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[*] Plagiarism: myOtaku.com members may not submit any content that they themselves did not author, draw, or otherwise create. For artwork, myOtaku members may not trace or submit another person's artwork, even with that person's permission. When creating a wallpaper or collage, members may use someone else's artwork if they get that person's permission.[/B] [/list]
I'm new here and I'm curious about this. There are many instances on this site where artwork is clearly being taken from previously created artwork. In some cases, it may be just my suspicion, but I have visited MANY sites and there are very familiar, if not exact, pictures displayed here.)
Examples:
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[*][url]http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=64723[/url]
[B]Found here[/B]: [url]http://templeotrunks.com/images/fan_art/3SAYINS.jpg[/url]
[B]And here: [/B][url]http://templeotrunks.com/images/fan_art/trunkscgmc.jpg[/url]
It looks like it was originally a television screen cap.
[*][url]http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=64009[/url]
[*][url]http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=62637[/url]
[*][url]http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=61658[/url][/list]
And many more. I don't have time to find the originals, but a quick google of those images will net you some "incriminating" results.
So, with that in mind, I was wondering how the rules worked in recreated work using Illustrator or Photoshop.
I have some drawings that I did in Illustrator, based on official pictures for the Dragonball franchise. I registered because I wanted to post them, but if I can't, I have no need to be registered.