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Educate Yourself: DMCA Reports!This was long overdue, but better late then never.Educate Yourself: DMCA Reports! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
Up until recently, people would be able to file a report under "My work used" if their work was stolen on deviantART.
Now, that report system has changed, first party copyright reports can now be filed under "My Intellectual Property" giving you, instead of a form to fill out, a link to the updated form asking you to fill out a DMCA report.
The DMCA hyperlink "File a DMCA Notice"
After clicking the hyperlink described in the subscript, you'll need to click ether "Me" or "A company, client, or organization I represent", file out the necessary information.
After clicking the appropriate button (The second button is roughly similar)
After filling out the report, click "Submit Notice"
FAQs
Q: What if I'm not the copyright holder?
Then you'll have to report the deviation in question un
Educate Yourself: Galleries and Deviations!Part 1: Moving/Copying deviationsEducate Yourself: Galleries and Deviations! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
To move a deviation if you cannot access the drag and drop feature, simply click on the little button marked with a pencil located on the top right corner of every deviation.
This feature is only visible when you hover your cursor over the deviation itself.
The feature in action.
It's pretty simple to do actually, you can move or copy a deviation into any folder/sub folder in your own gallery.
Part 2: Editing gallery folders
Editing gallery folders or the folder widget is like editing your profile widget, just click on the little pencil button like shown above.
The widget in edit mode.
The "Hide labels on custom icons" is a great feature if you want to have a stylish picture or label for your gallery folder.
And when you're done, click Save.
Part 3: Editing a deviati
Educate Yourself: Creative Commons Licensing!This article is a how-to on using a Creative Commons License.Educate Yourself: Creative Commons Licensing! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
First we'll start off with the basics. When uploading a deviation onto deviantART that you want other deviants to share (i.e. Line-art, Bases, or stock photos), but you don't know how to do that.
Well when you upload something, it gets automatically copyrighted to you, doesn't matter if you don't claim it as yours, you still gain ownership (except if people upload copyright violations, then that's a different story). So when uploading something you want other people to use, you may want to give it a Creative Commons License for it. How? Easy, read this and you'll learn how...
How and Where?
When filling out the information of a deviation before it's been submitted, you'll see a button on the very bottom of the submission page labeled "Creative Commons".
Image showing the Creative Commons button.
A more accurate picture showing the location.
When clicking "Choose" you'll be greeted with a pop-up s
Educate Yourself: Help and FAQ!Help & FAQ: How to search!Educate Yourself: Help and FAQ! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
If you want to look for an FAQ, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Just go to the drop down menu located right by the deviantART logo.
An image showing a better view.
After clicking on the Help & FAQ link, you will be greeted with a few menus along with some other options, let's take a look at the menus under "Help with..."
A more accurate description of the menus.
Each of these menus has it's own sub-menu and each of those have their own sub-menus and so on and so forth...
Wow, that's a lot of FAQs if you think about it, thankfully I know a shortcut, you'll notice that there is a search bar located above the Frequently Viewed section if the Help & FAQ page. Use that to your advantage by searching up any FAQ you might want to know...
A few examples of what to search for.
After which you browse down to find the FAQ you're looking for. Keep in mind that there are over 800 FAQs, so some results might give your browser a scroll bar
Educate Yourself: Reporting Deviations!When reporting a deviation, make sure you have proper evidence to back up your claim.Educate Yourself: Reporting Deviations! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
For instance, you see an image on deviantART that looks suspicious, like they ether edited an official image, or they just posted it from Google Images, don't go and report on impulse, you need the original image for proof (or as close to the original image as you can get.
How to report!
Alright, you have proof that a deviant is uploading copyrighted images into their gallery, now what?
First, you need to find the Report Deviation button, which is located under the deviation Statistics.
A more accurate description.
Upon clicking the button, you'll be prompted to choose a report category. But since we're only talking about third party copyright infringement, select Permission Issues.
An example showing the many report categories (Picture blocked out to prevent harassment).
Afterwords, check any of the three check boxes you see at the top of the report (I suggest checking the top two fo
Educate Yourself: Art!The definition of art:Educate Yourself: Art! by ~EchosOfTheFuture
1.
the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2.
the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. See fine art, commercial art.
3.
a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
4.
the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
5.
any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
Definition at dictionary.com
Personal definition:
1. An idea in the min
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