zeo1982

I have looked at a lot of stock images because weather I post it or not Photo manips are fun, Now I've seen many Stock pages that work on the honor system where they give free rein to download n use their images, with stipulations of what Not to use said stick for... and if its you or people you know that is more than understandable. My issue comes from the ones that have a price attached but still have stipulations on useage, once someone has Paid the artist for said image... said copy became a transaction, as in You bought a copy, it was Purchased... yes? thus that copy is now theirs to use as they see fit... weather the OP likes it or not, it was sold and thus no longer belongs to the artist, it sucks and is kinda messed up from an artistic point of view... but if you buy a Piece of wood can the seller say "Okay, that's yours but don't go burning it... It's only for building stuff" and you light a fire with it... can the seller now sue you or take it back? Not that I'm aware of.

I'm convinced no one reads this but here goes, Do artists deserve to be recognized and even payed for their contributions... Yes of course, but what is up with the for you feed? I logged in 2 days ago and I swear every other suggested portfolio was either "watch to view my stuff" or "Pay X amount of $" to view this gallery... I've always viewed DA as a gallery to bring artists and their ideas together and as an earning platform in a far second. the Whole main point of DA is to share yet between DA's own backwards rules and people practically demanding your attention or money it's becoming less and less about freely sharing art and loves...