To all neowin members: a notice on usage of user icons that are not yo


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To all neowin members. I've noticed a small amount of you are using images as your user icons that you did not make. I come from deviantART.comdeviantART.com, the web's premier online digital art resource. Some members here have been using icons of members of deviantART as their own on this board; this is not allowed. It is violating that artists copyright, and it is important that you understand that you must obtain the original artists permission before using an image they have created, even if it's as small as a 50 x 50 icon.

So please, if anyone is using images that are not yours as your icon, please change them.

You can e-mail me at five@deviantart.com if you have any questions/concerns.

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i dont think anyone would want to even use mine lol

hey, its the internet, you are always going to have people steeling your work

imagine how software companies think then

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If you notice someone on deviantART using an icon you made, let me know and I'll contact that member.

However, I've seen far too many NeoWin members take icons that are CLEARLY from members on deviantART, including myself.

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Originally posted by iconman

Wouldn't it be better to PM the users with the pics of ur icons

That is what I plan to do next. However, the point of this post was to help increase awareness about it.

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yeah, the best thing here would be to PM the members who use those avatars. but this should also serve as a warning to other members who would think about using other people/site's content w/o their permission.

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Originally posted by codyg11

yeah, the best thing here would be to PM the members who use those avatars. but this should also serve as a warning to other members who would think about using other people/site's content w/o their permission.

That's exactly what I think. :)

I know this thread is a nuisance, but my goal here is to inform, not to lecture. It's important that people are able to differentiate between right and wrong.

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I understand. I just think that people who rip are dumb enough to warent a good public humiliation :) People may disagree with me but now that pixelcore is down I have no where else to do it:)

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Hadn't seen fuzzydemon's avatar in use here, but I have seen some others that look familiar. Then again I don't really know who's the original author on some of them. Nice of you to bring this up though five, needed to be said.

One observation though, you must troll these forums a bit to notice this :D

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fuzzydemon.gif

That is Fuzzydemon's icon. If anyone notices any using an icon from deviantART, please contact me as soon as possible, or get in touch with a NeoWin admin.

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Originally posted by five

fuzzydemon.gif

That is Fuzzydemon's icon. If anyone notices any using an icon from deviantART, please contact me as soon as possible, or get in touch with a NeoWin admin.

I've seen quite a few of those styleish red x's....

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This is annoying... you sign up for Neowin just to harass us all about the avatars were all using. Its unlikely we would ever change em so if you want to get anything done go complain to a mod.

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well..its pretty concern of you "five" to bring this subject up...well among all ours members..there is rips..i think u should try to find them instead of putting up a thread..anyway

pm them would be recommended..sighs..such a big issue..and posting up their icons or anything creation up on the thread..pls do..or not..we wont have any idea what or who are u talking about also...ermm..and also..the original creator of the piece itself too...his/her website is prefered...(that is what i recommended) it could be the other way round..maybe the author..rips our neowinian..?!..wouldnt know...?? :p :p

(i come in peace...)

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Originally posted by spyderman450

This is annoying... you sign up for Neowin just to harass us all about the avatars were all using. Its unlikely we would ever change em so if you want to get anything done go complain to a mod.

Come on. ;)

I'm not harrassing you, nor those who took avatars that they did not make. However, I'm letting you all know BEFORE I contact the moderators so people who've taken them have a chance to change the icons.

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Originally posted by five

Come on. ;)

I'm not harrassing you, nor those who took avatars that they did not make. However, I'm letting you all know BEFORE I contact the moderators so people who've taken them have a chance to change the icons.

I agree with wuik, it would have been a better idea to just email or PM those users who were doing this.
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Originally posted by wuik

well..its pretty concern of you "five" to bring this subject up...well among all ours members..there is rips..i think u should try to find them instead of putting up a thread..anyway

pm them would be recommended..sighs..such a big issue..and posting up their icons or anything creation up on the thread..pls do..or not..we wont have any idea what or who are u talking about also...ermm..and also..the original creator of the piece itself too...his/her website is prefered...(that is what i recommended) it could be the other way round..maybe the author..rips our neowinian..?!..wouldnt know...?? :p :p

(i come in peace...)

If you catch a user on deviantART using someone on NeoWin's icon, get in touch with me and I'll handle it. :)

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