Comments on: Rasterbation - It’s Not What You Think! It’s Cooler!

By: Marchie March

Marchie March — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:46:12 +0000

As an artist and photographer myself, I have no problems with someone taking my work so long as its for personal use. It actually gives me a sense of pride when that happens.

What I do have a problem with is when my work makes it into products which gets sold for which I get no compensation for.

By: Ginnie

Ginnie — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:52:24 +0000

Well, to everyone else’s defense though.. There are many ways to trademark and image.. from a watermark to many others.

When putting works online, there has to be a careful balance so that neither party is taken advantage of. For example, I write poetry and run a poetry submission site, and I know first hand that many of my works have been stolen and repurposed as someone else’s

But at the same time, I did little to secure them like placing them in a flash file that could not be copy + pasted, etc. At the end of the day, it’s a risk an artist has to take I suppose..

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:46:17 +0000

It’s a cool thing, but there is a reason prints cost 100’s of dollars at stores because it costs a lot of money and takes a lot of time for an artist to produce an image. As a fine art photographer myself, I just want to say that printing off someones image for your own use is stealing, and will make the artist not want to share his or her new work with you.

By: Ginnie

Ginnie — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:58:26 +0000

Thanks for the link Lee! I can’t wait to try this on a few of the photos I’ve wanted to have on my wall forever

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:52:17 +0000

http://www.blockposters.com/

Much easier