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has a new submission policy this year. And in this newly revised edition, us artists have virtually NO RIGHTS whatsoever. This has just recently been brought to my attention by 3 journal entries:


These are the ToS of DA:

And THIS is the Submission Agreement in which I and a lot of other DA users are in such a hassle over:


Please, for the love of your Art, READ CAREFULLY! Treat DA not as a friendly ally, but as a company indifferent to your needs. You will see there are a lot of loopholes easily exploited to THEIR benefit, should they choose to do so.

And why would they choose to do so? Perhaps DA is in a financial chasm. Perhaps the makers of DA have been offered a great deal to sell DA. Think of the possibilities.

I've had to put all links into quote boxes else they don't work x_x I am so pissed off now.

Thank you for posting this! heart I'd been away from dA for a bit and had no idea this stuff was going on...

I *would*, however, like it if you'd also watch this guys updates just in case, such as this one, which gives me some hope: http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7851318/

Ya I thought ity was important enough to make an announcement since alot of people use Deviant Art