Lilenth's icon was posted for FREE USE. They aren't making a PROFIT from that icon, they're using it as a personal representation of themselves.
The subject at hand is artists artwork being taken from their sites [which they're posted for enjoyment ONLY], and posted elsewhere where someone wants to make MONEY off of someone else's effort, without their permission. Whether it's a copy of an image that they're using, they're making MONEY off of something someone else did.
How would you feel if you spent hours and hours on something, putting everything you had into it, and putting it on display for others to enjoy. Then, you turn around, and find it somewhere else where someone is trying to sell it, and doesn't even plan on giving you any percentage of a cut?
You're obviously not an artist if you see no problem with this....
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Lilenth's icon was posted for FREE USE. They aren't making a PROFIT from that icon, they're using it as a personal representation of themselves.
The subject at hand is artists artwork being taken from their sites [which they're posted for enjoyment ONLY], and posted elsewhere where someone wants to make MONEY off of someone else's effort, without their permission. Whether it's a copy of an image that they're using, they're making MONEY off of something someone else did.
How would you feel if you spent hours and hours on something, putting everything you had into it, and putting it on display for others to enjoy. Then, you turn around, and find it somewhere else where someone is trying to sell it, and doesn't even plan on giving you any percentage of a cut?
You're obviously not an artist if you see no problem with this....