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ORIGINAL: minnetar Erin, Thanks so much for your post. For the main part i have a great deal of respect for the site as well as Mod 11. She has an extremely difficult job. She tries to enforce the rules. Sorry if i still do not believe that they have been given authorization to use the art you use in your avatar and others and this is something i will pursue. They do not understand the severity of this and i have continually tried to talk to them. Respect goes in both ways. minnetar Hi minnetar So, most people know what I do for a living  Websites similar to CM come with avatar sections. These are often shareware products where (sometimes) a company/person/etc pay a one off subscription (this isn't always the case and alot of them are free) where the artists involved have already submitted their work - these include not so famous peeps and more well known artists. It's a well known avenue of promotion and second income. When CM first started, there were just the basic avatars. CM opened their 'house' awhile back to other artists and people who made avatars (of which there is probably a couple of sections now clearly marked) - general usage and the percentage of the art used all comes into play here as well as manipulation of artworks. The people who submit their work take full responsibility that the work they have submitted is their own and they have gained relivant permissions. I have created personal avatars for a few people here and it's my work and if someone wanted something really specific, I have contacted said artists and gained their permission. That said, if someone uses my work as an avatar or profile image, the only time I would protest is if someone tried to claim it as their own and earned money from it. As Thom Yorke once said - 'It's only copyright if you copy it right.' So minnetar, there are websites all over the net that use illegal artwork - myspace, geocities, youtube - I know you believe you are pursuing a just cause and your heart is in the right place - but avatar shareware exists all over the web and it is a perfectly legit internet development - and I simply wrote this with a suggestion that you could pursue a much more worthwhile endeavour and save lives somewhere, rather than waste your own precious time on something that would be a fruitless outcome. Peace and Rapture
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