Paying paypal fees?

[dazen-cobalt.livejournal.com]

I am not sure if this subject has been posted or not and I apologize if it has, but I was wondering how the community felt on paypal fees.  Should they be paid by the commissioner or the artist? As of late I have been taking a fair amount of commissions.  While this makes me happy I've been getting nicked and dimed left and right and it's starting to add up.  I have been letting it slide in the name of not looking like a jerk plus I read it's against paypal's service to have a surcharge.  I am a little confused on fees as well.  When I send money there isn't a fee to pay(I know this is because I normally pay from an existing paypal balance which is free) or if I am forced to use my debit card I always select the personal tab and payment owned.  Using that it only charged me an extra five cents, while the person I was sending money to got the full amount.

Does using the personal tab make a big difference?

I myself personally don't mind paying a fee, because I view the artist like I would any store.  Can't go into a store expecting to get something tho you're only a dollar short , the same should be applied them or at least that's how I view it.  However I can't expect everyone to have my mind fame or thought process.

What are your thoughts?  Thanks for your time

Reminder. Deleting your own posts is not allowed.

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

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Art theft on deviantART

[sarla23.livejournal.com]

Hello.

Recently, I came across a comment thread that concerns deviantART's way of dealing with art theft. I'm not sure if you have to be a member or not to view it.
A basic summary: Lately, many people who have been reporting submissions for art theft have gotten back messages stating their reports are invalid because they are not the original artist, just a concerned third party. I have never had a problem reporting obvious theft as a concerned third party until recently. deviantART now requires a DMCA notice from the original copyright holder to remove any act of plagiarism, it seems. I'm pretty sure it's legal, the bare minimum needed so dA staff doesn't have to overexert themselves. Please correct me, and dA, if I'm wrong, though!

Although dA states in it's copyright policy that they will delete any instance of copyright infringement as soon as it comes to the attention of moderators, this is not true.
Here is an example of what kind of copypaste response you will get if you report theft of someone else's work:
"Your Art theft (General) Violation Report on blahblahblah was reviewed by a member of the staff and action was taken, marking the report as Invalid.
Additionally, the following comment was provided:
A member of staff has reviewed this report and has found that while there may be cause for some type of concern no actual administrative action will be taken because this report was made by an interested third party rather than someone directly involved in the issue.
We would prefer to hear directly from the owner of the work so that any doubts may be eliminated.
Please click here for more information.
This message was generated automatically.
-- deviantART Staff"

Unfortunately, many "interested third party" people have stopped reporting art theft on deviantART because of the frustration in this lacking response.
So, if you see stolen work on dA, the original artist/copyright holder needs to be informed so they can do something about it. If you're concerned about theft of your own work, keep an eye on the galleries and ask your friends to let you know if they see anything of yours.

DMCA notices need to be sent to this address:
DMCA Complaints
deviantART, Inc.
attn. Daniel Sowers Jr
7095 Hollywood Blvd #788
Hollywood, CA 90028
Fax: 323.645.6001
Email: violations@deviantart.com