Is your art really safe?

When was the last time you used an image-hosting website such as Tinypic, so that you could put your art into your den, or put up your avatar?

Sadly, if you're using sites like this, it's important to read their terms and conditions!

Please do NOT use Tinypic unless you have no problem with giving up the copyright and ownership to your art in exchange for their service!

"TinyPic does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post on or through the TinyPic Services. By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the TinyPic Services, you hereby grant to TinyPic and other users a non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty-free, worldwide, limited license to use, modify, delete from, add to, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and translate such Content, including without limitation distributing part or all of the Site in any media formats through any media channels. Content will be publicly available, and TinyPic and other Users may copy or display Content outside of the TinyPic Services through the quick link feature or through any other display mechanisms."

What I'm going to do is begin populating two lists; a RED and a GREEN list, so that artists know which sites to avoid, and know how they can keep the rights to their work. Everyone is welcome to contribute! Please feel free to post!

The GREEN list : Your art is okay!

• Dropbox [HERE]


• DeviantArt.com [See:Copyright in your Content]


• Photobucket.com [ONLY WHEN SET TO PRIVATE!]


• ImageShack.com [SEE:Content Ownership; ImageShack can show the art, but don't own it.]


• Flickr.com [Choose your license]

The RED list : Potentially unsafe!

• Tinypic.com [Bottom of upload page]


• imgur.com [See: Intellectual Property]


• ImagesUp.net

It's pretty easy to find out if a hosting site is good or not; scroll down and look for Terms and Conditions, or just Terms. Scan through the tl;dr and look for something similar to the tinypic example.

Happy arting!
Fea~

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