Agreed about the different intents of the people who use/steal/borrow other's art, but I think the feelings of the artist are as important as the motivations of the person using the art. If I was to suddenly find my art popping up all over the place without my pesmission or even a credit to me, it wouldn't matter to me what the thieves were doing it because they liked my work, especially if I was greeted by a cavalier attitude when confronting them - Oh, it's the Internet, cant's stop me; you're stealing too; didn't think you'd mind; couldn't be assed to try and ask you; basically, I don't care about your wishes at all, too bad - I'd be more pissed off than flattered.
Given what fandoms one plays in, the VAST majority of Western fans do like Japanese art - they wouldn't be playing in manga/anime land if they didn't. I think the fact that it's drawn by Japanese people lends a sort of 'not really fan art' aura to it - it's just there for the taking in other words. Once one person takes images from 'some Japanese fansite' they pop up everywhere. It's easy to understand why the fan artists themselves find this attitude obnoxious.
I honestly don't understand why more Japanese circles don't sell their dj directly to Western audiences - if foreigners living in Japan cam make $50 a dj on ebay, not including shipping, why can't the original circles do the same? It's a total mystery to me.
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Date: 2005-04-02 01:40 am (UTC)Given what fandoms one plays in, the VAST majority of Western fans do like Japanese art - they wouldn't be playing in manga/anime land if they didn't. I think the fact that it's drawn by Japanese people lends a sort of 'not really fan art' aura to it - it's just there for the taking in other words. Once one person takes images from 'some Japanese fansite' they pop up everywhere. It's easy to understand why the fan artists themselves find this attitude obnoxious.
I honestly don't understand why more Japanese circles don't sell their dj directly to Western audiences - if foreigners living in Japan cam make $50 a dj on ebay, not including shipping, why can't the original circles do the same? It's a total mystery to me.