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QUOTE originally posted by Dracowolfie

While I think it is a good idea to step up the standards for controlling art theft, good luck trying to verify every image on this whole website. Most of the images people use are free use, or official content. Many artists themselves could care less whether people people use their stamps, GIF's, and icons (most commonly used everywhere), and I'd say this level of monitor should really only matter for fan art, or full-drarwn pieces. You have to expect tons of questions, because this is is first site I've seen make an attempt at being very strict in the images people use. This is the internet, after all. It'll be near impossible to find the owner of some things, and thus not being able to use them take away something very great from the internet.
Wrong on that matter. PFQ is certainly not the first site that strictly controls its users' image behavior. In fact, all the game sites that I had played were the same: if you didn't credit the piece of art, it's expected to be official, drawn by yourself, or free-to-use. If it's none of that and you're caught, it's a ban. Now, you might not care where your art ends up, but plenty of others do. It's in your own interest that you do, too. In fact, I've seen a lot of cases where someone tried to claim an image as their own just to sell it off. Imagine that - someone is gaining profit through you without you knowing it. Unless the artist explicitly targeted resale (which would be announced somewhere visible), many will be unhappy to hear that their work is being sold (in copies). This, along with copyright infringement, is enough to get the site in trouble. We wouldn't want PFQ to close because of a few troublesome individuals, would we? But that's what'll happen if there's stolen art discovered here and the rightful owner decides to press charges.
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