Slappy PSA - Art Theft by itsaaudraw on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

I felt like I should make this because people (usually younger people) are consistently taking artwork, usually Goosebumps, from me and a few other great artists on here and putting them in Youtube tributes.

I accept every one who has done it in the past's apology, but the problem is that it is still happening. Not from them, but from other people. Even with watermarks, they are still taken without permission or credit. Maybe if they could see what the Slappy trio think of it, they'll hopefully stop? Or maybe they'll steal this and put it in their videos too, the fucking irony.

Needless to say, I'd like it to stop. I've actually successfully taken a lot of them down, usually just by asking, but one of them through claiming copyright. That's right, my artwork is technically copyrighted. The characters are not, but the art is, so if you use it, I can have your video taken down apparently! Unless of course you're using it for fair use, which just slapping it in a video with other art and music is not. I would never do this as a first resort, though <3