I've been seeing a trend in both the showcase and battle arena's. The more disturbing of which, is without a doubt the battle forum.

People are stealing artwork, slapping on a coat of Overlay effect, a couple lines of text, and calling it their own. It seems to happen alot in the theme battles, people take someone elses painting or vector art and color splash it and submit. This is absolutely deplorable. What giant brass balls these people must have to do basically none of the work and take all of the credit.

It's not like they're using another persons work as a reference, or for ideas. no, it's an exact duplicate with a few minor changes to make it looks more "stylish"

This kind of behaviour needs to stop. It's dishonest, it's illegal, and it's disgusting. It has turned the Battle Arena from a competition of skill and talent, into a game of who has the better google image search skills.


What solution can there be? Well, other than just not using other peoples work (I can't really see that happening)... You could start by giving links to the artwork which you've "borrowed".

Anyone else feel this way?