Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this transition between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holiday transitioned from a somber pagan ritual to a day of merriment, costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults. (Source)
So every 10th post on my dash for the last week has been about Wallpart, encouraging people to check the site to see if their artwork is being stolen and then to file a DCMA at the bottom and to sign a petition.
Don’t visit the site.
Don’t file a DCMA.
The website basically uses google image search when you punch in your name. There isn’t an actual working store on the site; no one can actually buy your art through this site.
So what’s the purpose of the site? When you file a DCMA you have to enter several pieces of personal information. Personal information which can then be sold to companies. It is a phishing scam, like those survey sites or contests. It’s just targeted at artists because artists are very protective of their work.
And if you stopped and thought about it, you’d realize how obvious this is. Especially since we already went through all of this months ago back in June. It exploded, everyone reblogged it, some folks actually did some investigating and found out that most of the links on the site don’t work and that you can’t actually buy anything from the store, actual reporters researched it, and it died down. Also; do you know how big of a file you would need to print a poster? Did you put a file that big online? 90% of you haven’t, which means any site that tried to print your stuff would have a blurry mess on the page.
So to summarize;
Your art isn’t being stolen.
Don’t visit the site.
Don’t file a DCMA.
Stop reblogging posts telling people to check the site for their art.
Do a google search about the site before posting about it.
You do it for her~ that is to say You’ll do it for him~
and steven
And if you think we can’t
Gems
If you aren’t trans, don’t say what is and isn’t offensive to trans people. Don’t tell me what I should and shouldn’t be offended by. Don’t speak on my behalf, I can speak for myself.
