Just a bit disturbing...

[saifai]

You know, you find out something you didn't know every day.  I'm not sure where I was when they were teaching about Stalin, but I'm quite sure they didn't tell us that the number of Russian citizens that died during his reign was quite that high. 

The narrator on this show in the History channel is saying that by the end of the war, there were over 27 million dead in his country (priests, writers, artists, and the like among them), and most of them due entirely to Stalin's own paranoid hand.  They're saying that the deaths of his own people was higher than that of the Holocaust victims during Hitler's reign during the same time period.

How horrifying would it have been to be living as either a German, Russian, or Jewish during that time?  So many people died by these two leaders hands.

Then to odden things up a bit, he is mourned by his people upon his death, even among those who hated him.  I just don't get that.

*****

Yeah, yeah.  I'm not normall big on the social commentary in this journal.  I was just watching the history channel and was too lazy to change the channel and had a think or two on this documentary.

Now onto other bright notes, MGM and United Artists are gone.  WTF?  Yup, they done been sold to the Sony consortium or some such.  I guess they'd been "dying slow deaths for years," whatever that means.  It's just so strange.  They've been like, the mainstay.  You see a film, and it's either got the MGM or United Artists stamp on it.  Or maybe that's just me.  *shrug*

In other news, the kerfuffle continues and it's getting ugly.  I'm just getting so tired of it though.  Honestly, I am.  One more calm comment about standard fanart protocol and I'm done with it.  All my art is offline and won't be coming back up.  Well it will, but in small doses and y'all will have to sign wavers upon viewing it all... and possibly have tracking devices installed in your brains.  *gr*

Comments

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

No!!

You'd better not deprive me of my art, damn it!

Where are you?

*looks around*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Don't worry sweets. I'm only half joking. I'm just gonna be more careful in the future with where it goes up and such. ::mwah::

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

Is there more kerfluffle? Where is it? I don't see anything past what you sent this morning...

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Nope. Just the two comments I got this morning. I have yet to reply to them though. They just upset me more than anything else they've come up with though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sharvie_/]

Where is this all going down? I've only heard of it from you. And does it have anything to do with the new LJ comm about plagiarizing fanart?
*digs for link*
Grrr, can't find it.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Dood. There's a whole community about it now? *flails*

Nah, this is over a particular piece of mine that was taken for an icon for this collection here posted at marsters_daily. It's since been taken down, but I've been dealing with them and their issues over not seeing anything wrong with taking it if they see it. *shrug*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sharvie_/]

Uhh...wow, that was pretty blatant. *is speechless- and not in a good way*
I mean, usually when kerflunkles break out everyone has their keisters in the air but that was just...wa?! How could they not see that the image on google was a piece of art and not a production shot? *boggles* And you guys both had your heads on straight enough to sound rational even though your feelings were hurt. And the caps...Oh! My eyes!

As for the community it isn't about this incident in particular. It was created a few weeks ago, and mentioned on su_herald, but I can't find the mention now. It's in the same vein as stop_plagiarism, except for fanart. So I thought they might be dealing with it as well.

I'm going to double my efforts to find it, just so you can feel better. *pets*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Yup. I was just thinkin' that today, that I'm more upset that I think they're serious in what they say. I think they actually believe that they can just... yeah.

Almost makes me laugh.

Let me know if you find the link to whatever it was. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_sharvie_/]

*brain is mushed*
Wow, that took me forever! But I found it!
*pets brain*
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dtissagirl/231862.html
Now, I thought it was a community, after rereading it, other people refer to it as a community too. I remember this post was supposed to be in a link on the info page but I'm at a dead end. The only thing I can think is that the person who set it all up, decided not to continue it. *shrug* But it was a community, I swear!

p.s. You'll see me in the thread, asking questions cause other than my paranoia about upsetting anyone, I have no clue about rules for fanart. If there is a 'standard fanart protocol' like you mentioned before, I'd love a link to it. :-)

And as I'm putting this all in, I hit the wrong button, and all my tabs close. *face palm* Good thing I clicked it all to copy first. *sigh* I need a nap.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Was just thinkin' the other day someone oughta write all this stuff up. Mostly, I just learned from experience. Add this experience to the pile. It's more of an imaginary list at this point (though if someone has an actual list for fanart I'd love to link it to a few folks). The bit about taking without asking and giving credit is there at the top of this list, though.

Thanks for the link. :)

[velvet-virago.livejournal.com]

Hey girl... I hear you. And really, really, really hope I don't end up doing the same thing.

Posted something tonight and someone said "steals!" in the comment... am trying to point out that the copyright thing is for reals.

Le sigh.

On the bright side, you n' me are not artists in Russia 60 years ago, so that's a plus!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

One can only hope. Speaking of which, I'm a bit behind in things over here. Just happen to see those images right before bed. They're just lovely. Loved the bunny to bits, and the girl!Spike? Got a kick out of it. Have a read a few stories featuring just such a character, so it was cool. :)

On the bright side, you n' me are not artists in Russia 60 years ago, so that's a plus!

LOL! There is that, indeed. :)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

I am dumbfounded. Wait, beyond dumbfounded. *searches thesaurus* Gobsmacked, incredulous, WTF????? I read the comments to that thread, and I must say, you must be dealing with a couple 13 year olds if they cannot understand your comment. It is wrong to take stuff. Wrong bad bad wrong. And then to think that disparaging what you stole is an appropriate defense for stealing it? GAH people are stupid. I hope nobody ever plaigiarizes my fic. It would really hurt me I think, and make me pissed as hell to boot. Sigh.....

*hugs*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this. Makes me feel better about the whole thing. I've been a bit dumbfounded myself. How could they not get it? *shrugs and points to the icon* That about says it right there. *gr*

Thanks for the hugs. :) *hugs you back*