deviantART, Google, etc’s TOS

anotherdayforchaosfay:

hanzotitty:

Everyone is panicking over TOS-es right now as they find a new home as Tumblr gets flushed down the toilet. I don’t like those random TOS breakdowns because the analysis is always wrong. 

Anyway this is what people pay me to do and I will now do it for $0 because I’m tired of everyone spreading misinformation. This post is not a substitute for legal advice etc. Reblogs are appreciated because I literally see TOS nonsense on my dash every day. 

Any more experienced copyright lawyers please feel free to weigh in - it’s part of my field yes, but my wheelhouse is more film production COT rather than derivative works.

Google Drive (TOS)

• Google doesn’t have rights to do whatever they want to files you upload to Google Drive
• Their TOSes are annoyingly broad in drafting but essentially boilerplate clauses that they need to host your work, use google translate on it, make it searchable etc. They cannot steal your fanfic. They cannot modify your art and use it for whatever.
• Your work MAY be threatened (that is, deleted) thanks to FOSTA/SESTA, which imo is a clown provision signed by a clown that sent safe harbour down the toilet. This and this has more information (I’ve skimmed but not perused both), but the tl;dr is: similar to Tumblr, there was a ham-fisted attempt to protect victims of sex trafficking and all it really did was make cloud based services start deleting user files whether relevant or not. 

deviantART (Submission Policy) (TOS)

• Uploading work to dA doesn’t give them a license to sell it to Hot Topic. This post is incorrect. Debunked here and corrected by the artist himself here. Your art is safe. 
  
• There’s a breakdown of the TOS in there that’s pretty much wrong on most points, if someone wants me to do a not-wrong version, ask. This may help.
• All you really need to know is that like Google, I checked it over and nothing in there puts you at risk for dA asserting ownership over your work or selling it - they need those rights for thumbnails, search functions, resizing etc. 
• Sexually explicit fanart is not allowed, as well as “obscenity”, which is an oddly broad term covering things like “sexually orientated commercial telephone messages”. 
• I’m not aware of any content purges.

AO3 (TOS)

• Yum. I like this one. Easy to read and clearly explained for most people with basic reading comprehension. Section G - What We Do With Content will tell you everything you need to know.
  
• Basically, they have the same clauses about you granting AO3 a license to modify/apart/etc you work, but they take the trouble to explain to you exactly what that means, and how they use it to improve accessibility etc. 
• No history of content purges as far as I know. Explicit content is allowed with limits eg. no child porn. 

Wordpress (TOS)

• Same deal - you’re looking for 1. Wordpress - Responsibility of Contributors, with the exact same thing as everybody else. They also do a decent job of explaining what they use the license for (though once again, it’s standard), albeit not as beautifully as AO3. 
  
• However, images of sexual acts (including fanart) are against TOS.
• I found no history of content purges.

Dreamwidth (TOS)

• Same old standard licensing clause, again doesn’t let them steal your stuff.
  
• Incredibly…open content policies…you can basically do whatever you want so long as you don’t break laws or commit fraud it seems? If I’m wrong, feel free to correct.

Hope this helps. Feel free to force me to read and explain any other site TOS documents. Again, more experienced copyright lawyers, feel free to correct me if I clowned up somewhere.

I contacted Wordpress regarding posting NSFW imagery (art depicting sexual acts, etc) and they said it was acceptable so long as the blog is marked as NSFW/mature.

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yayroos:

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

• Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th
• Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad
• Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion
• Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

• Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)
• Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.
• Open the app or website (including specific blogs)
• Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)
• Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

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novacronums:

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drawingden:

Canine Paws Study by Chickenbusiness

artemis-prime-g1:

“Fly Me To The Moon” - Armada Starscream/Jetfire

A full-service commission for @decepticute ! I changed it up a bit by using hot press illustration board instead of standard bristol and I’m quite happy with the watercolour-style result to the background (the new Prismacolour marker colours were a huge help to laying down base colours as well.)

Artwork stats: Bainbridge 172 Hot Press Illustration board, Sakura Pigma brush pens, Zig Mangaka flexible brush pens, Tachikawa School G manga nib pen, Prismacolor markers, Deleter White ink. Final size: 11″x14″ (29x36cm)

axel464:

Colored the inked version of this: www.deviantart.com/axel464/art… and must say came out nice. 8> Used the new Colorized option in Clip studio and added details from there~

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fallout-4-reactions:

Reblog to let people/your followers know that they’re not alone if they need someone

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Ames’ Contact Master Post!

My PG-13 blogs:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/akcyrway
Instagram: https://instagram.com/akcyrway
PG-13 Tumblr Art Blog: @artemis-prime-g1
DeviantArt: http://artemis-prime.deviantart.com
Discord: Artemis-Prime#2625

Cavalierconvoy was the first Tumblr blog I made, only because artemis-prime, my longtime handle in the TF fandom, was already taken. Since I came on board 5 years ago, I’ve had growing pains of my own and because of this site, I learned that there was nothing wrong with me, and that I was who I was, and that I needed to learn to love and respect myself. 

That and I really love robots in questionable situations.

With the current state of Tumblr and the deadline of December 17th for “adult” (read: anything offensive to an outdated puritan belief system) content, which has been including educational LGBTQIA+ literature, sex-positive/safe sex/consensual practices, and “female-presenting nipples” [sorry, Botticelli, your Venus is far too explicit for this site now], not to mention some posts criticizing the change being flagged as explicit, amongst other issues which would make this run-on sentence even more so one) content to be removed or else risk purging, I can’t deny that I’m a bit pissed.

Am I leaving this site? Hell no, not with all the friends I’ve met on the way. I will continue using my Cavalierconvoy blog as a place to talk about Transformers, LGBTQIA+ related stories, and posting art on my @artemis-prime-g1 side blog. (Fingers crossed that I don’t get flagged for having fluff art of two robots hugging or, Sentinel forbid, snogging, but I digress.)

But my adult content? 

I am purging it from the blog and migrating it over to my FurAffinity account for art and drabbles (which, while the site is primarily furries, it’s still considered a safe haven for sci-fi and fantasy artists and writers to produce work without the fear of censorship), and Ao3 for my fics. Both sites I use cavalierconvoy as a handle. Both sites have the age restriction set on them. It’s not the perfect solution, but it’s a workable one. Once I’m settled, I’ll start looking into other avenues such as Pillowfort.io and Mastadon.service. 

I’m bummed as well because this is going to impact a lot of artists, writers, and content creators, not just myself.  And the friendships built on this site…I could go on, but I really just wanted to let people know that I’ll still be here. And while I may be pulling down some of my art and writing, I will not stop spreading positive affirmation and information for those who need it, I will not stop talking about Transformers, and I will not stop posting about art.

Now, let’s keep up the fight. 

artificenightmare:

Reblog if

You are still going to be here after the change. If your characters and relationships you’ve made on this shit storm of a site, is too important to abandon.

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