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[citrus_java]

So, some
(white, cis, normative)
gay
rights site snagged a piece of Wincest fanart, unaware, for one of their banners.

IDK whether to inform the artist (PotatoCrisp), or bitch about people finding it funny, or laugh.

Comments

[balder12.livejournal.com]

They're dicks for taking art without checking whether they needed to pay the artist, if nothing else. I assume someone will tell the site runners what it is fairly quickly, and they'll take it down. I kind of feel like if I were the artist it would fall into the "ignorance is bliss" category, especially if their name isn't being used on the site. If the art stays up for months, though, I think that's different.

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

I feel so angry and helpless about people using fanart with no respect for the cultural context, especially since it's so often used to promote different agendas.

A few people already wrote to tell them.

This is kinda offensive several times over - stealing art and fan culture, changing the agenda, and it being so obvious they wouldn't promote a consensual incestuous relationship - it's like if a wedding site accidentally used a picture of a butch/femme lesbian wedding - how offensive would the horror at that be.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

That is kind of hilarious. The price of stealing art = inadvertently advertising incest. Ah karma, she is a devious bitch :D

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

Would be better if they'd taken that stand intentionally!

But I suppose they deserve to be horrified, and should take down the art.

[tabaqui]

Please tell the artist, as no artist deserves to have their art stolen.

A real, live hospital (and I can't remember the name, now) has, on its website, a picture from Show of Sam and Dean (from the tv episode, when they were Dr. Sexy doctors?) up on its wall. Like 'look, we have hunky doctors!' Hilarious and ridiculous. Someone out there in fandom probably still has a link.

But, yes - please tell the artist. I dunno why organizations, political groups, all sorts of websites, think they can just randomly snag stuff off the internet and it means nothing.

Also, if you link the site here, some fandom peeps could also (politely) tell them that that is copywrited fanart and they need to take it down. The more the merrier!

[angelzfurys.livejournal.com]

That is funny! very wrong but funny, they should have asked first and it is odd that they would promote incest but then again if they took the art without asking or looking around they just picked it for the boys and that is just wrong in itself. Funny too that as a side affect they are promoting the show too but they do need to take it down, and apologize to the artist.

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

I informed the artist - offered help if they wanted it...
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