The download button change is finally happening. We forced their hand. Stay vigilant.
October 21, 2015
Final supporters
Dear dA,
More and more members are contemplating leaving DeviantArt
because very little is being done by the administration to help prevent
and deal with theft.
Many Core-members are highly indignant that dA has increased
the fee for Core-membership
but does nothing to protect the members art in return.
For 50$ a year we think we are entitled to better protection!
We think that's not fair and call for:
1. The removal of the download button for blocked users!
Blocking a User has only one affect, they cannot comment on your deviations and you cannot comment on theirs. They can still see and download deviations from your account, so blocking someone is pretty pointless. We ask that when we block a user that the ability to view and download our deviations is removed.
They shouldn't have the opportunity at all to watch the sites where they are blocked from!
2. Download Information
We want to see which DA users have downloaded our deviations.
And yes we understand that anyone who doesn't log-on cannot be identified, (well actually that's not true as you do have some information as Google Analytics shows), but we are willing to just be provided with the information you have available. Where our deviations have the download button disabled for non-DA members, we would then know unequivocally who had downloaded our deviations.
3. Stop Hotlinking!!!
Please prevent hotlinking by outside sites to our deviations.
It is outrageous that someone can hotlink to our deviation and to add insult to injury, the core members are actually helping to pay for the use of bandwidth via their subscription fees. It's not complicated to do, so why not do it and save yourself some money in the process?
4. The removal of "watch recommendation"
(Only available for new deviants!)
Unfortunately this has ended up as being a "recommendation for spammers"!
Over the last weeks many members have a lot of new watchers with empty accounts and they have many problems with spamming!
This is pretty strange, unpleasant and it feels uncomfortable!
Why aren't new members informed of this list and asked if they wanted to be on it?
5. The removal of right-click and save.
Please remove the ability to right-click and save. Actually we are not interested in any comments from the administration that if someone is determined to steal they will find a way to do it, because we all know, that in real life, removing it will put off 99% of people from stealing our work.
6. Bulk Edit of Deviations
Yes we know it is far more exicting to add all the pretty bells and whistles to the site but can we for a moment get back to basics? As part of our subscription fee we demand that a facility is provided for bulk-editing our deviations. It is unrealistic for DA to think that someone with thousands of deviations has to change each and every deviation individually.
We all need more protection for our art!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We demand:
STOP ART THEFT & RESOURCES THEFT on DA!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 11, 2015
September 26, 2015
100 signatures reached. This is proof that we are tired of the silence.
Reached 100 supporters
September 25, 2015
85 Comments
I have two deviantART accounts, and I've actually had my art stolen for the purpose of being used to bash one of my friends. I've also noticed that on some of my deviations, the number of downloads is vastly more than the number of favs. I don't feel that any of these requests are unreasonable.
It's only fair to your members that they get what they pay for, when they become a member to your site . And that is to help protect that, that is rightfully theirs. Help them by adding the necessary measures available for protecting their work. This way you may prosper and gain more members.
Seeing who downloaded the deviations would be a great addition, and I've thought as much for a long time. I'd really love to see our art and stock protected. It makes me nervous sometimes, posting my art at this website. I agree that blocking someone should block them from your page totally. The price thing...I just cannot get into that argument anymore.
Please let us share our art without worrying that it will be stolen. Redbubble can do it for free! Why have you raised our fee, when no new features are available to us? We like deviantart, make it safe and hassle free!
I don't even have much of my work on display at Deviant Art but I'm often inspired by the works of others (even in media in which I don't work). I would hate for artists to have to start removing their works because there aren't enough protective measures taken by the site's administration.
This site has been going downhill since Eclipse, and it makes me sad.
hope this works
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The download button change is finally happening. We forced their hand. Stay vigilant.
October 21, 2015
Final supporters
Dear dA,
More and more members are contemplating leaving DeviantArt
because very little is being done by the administration to help prevent
and deal with theft.
Many Core-members are highly indignant that dA has increased
the fee for Core-membership
but does nothing to protect the members art in return.
For 50$ a year we think we are entitled to better protection!
We think that's not fair and call for:
1. The removal of the download button for blocked users!
Blocking a User has only one affect, they cannot comment on your deviations and you cannot comment on theirs. They can still see and download deviations from your account, so blocking someone is pretty pointless. We ask that when we block a user that the ability to view and download our deviations is removed.
They shouldn't have the opportunity at all to watch the sites where they are blocked from!
2. Download Information
We want to see which DA users have downloaded our deviations.
And yes we understand that anyone who doesn't log-on cannot be identified, (well actually that's not true as you do have some information as Google Analytics shows), but we are willing to just be provided with the information you have available. Where our deviations have the download button disabled for non-DA members, we would then know unequivocally who had downloaded our deviations.
3. Stop Hotlinking!!!
Please prevent hotlinking by outside sites to our deviations.
It is outrageous that someone can hotlink to our deviation and to add insult to injury, the core members are actually helping to pay for the use of bandwidth via their subscription fees. It's not complicated to do, so why not do it and save yourself some money in the process?
4. The removal of "watch recommendation"
(Only available for new deviants!)
Unfortunately this has ended up as being a "recommendation for spammers"!
Over the last weeks many members have a lot of new watchers with empty accounts and they have many problems with spamming!
This is pretty strange, unpleasant and it feels uncomfortable!
Why aren't new members informed of this list and asked if they wanted to be on it?
5. The removal of right-click and save.
Please remove the ability to right-click and save. Actually we are not interested in any comments from the administration that if someone is determined to steal they will find a way to do it, because we all know, that in real life, removing it will put off 99% of people from stealing our work.
6. Bulk Edit of Deviations
Yes we know it is far more exicting to add all the pretty bells and whistles to the site but can we for a moment get back to basics? As part of our subscription fee we demand that a facility is provided for bulk-editing our deviations. It is unrealistic for DA to think that someone with thousands of deviations has to change each and every deviation individually.
We all need more protection for our art!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
We demand:
STOP ART THEFT & RESOURCES THEFT on DA!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 11, 2015
September 26, 2015
100 signatures reached. This is proof that we are tired of the silence.
Reached 100 supporters
September 25, 2015
85 Comments
It is especially hard for writers. I have found my poetry and parts of my two novels forthcoming that are both copyrighted to me online under others signatures.
I have two deviantART accounts, and I've actually had my art stolen for the purpose of being used to bash one of my friends. I've also noticed that on some of my deviations, the number of downloads is vastly more than the number of favs. I don't feel that any of these requests are unreasonable.
It's only fair to your members that they get what they pay for, when they become a member to your site . And that is to help protect that, that is rightfully theirs. Help them by adding the necessary measures available for protecting their work. This way you may prosper and gain more members.
Seeing who downloaded the deviations would be a great addition, and I've thought as much for a long time. I'd really love to see our art and stock protected. It makes me nervous sometimes, posting my art at this website. I agree that blocking someone should block them from your page totally. The price thing...I just cannot get into that argument anymore.
Please let us share our art without worrying that it will be stolen. Redbubble can do it for free! Why have you raised our fee, when no new features are available to us? We like deviantart, make it safe and hassle free!
I don't even have much of my work on display at Deviant Art but I'm often inspired by the works of others (even in media in which I don't work). I would hate for artists to have to start removing their works because there aren't enough protective measures taken by the site's administration.
This site has been going downhill since Eclipse, and it makes me sad.
hope this works
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It is especially hard for writers. I have found my poetry and parts of my two novels forthcoming that are both copyrighted to me online under others signatures.