared towards independent content creators such as photographers and small video creators that are working hard to build a portfolio, only to see their works blatantly and shamelessly stolen and used in sometimes even major corporate videos without any credit to the author/creator.
Well, memes are [expletive self redacted] so that's not really a matter in my eyes. As for the flipside, I spent 8 years on deviantArt. Fact of the matter is, seeing Doughnut Steel get stolen even within weird communities like sparkledogs means this is going to be amusing.
On the flippier side, I have seen
actual valid cases of works stolen without permission. For example, there's a wallpaper floating on the internet of a
wallpaper I made eons ago that while I (don't actually care) raise an eyebrow to, it is a valid example of such a thing occurring.
Thing is, they aren't making money or charging for it, so should I really be upset?