People, this isn't an "Anita is the devil" thing, it's a very high profile business using someone's art with no permission or credit given thing. That's always important. Even the artist isn't raging against Anita in any way. From her blog (because everyone here clearly didn't bother to read it):
How do I deal with my artwork being stolen?
So… I just found my old Dragon’s Lair fanart is being used without my permission in advertising for a very successful Kickstarter project… since 2012.
I don’t know how to approach this. On one hand, the project had a message I can identify with. On the other, no credit was given, my signature was removed, and they made $150k+
(To be fair: My memory is fuzzy, but I don’t remember giving permission and haven’t found any e-mails yet reminding me that I did. :/ )
Silliest Part: they stole my fanart (drawn by a me, a woman and freelance video game artist) to use in marketing material to illustrate sexism in video games. Was it assumed that a man had drawn it, and so it would be ok to use without permission to illustrate a point? >.>
Copyright law is law, regardless of gender. I didn’t design or create the character, but I did create that drawing AS A TRIBUTE to the character and not for commercial use. :/
Suggestions? :/
The issue also isn't the legality of the artist's original fan art, as it was just something she drew for herself and never intended on selling. Then whoever made the Tropes v. Women logo found that image, deleted her signature from it, and used it in a for-profit situation. Clearly, bad news.
It's important that these breaches of acceptable use are always followed up on to maintain the integrity of creative works everywhere.
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