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rainsometimesNatsuki Takaya, the writer of Fruits Basket, has a pinned tweet on her Twitter in Japanese and English:
"再度、注意させて頂きます。
ポイピクを含む、イラストの無断転載、無断加工、アイコンやヘッダーなどへの使用はおやめ下さい。
Unauthorized reproduction of images, unauthorized processing, unauthorized use (icons, headers, etc.) are prohibited.
tumblerなどへの転載もやめてください。"
From what I can tell by Google Translate, the Japanese text says much the same as the English one, with an added line asking people to stop reposting Takaya's art to Tumblr.
Maybe it's just that I don't follow that many actual mangaka, but I think this is the first time I've seen the original creator ask for their individual images (like promotion pictures, cover pics, etc) not to be uploaded by others or used in things like headers and icons.
I guess this means Takaya would disapprove of me using my one Fruits Basket icon here on my Dreamwidth posts, for instance?
I wish to be respectful to creators, but I hope this isn't a widely held attitude in manga creators when it comes to individual images. (I completely understand them being against scanlation sites!)
Unless I've misunderstood and Takaya's statement is meant to cover only new art that she's been posting exclusively to her Twitter, and not art (older or not) that has been officially posted elsewhere...?
"再度、注意させて頂きます。
ポイピクを含む、イラストの無断転載、無断加工、アイコンやヘッダーなどへの使用はおやめ下さい。
Unauthorized reproduction of images, unauthorized processing, unauthorized use (icons, headers, etc.) are prohibited.
tumblerなどへの転載もやめてください。"
From what I can tell by Google Translate, the Japanese text says much the same as the English one, with an added line asking people to stop reposting Takaya's art to Tumblr.
Maybe it's just that I don't follow that many actual mangaka, but I think this is the first time I've seen the original creator ask for their individual images (like promotion pictures, cover pics, etc) not to be uploaded by others or used in things like headers and icons.
I guess this means Takaya would disapprove of me using my one Fruits Basket icon here on my Dreamwidth posts, for instance?
I wish to be respectful to creators, but I hope this isn't a widely held attitude in manga creators when it comes to individual images. (I completely understand them being against scanlation sites!)
Unless I've misunderstood and Takaya's statement is meant to cover only new art that she's been posting exclusively to her Twitter, and not art (older or not) that has been officially posted elsewhere...?