About repost-ing my artworks
Please refrain from REPOSTING or using my artwork as your avatar. (RTing is fine.)
@kikkokkokko
Please refrain from REPOSTING or using my artwork as your avatar. (RTing is fine.)
This is not exclusive to me. Many, if not all Japanese artists do not want their artwork to be reposted. If he or she allows it, they write something such as "you can repost my artwork without my permission" on their twitter bio or home page. This is a Japanese custom.If they do not write this, you mustn't repost.
A lot of Japanese artists are very troubled by reposting. For them, it's a serious issue. Many artists may stop drawing altogether due to the excessive amount of reposting.
Please, do not repost our artwork.
If you would like to repost or use their art, you must get consent through asking the artist to use their artwork.
When the reposted artworks are O.C, most of the problem may be a copyright issue.
But, when the artworks are fanart, there is not simply a copyright issue but the issue of the image itself.
There are some artists who paint artwork that is far from the original work, and are reluctant to show them to people who are not familiar with their work.
The most important thing for many artists, especially online, is that they can control their own artwork and where it goes.
Of course, some artists may have other problems, but the biggest issues are the ones stated above. On twitter, you can “RT”. It’s the most useful way to share amazing artwork on twitter, straight from the artists’s original posts. If there is an issue, the artist has full control and can delete all of the RTs.
On Tumblr, you can “reblog”. This way is not so useful for some artists (because, even if the artists delete the post, the reblogs are never deleted). However, the reblogs still contain the artist's username, and you can jump directly to the artists page from the reblogs.
Some Twitter users dislike Tumblr's reblogging system because of the above.
As you know, artists can also see who reblogged it. In some cases, artists can block the users.
There are some artists who only allow you to share the post URL.
There are some artists who allow you to share the picture with credit to the artist's name and page.
You cannot assume that the artist will be okay with one or the other. Before you do it, please get consent from the original artist. (*You can also check the artist's Twitter bio, as some leave notes in English on the bottom.)
We Japanese are not good at English, but we have Google Translate. It helps us to communicate.
Please do not kill our will to draw by stealing our art.
English artists tend to write things you may not do with their art, but Japanese artists tend to write things you MAY do with their art. If the Japanese write nothing, it is a sign that they likely do not allow reposting.
原文(the original (English text))：桔子
校正(proofreading)：@katterscope https://twitter.com/katterscope
https://rkgkikko.tumblr.com/post/166129676963
(↑私のTumblrブログの元ポスト。以下、私が最初に書いたオリジナルポストへのコメントです。)
repost（転載）に関しての記事ですが、この長文にも関わらずそれなりに読んでもらってるみたいで良かったです。
とても有益な情報だ！とかも言って貰っているようで、（勿論人によりますが）一部地域の人にとって、repostは常識的な使用であることもあるようです。慣習として善意でしてるとこもあるので知らせることは大事だと思いました。
逆に、「これは誰にでも当てはまることでほんとやめて欲しいので拡散希望！」みたいな人も結構います。どちらの人にも、一助になれば幸いです。
全てが拙い英語のこのpostですが、内容としては、
*ReTweetとrepost(転載)の違い(絵描きが投稿をコントロール出来るか否か)
*絵に対する正当な評価が、著作者に向かわない可能性の指摘
*二次絵の場合の(詳しくないひとが見た場合の)原作のイメージへの影響
などを説明しています。
また、日本人は禁止事項ではなく許可する項目を書く傾向があることも書いています。そして「repostが許可されていることが明記されていない場合には、必ず事前に聞いて下さい」と書きました 。
また、追記に「日本人にとって、無断転載を禁止する旨を書く文化がなく、書く必要があるかもしれないことを知らないこともある」とも書いています。（自分の技量が未熟であると感じる人は、書かないことが多いように私は思っています。）
必要であれば適当に使って下さい。便利なように改変して下さい。その際の、私への報告等も不要です。
ところどころ、文法上や誤字/単語の選択ミス等があります(ごめんなさい)が、内容は全て伝わるようです。
せめて、悪意なくrepostをしてしまう人が減りますように。
以下私の原文
Please don’t “re-post” my paintings nor use my paintings as your avatar.
(except for reblog, of course.)
Not only me, almost all of Japanese artists don’t allow you to repost.
If he/she allows it, they write so like “you can repost my artworks without my permission” on their home pages. (It’s a kind of Japanese custom*)
If they don’t write it, you must not do it.
Now, some Japanese artists are in trouble about the repostings.
For Japanese artists, it’s a serious issue.
Several artists may stop to draw arts because of the repostings.
Please do not repost our(Japanese) artwoks.
If you want to it, you must ask them whether you are allowed do it before you do it. Please.
When the reposted artworks are O.C, most of the problem may a copyright issue.
But, when the artworks are fan arts, it has not only the copyright issue but the image issue.
There are some artists (who paint artworks that is far from the original work), don’t want to show them to people who are not familiar with the works.
The most important thing to draw and post artworks for some artists is that they can control their own artworks.
Or, if 3rd party repost pics, the artists can’t get legitimate value.
Of course, some artists may have other issue, but most issue are the above.
On twitter, you can “RT”. It’s the most useful way to share amazing artworks on twitter, of course from the artists’s original posts.
If some problem is happened, the artists can delete all of the RTs.
On Tumblr, you can “reblog”. the way is not so useful for some artists( because, if the artists delete the post, but the reblogs are never deleted.). However, the reblogs still contain the credits, you can jump to the artists page from the reblogs.
And as you know, artists can see who rebloged it. In some cases, artists can block the users.
Some of twitter users dislike Tumblr reblog system(because of the above function).
There are some artists who allow you to share only the post URL.
There are some artists who allow you to share the pic with the artists name and page.
We can’t be to know if the artists allow what until we ask. Before you do it, you must ask them, please. (Of course, you must read the artists home page. Some of them write note in English on the bottom.)
We, almost Japanese are not good at English, but we’ve already have google translation. It helps our communicate.
Please don’t plunder motivations/intentions/will to paint the artworks from us.
*It seems English speakers tend to write Prohibitions, but Japanese tend to write “allowing items ”.
*If Japanese write nothing, it means they don’t allow anything about reposting, maybe.
P.S.1
U.S and European are major, but not the rule on the world. Needless to say, also Japanese.
Please not to be arrogant. We don’t know all of the cultures whole world. That’s why, we must ask each other.
P.S.2
For Japanese, to write “don’t repost my artworks.”, it means, to write as if “My artwaorks are amazing and I know it’s difficul to stop reposting it. but, you can’t do it.”.
I believe the most easy way to stop reposting is to write prohibition.
However, There are some Japanese don’t know about we have to write it.
We should try to know each culture each other. I know it’s very difficult…
(Only in my case, I had written prohibitions on the bottom in my page, but it’s an another case. )