Edit: For you peeps that are trying to quote copyright laws to me about art theft and posting links to said laws, make sure to read this law as well: [link] Don't need ya only posting half of the laws to try and prove your point when there are so many little clauses out there that are easily overlooked

So as I'd mentioned yesterday, =Bakanekonei was reported for art theft here on DA for posting a colored commission she had done. In true kneejerk reaction, the DA admins removed her image and now she has to jump through hoops to get it restored to her gallery.

Let that sink in for a minute.

She was paid to color a piece of art by the owner of the lineart, and DA punishes her for art theft.

It gets better. I went to read her journal this morning to see what new things had been said ( [link] ) and I'll be damned if there aren't people posting that honestly believe she's guilty of art theft.

What. The. Fuck?

DA is full of members like *Vampirella87 who have galleries full of traced art (yes, traced, not referenced) that DA won't remove, yet a colorist is considered an art thief simply because they weren't told who the lineartist was when they were commissioned?

How in the hell can coloring lineart (that you were paid to do by the owner of the artwork no less) be considered art theft on DA, while tracing is allowed as some kind of actual art form? What inbred, mouth-breathing, window-licking, fucktard came up with this backwater logic?

This kind of shit really makes me want to leave DA. And honestly, if I had the free time right now to set up a gallery somewhere else, I would. After I'm finished with my current gigs, I'm definitely going to be looking for somewhere else to post my colors. I'm not going to remain on a site that punishes professional artists that post their freelance work while tracers are free to post up any copyrighted material they want.