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GrayMatter
2008-03-01, 08:44 PM
Sorry, looked around and didn't see a thread for this. A pic of Xykon's "Evil- A Growth Industry" is being used as a blog pic here:

http://www.mmorpg.com/blogs/UnSub/022008/1286_The-Six-Stages-of-MMO-Community-Development-Part-2-of-2

You may or may not mind, but I didn't see any links back here or attributions, so I thought I'd let you know.

Roderick_BR
2008-03-01, 10:33 PM
Wasn't that in some member's sig around here? I *think* that specific image was not created by the Giant, so it's more in the lines of fanart, though. No real need to make a link back. The person that created the image, though, may get annoyed for it's use without reference.

Lira
2008-03-01, 10:53 PM
Wasn't that in some member's sig around here? I *think* that specific image was not created by the Giant, so it's more in the lines of fanart, though. No real need to make a link back. The person that created the image, though, may get annoyed for it's use without reference.
No, The Giant created it.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html

Chronos
2008-03-01, 10:54 PM
It's from the Giant (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0446.html)

That said, I'm not seeing it at that link.

mockingbyrd7
2008-03-01, 11:01 PM
Upper-left corner, top of the screen, under "Home" "News" "Features", etc.

I didn't see it at first either.

DrivinAllNight
2008-03-01, 11:29 PM
from what i've seen of copyright laws, this person UnSub has broken the copyright, unless of course they somehow got permission from the giant to the artwork. And considering it doesn't even link back to OotS is a shame, would help bring readership up even higher.

Mr._Michael
2008-03-02, 05:01 AM
Looks like UnSub is using it as an Avatar. If that's really the case (I don't know the layout of the site, I just clicked his name a bit and found it there) then it would be tough to put in a link-back... I don't know if it's possible to make an Avatar a clickable link. Certainly not in any FORUM I've been to.

Would've been nice to see a Shoutout or a link in his profile, (http://www.mmorpg.com/profile.cfm/username/UnSub) though...

Did a quick search here for a nic "Unsub" and didn't find one. Maybe using a different name here?

factotum
2008-03-02, 05:56 AM
Looks like UnSub is using it as an Avatar. If that's really the case (I don't know the layout of the site, I just clicked his name a bit and found it there) then it would be tough to put in a link-back

Irrelevant...the Giant specifically prohibits his artwork being used as an avatar on another site, so UnSub is breaking da' rulez however you look at it.

Istari
2008-03-02, 08:06 AM
Dun Dun Dunnnnn!!!

Shhalahr Windrider
2008-03-03, 08:49 AM
Didja PM the admins? Particularly the Giant himself and Wampa? That's the surest way to get their attention.