important suggestion, yes?

[Kismet//Accalia]

This suggestion is for something extra to put under the credits board:

OK, because I'm not sick anymore, I've become more active on a popular art site better known as deviantArt, or dA for short. And right quick, I can name three photos peeps on photobucket have stolen and their originals:

stolen from: fc04.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/280/a/c/The_sweet_wolf_couple_by_J_C.jpg

stolen from: fc05.deviantart.net/fs14/f/2007/060/b/1/Nightrun_Character_Sheet_by_KayFedewa.jpg

i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa298/kayame-temari/wolfmates.jpg stolen from: fc07.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2007/350/6/f/6fb2511bdb764bbe.jpg

Those three artists above are my most favourite when it comes to digital wolf art. Especially jocarra's. Usually, it's not a big deal when someone uploads stolen artwork to photobucket, but for some others, especially people on dA, it's a big deal since PB allows users to sell the art on mugs, t-shirts, etc. And since a lot of these artists are in their teens-20s, they rely on their art selling for an income, not someone else stealing it and making it their own. So...looking at the wolf couple of the month's picture (J-C's) I think we should add something like: "All pictures belonged to their respected owners." Because trust me, some of these people will act fast when it comes to stolen art, especially on PB. dA has a Note system (basically a PM system) and a fellow watcher of the artist could easily tell them about theft.

I think that is all, yes?

[Sivoncé™]

I may put a notice on the bottom that any pics are found via google images....and I'm sure people on Photobucket steal, but as far as the pic on the bottom of our awards section right now...I don't think this artist could stake a claim on it because I'm guessing they started with a base image and then made their edits (effect, corrections, the word "beautiful, etc.) on it and called it digital art. However, they obviously can stake a claim on the edited version that is now stolen and on Photobucket (In other words, I don't think I accidentally "stole" work, but it's obviously that people on photobucket have. Some of the other art on DA is actually completely from scratch -- looks like that picture you have on the bottom there may be. I could be wrong about that first part, but that's what it seems like to me *shrug* Regardless, someone somewhere will probably get offended some time or another. I'll slap something onto the disclaimerr.

[Kismet//Accalia]

(My brain is slow today, so sorry if I got things mixed up)

The Google Images part makes sense, though you should still be careful because you usually need to find a copyright notice to make sure it's useable. No matter how much it's edited, if the artist/photographer doesn't give permission to use it, well, you can't use it.

For the first part, when you say artists, are you talking about the original artist (JC) or the one who posted it on Photobucket?

For the second part, the last picture is traditional, it was made on a scratchboard. But it's still not right to take it, edit it, and claim it as ones own.

What is Copyright Infringement?

To simplify this question, copyright infringement occurs when you do certain things with a creative work which someone else produced without first getting the proper permission.

Some examples of copyright infringement (this is only a partial listing) can include:

Placing a photograph or creative work online without proper permission.
Using a creative work commercially.
Adapting a creative work of one medium to another, such as making a book into a movie or a photograph into a painting.
Modifying or editing a creative work without proper permission.