Cels Forum

    It is bad when people steal your cel images for profit 
(trying to sell something they don't own), or try to claim 
that they own the cel.  
    But as for other images that I scan and edit, personally, 
I don't really care if other people use them or not.  As long 
as they don't copy the same exact page format, it's okay.  
Since I don't own the image in the first place, my belief is: 
Who am I to say who can use the image?  It is nice when other 
people do give you credit for scanning/editing images, but I 
know most people don't bother to ask permission.  If I see an 
image that I created appear on other pages, I feel proud, 
since they must have visited my page, and like the quality of 
the graphics editing that I do.  As long as it is non-profit 
use, I have no problem.
    Sometimes, however, I do try to "brand" images, making it 
difficult for people to use, by overlaying text or such that 
is difficult to remove.   People are still free to use the image, 
but often the overlayed text soemtimes discourages them.   
    
-Leaf