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Policy on Explicit Artwork & Underage Characters

pillowfort-io:

This post is to clarify Pillowfort’s position on sexually explicit
visual art, particularly art containing minors. We apologize for not
clarifying our position on this earlier; we have been working on
revising the ToS to address these issues, but an incident arose today
that necessitated us taking action on this matter, so it seems necessary
to put things in plain terms now.

As of this statement, Pillowfort will not allow explicit
visual art of characters that appear to be underage. Now, due to the
inherently subjective nature of trying to determine the age of a
fictional character in a stylized medium, the “gray area” cases will be
up to the discretion of the moderator reviewing the content. Broadly, if
your characters are close to 18 and could plausibly or arguably be of
age based on appearance, that will be allowed. We are not going to comb
through the wiki of a particular fandom to try and find the canonical
age of a fictional character and then try to figure out if the character
in the art piece is supposed to be represented at their canonical age
or not. Similarly, many works of art contain sexual activity as a theme
of adolescence and coming-of-age– I’m sure you yourself can think of
many movies, shows, etc. you’ve seen that featured underage characters
in a sexual relationship, some even explicitly– and even if you wanted
to argue that art that explored adolescent sexuality was fine and it’s
‘just pornography’ that should be censured, we aren’t going to be the
arbiters of what is art vs. ‘merely’ pornography. Therefore, sexual
depictions of characters in later stages of adolescence may broadly be
considered ‘safe.’

However, any explicit or sexual art
of a character that appears to be physically pre-pubescent or barely
pubescent (i.e. not plausibly or arguably of age, or even close to it)
will be prohibited. We realize this decision may anger some people, but
we have devoted a considerable amount of thought to this decision and we
feel this is the best approach for our community.

Importantly,
we don’t want people to worry that this heralds a broader ban on
‘problematic’ content. When it comes to fictional depictions or
descriptions of divisive subjects such as incest, rape, abuse, etc., we
do not intend to restrict that content, for largely the same reasons as
discussed above with regards to ‘gray-area’ underage content. We
understand these subjects can be distressing for many, and we do request
that people posting content that is potentially upsetting tag such
posts with the relevant terms so that it can be avoided by those who
don’t wish to view such content. The only situation we foresee
penalizing the posting of this content would be a case already covered
in our ToS, where a bad-faith user appears to be intentionally spamming
completely unrelated tags or communities with violent or sexual content
with the intent or result of disrupting the usual functioning of that
tag or community.

We will update the ToS to reflect
these new guidelines soon. As always, if these new guidelines are
unsatisfactory to you and you want a refund for your PayPal payment to
us, you can email us at info@pillowfort.io and we will process your refund as soon as we can.

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Why is everyone in the notes complaining this doesn’t make sense? This makes perfect sense.

@the people who are asking why l*li and other art like it has to be banned: it’s illegal in canada and many other countries. I am sure PF doesn’t want to face legal battles ahead for this kind of thing.

@the people who are complaing that they are going to/should ban more: the other fictional harm described is not illegal to the extent of l*li and will not result in lawsuits for PF.

This policy will not affect anyone short of those drawing toddlers because that is the only thing that could EVER hold weight in a COURT CASE. Your Harry Potter drawings are safe, your DxD art is safe. No one will be coming for you. This is not a “slippery slope.”

Only two kinds of people won’t be happy with PF, genuine creeps and antis. And I am 100% fine with that.

dailysandersidesaudoodles:

yayroos:

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

  • Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th
  • Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad
  • Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion
  • Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

  • Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)
  • Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.
  • Open the app or website (including specific blogs)
  • Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)
  • Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

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commanderowl:

casfresart:

starstuckwastelanddog:

zephyracloudbeast1293:

filthyball:

wolfwithinher:

rickandmorty-some-things:

strawberry-smiggles:

madeinhellism:

grimfaust:

ponyking:

naughtyjester:

your-bud-crud:

popstick:

silascaptor:

coffeeandcuteboys:

girldoesnothing:

adu101:

piranhapunk:

languidness:

joyouscatus:

You remember that post about the homestuck t-shirt design contest collaborating with hot topic? And how Hot Topic are the biggest art thieves?  This is recent.  As you can see above, I stumbled upon Hot Topic’s website and they are selling a very popular fan art put on a t-shirt, and did not ask permission from the original artist (rismo).

This shows Hot Topic still continues their art thievery.  Hot Topic are still taking art from artists without their permission.  This is disrespectful and appalling.

EXCEPT YOU DID GIVE THEM YOUR PERMISSION.

BY AGREEING TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON DEVIANT ART.

THEY SOLD IT TO A THIRD PARTY ROYALTY-FREE.

http://www.deviantart.com/submit/agree

woah oops deleting my deviantart account

*instantly puts logo on my best pictures*

6. Payment Unless otherwise agreed between Artist and deviantART in a writing from deviantART, the license granted to deviantART under this Agreement is royalty-free.

DeviantArt you literal piece of shit

Uh what

That’s not okay

yo okay this is REALLY FUCKING IMPORTANT and imma be deleting my DA very soon because of it.

are you fucking for real

Just a heads up for people hosting their designs on DA

Okay. I just read through the “agreement” that DA has implemented, and it is truly heinous. I will not be posting on DA anymore.

———

3. License To Use Artist Materials. As and when Artist Materials are uploaded to the DeviantArt Site(s), Artist grants to DeviantArt a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to do the following things during the Term:

a) to prepare and encode Artist Materials or any part of them for digital or analog transmission, manipulation and exhibition in any format and by any means now known or not yet known or invented; (DA  can post them on their website and edit them in any way they see fit)

b) to display, copy, reproduce, exhibit, publicly perform, broadcast, rebroadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute through any electronic means (including analog and digital) or other means, and electronically or otherwise publish any or all of the Artist Materials, including any part of them, and to include them in compilations for publication, by any and all means and media now known or not yet known or invented ; (They can publish your art in any media, use it to showcase their website or even promote certain groups without your knowledge. For all you know, your art could be promoting the KKK.)

c) to modify, adapt, change or otherwise alter the Artist Materials (e.g., change the size) and use the Artist Materials as described in Section 3(b); and

d) the right to sublicense to any other person or company any of the licensed rights in the Artist Materials, or any part of them, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. (They can edit, change, or otherwise modify your artwork in any way they want, as well as sublicensing it  to third parties, such as Hot Topic.)

e) Artist acknowledges that Artist will not have any right, title, or interest in any other materials with which Artist Materials may be combined or into which all or any portion of Artist Materials may be incorporated. (By posting on FA, you forfeit your right to dispute any third party profits or copyright infringements upon your art.)

f) During the Term, DeviantArt’s licenses under this Agreement include the right to use any part of the Artist Materials in the promotion, advertising or marketing of the DeviantART Sites. (DeviantArt can use your art to advertise anything they want.)

g) As used in this Agreement, the term “Artist Materials” means any content uploaded to the DeviantArt Site(s) which may include without limitation Artist’s name(s) (including professional names), trademarks, trade names, likenesses, photographs, biographical materials, audio-visual materials, artwork, liner notes, and other graphical, textual, video, film or audio materials and any and all “skins,” computer-generated images or other artwork or images that Artist submits to DeviantArt in any medium or format whatsoever. (ANYTHING you submit to DeviantArt belongs to DeviantArt now. Including  your drawings, your photos, videos, your stock materials, your music/audio, your written stories, and your artist name.)

Yes. THEY CAN EVEN USE YOUR ACTUAL ARTIST NAME. THEY OWN IT NOW,  IF YOU ARE PART OF DA.

Fuck DA. 

Burn them to the ground

Pass it around

That’s why I deleted months ago.It’s a terrible website and I hate it

Passing on the PSA. I stopped using that site years ago. If you still use it, it’s not too late! Trash that shit.

@everybery

You should water mark the shit out of your stuff dear! I’ve had my designs on shirts without permission quite a few times !

Yep. Deleted over 400 drawings and photos from DA over an year ago. I used the site for over 8 years not knowing these terms of service since they don’t actually show them to you when you make an account. Sure you can find them if you do some digging but they don’t shove it to your face. Also it doesn’t matter if your art has a watermark or whatever. Like it says above they have the right to edit and modify your pics so they can just remove your useless watermarks and signatures and then use your art freely and you can’t complain because you have agreed to all of this. There is no reason whatsoever to use Deviantart (maybe if you are a stockartist that gives their shit for free lol). Leave this piece of shit site before they use you like the arrogant asshats they are.

For anyone who still uses DA, please read this.

This is relevant now more then ever because I see alot of people debating going back to DA

Lolokaynevermind.

Ver important in the light of tumblr purge. Many of you wold like to move to the DA and here is why it isn’t a good idea.

My friends!!!……

miss-cigarettes:

It seems that other users have this problem in their blogs too, it’s as if the posts were scrambled (see the date of the posts) and the new posts / reblogs are “hidden”.

If you go directly to the archive, you will be able to see the recent posts / reblogs. So you can “like/reblog” from there or opening the “side blog” from the dashboard.

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Anyway I will report this, if you are using the Tubmblr APP, you will not have any problem to see my new posts.

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Edit: Really Tumblr????? YmY)9

Polite version

wetwareproblem:

tumblr is silently shadowbanning posts based on unknown criteria (unlikely to be image-matching, we suspect text content). Affected posts appear on dash and dash-like views, but not on the actual blog page as seen by other users. I have been able to see the effect personally on desktop. Almost certainly related to the gutting of the chronic pain tag and similar hits previously.

There is no red warning bar and no way to dispute a shadowban.

just-antithings:

lawfulgoodness:

captainsnoop:

i feel like people have forgotten what “NSFW” actually stands for after all these years

it stands for “not safe for work,” as in “material that could get you fired if your boss sees you looking at it at your place of employment” 

tagging things as “nsfw” is not something to be politicized, it is a courtesy to your fellow humans so that they do not get fired or socially ostracized for someone’s whole dick being out on their computer 

Reblogging because I recently saw someone saying in their blog description that they didn’t post NSFW, but that they did reblog “tasteful or artistic nudity.”

Like…. No… That’s not how it works…..

for the love of god please tag your nsfw

luckydreaming:

luckydreaming:

luckydreaming:

luckydreaming:

More and more people who have had their dance moves stolen by fortnite are coming out saying how pissed they are by it. Especially since there’s nothing giving them credit and no royalties from the ones they’re selling.

Scrubs actor Donald Faison doesn’t seem happy that Fortnite is using his dance

Rapper 2 Milly considers legal action against Epic over Fortnite dance emote

Chance the Rapper Slams Epic Over Fortnite Dance Emotes

Sources.

Let’s be real. Nothing new about companies profiting off of shit black people create without giving any credit. I still play fortnite but they are wrong.

Since this is actually getting notes please reblog this version showing proof so people can know that these people aren’t happy at all and we can at least give them credit for their creations.

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