REMINDER: Do not use images/renders you don't own!

[Metal kenshin]

ok heres my question i got photoshop so i like anime and naruto i did a signature of neji , ok an di use an image found on google i tooked of the backround(white backround) , and just got the body of the character ,then icopied it and pasted on my signature y did thi cutted the backround of an image not all just some and added a few brushes things , ok so i got the backround from an image, its that using others work? , i just cutted a part and putted from back round so and the image from neji y just copied and remove the backround , after i just give the signature a gif i found on photobucket , so its that bad?????, its that stealing , dont now if i explained because well english is my 3 lenguage so maybe i dont explained sorry for that well here is the signature y did so u to evaluted my art
and i go another question my i sell things like this in arts:

and heres the the signature im in doubt:

[Akira Yoshizawa]

If I make banners, etc, with images already existing and nto mine.... but I DON'T SELL THEM. Like I just ask the person for the iamge they want, but not sell the product? Is that acceptable?

[rtfct]

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[Antoniothehero]

totorochic

As stated in the main Mini Shops sticky, commercial images are not allowed in anything you sell without explicit permission from the people that own them.
E.g.

• If you wanted to use an image with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, you would need to contact Fox.
  
• If you wanted to use an image of Naruto, you will need to contact Kishimoto Masashi, Scott / Shueisha - TV Tokyo -Pierrot.

Just stating "I did not make this, this belongs to Fox" is not good enough. This also includes offering to use images customers want you to use. This is also applicable to non-commercial images that you do not own. E.g. fanart or drawings your next door neighbour did. Permission is required from the person who drew them. If you drew fanart, then you can use that.

Shop samples should reflect what you're selling. If your samples show copyright images, then you should explicitly state that you will not use such images in your actual images. Better yet, make samples which don't have copyright images.

You are allowed to use drawings you made yourself, photos or art you have gotten permission for. Permission must be shown in clear text. Note that the admins have given permission for users to make and sell items containing Gaian graphics. So feel free to use avatars, the Mochi puppy etc.



In short, you CAN:

• Use drawings including fanart you made yourself
  
  
• Use drawings including fanart that others have drawn if you have their permission
  
  
• Use images off Gaia, e.g. official Kiki images, banner images, NPC images etc. This includes the usage of any Gaia avatar makers as they utilise Gaia's graphics.
  
  
• Use drawings, stocks etc for your own personal use or for others for free. You must not charge them anything in this case. Please make such shops in the Art Freebies sub-forum.
  
  
• Use brushes available in software programs such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. If you download extra brushes, it is preferred that you credit and link back to where you got them from.
  
  
• Use fonts available in software programs such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. If you download extra fonts, it is preferred that you credit and link back to where you got them from.
  
  
• Use public domain images (it is preferable to link back) , e.g.
  - http://www.pdfoto.com/
  - http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
  

You may NOT:

• Use banner makers, blinkie makers or any other makers, except Gaia avatar makers since they make use of Gaia's graphics.
  
  
• Use or offer to use images eg. anime, movie, game characters without permission from the copyright holder or the artist who drew them. Just stating "Images owned by Fox" or similar is not good enough.
  
  
  - this includes scans, screenshots or other similar images, even if you took the screenshot yourself or bought the book/magazine etc that you scanned the image from, you STILL need permission.
  
  - this also includes sites such as animewallpaper.com or animerender.com. You need the permission of the artist/company that owns it. Just because it's free to download does not mean you can make a profit off of them.
  
  
• Use stock images without permission from the person who took them
  
  
• Use any photobucket, google or other similar images without permission of the artist/company that owns them. Asking the person who uploaded it does not count as they do not have the authority to give you permission, unless they made the image themselves.
  
  
• Use traced, copied or eyeballed images

We encourage users to sell items which they have made themselves 100% in Mini Shops.

Please help moderators out by reporting shops which are misplaced or which violate the rules. More information here:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22241663

Please refer back to this for clarification and other rules which apply:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3944635

Relikk

This Announcement thread is open for users to post in because some may have legitimate questions about how to avoid breaking the rules.

It is not open for the sake of debating about the rules or complaining amongst yourselves.

The reasons for the rules have been stated. The moderators and admins, having many different backgrounds and viewpoints, have put a great deal of thought into the rules. Any well-contrived example, analogy, or criticism that you can think of has been brought up and been dealt with behind the scenes, and therefore the rules are not up for questioning or debate. It is simply unproductive to argue.

The administrators and mods want Gaia to be a friendly place and wish to be as helpful and understanding as possible. The staff welcomes feedback, in the feedback forum.

If you continue to use this thread to complain about the rule and argue, the thread will be locked.

Questions about how to follow the rule, and is your shop OK, are welcome.

coool

[Antoniothehero]

Metal kenshin

ok heres my question i got photoshop so i like anime and naruto i did a signature of neji , ok an di use an image found on google i tooked of the backround(white backround) , and just got the body of the character ,then icopied it and pasted on my signature y did thi cutted the backround of an image not all just some and added a few brushes things , ok so i got the backround from an image, its that using others work? , i just cutted a part and putted from back round so and the image from neji y just copied and remove the backround , after i just give the signature a gif i found on photobucket , so its that bad?????, its that stealing , dont now if i explained because well english is my 3 lenguage so maybe i dont explained sorry for that well here is the signature y did so u to evaluted my art
and i go another question my i sell things like this in arts:

and heres the the signature im in doubt:

hey how do you add pics 8(

[MsGrimm]

If I completely draw avatars out cell by cell and animate them dancing the caramelldansen dance? Is that legal? Technically it's the SONG Caramelldansen, and there's just a dance everyone does to it. Just like doing the Thriller dance lol.

[The_Mysterious_Wolf XP]

I'm new and want to make my own profile but i dont know what software thats best to use to make a profile from scratch do you know one....Private Message me if you can

[Shura95]

hellow....


i am Shura...

i am from brazil....





happy day...

[xllwhoreheyllx]

me king of metal good at black jack too biggrin ninja

[LilRascal Fresh]

totorochic

As stated in the main Mini Shops sticky, commercial images are not allowed in anything you sell without explicit permission from the people that own them.
E.g.

• If you wanted to use an image with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, you would need to contact Fox.
  
• If you wanted to use an image of Naruto, you will need to contact Kishimoto Masashi, Scott / Shueisha - TV Tokyo -Pierrot.

Just stating "I did not make this, this belongs to Fox" is not good enough. This also includes offering to use images customers want you to use. This is also applicable to non-commercial images that you do not own. E.g. fanart or drawings your next door neighbour did. Permission is required from the person who drew them. If you drew fanart, then you can use that.

Shop samples should reflect what you're selling. If your samples show copyright images, then you should explicitly state that you will not use such images in your actual images. Better yet, make samples which don't have copyright images.

You are allowed to use drawings you made yourself, photos or art you have gotten permission for. Permission must be shown in clear text. Note that the admins have given permission for users to make and sell items containing Gaian graphics. So feel free to use avatars, the Mochi puppy etc.



In short, you CAN:

• Use drawings including fanart you made yourself
  
  
• Use drawings including fanart that others have drawn if you have their permission
  
  
• Use images off Gaia, e.g. official Kiki images, banner images, NPC images etc. This includes the usage of any Gaia avatar makers as they utilise Gaia's graphics.
  
  
• Use drawings, stocks etc for your own personal use or for others for free. You must not charge them anything in this case. Please make such shops in the Art Freebies sub-forum.
  
  
• Use brushes available in software programs such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. If you download extra brushes, it is preferred that you credit and link back to where you got them from.
  
  
• Use fonts available in software programs such as Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro. If you download extra fonts, it is preferred that you credit and link back to where you got them from.
  
  
• Use public domain images (it is preferable to link back) , e.g.
  - http://www.pdfoto.com/
  - http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
  

You may NOT:

• Use banner makers, blinkie makers or any other makers, except Gaia avatar makers since they make use of Gaia's graphics.
  
  
• Use or offer to use images eg. anime, movie, game characters without permission from the copyright holder or the artist who drew them. Just stating "Images owned by Fox" or similar is not good enough.
  
  
  - this includes scans, screenshots or other similar images, even if you took the screenshot yourself or bought the book/magazine etc that you scanned the image from, you STILL need permission.
  
  - this also includes sites such as animewallpaper.com or animerender.com. You need the permission of the artist/company that owns it. Just because it's free to download does not mean you can make a profit off of them.
  
  
• Use stock images without permission from the person who took them
  
  
• Use any photobucket, google or other similar images without permission of the artist/company that owns them. Asking the person who uploaded it does not count as they do not have the authority to give you permission, unless they made the image themselves.
  
  
• Use traced, copied or eyeballed images

We encourage users to sell items which they have made themselves 100% in Mini Shops.

Please help moderators out by reporting shops which are misplaced or which violate the rules. More information here:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22241663

Please refer back to this for clarification and other rules which apply:
http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3944635

Relikk

This Announcement thread is open for users to post in because some may have legitimate questions about how to avoid breaking the rules.

It is not open for the sake of debating about the rules or complaining amongst yourselves.

The reasons for the rules have been stated. The moderators and admins, having many different backgrounds and viewpoints, have put a great deal of thought into the rules. Any well-contrived example, analogy, or criticism that you can think of has been brought up and been dealt with behind the scenes, and therefore the rules are not up for questioning or debate. It is simply unproductive to argue.

The administrators and mods want Gaia to be a friendly place and wish to be as helpful and understanding as possible. The staff welcomes feedback, in the feedback forum.

If you continue to use this thread to complain about the rule and argue, the thread will be locked.

Questions about how to follow the rule, and is your shop OK, are welcome.

COOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Haru Glory]

If someone on deviantart took a picture of a band at a live show, would I have to ask the person who took the picture for permission, or the band? I'm pretty sure I have to ask the picture taker, but I just wanted to be sure.

[sergantprincess96]

Yea awsome great job

[your black valentine]

so just to make things clear I can sell anything I wish as long as I made it right?
and I cant use any other pictures without owner's permission but I can use fan arts that I made right?

I just wanted to make things clear so I dont have to suffer a ban >.<

[Seto Kaiba the Duelist]

Could I use a photo editor like gimp, or Microsoft paint?

[II Crayon II]

tankies 4 dem infoz 3nodding