Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-7202143-20160105135934/@comment-27447138-20160106194346

Pickle your rant made about as much sense as a TV drinking an airplane salad machine.

Weegee isn't stolen from Nintendo since it's a drawing that Nintendo never used. The original "Weegee" was a pixelated Luigi sprite. Though you may consider the two the same, most of us do not.

Actually, a lot of people care about art theft. The internet is all the more reason to protect your work. There have been (and will be) many instances where someone's art is stolen and used in other works (sometimes becoming more popular), while the original artist is left with nothing. I'm sure if Swift's own creations for Epic Universe were stolen and used in say, a TV show, and Swift never got a cut of the deal, that he'd be very pissed and try to get the law with him.

This doesn't just apply to art, either. Stolen Youtube videos (or any video, really), pirated content, false copyright claims. I'm sure if you owned a soda brand and found that some random store was using it without your consent that you'd sue them. But hey, if it's on the internet then it's a-ok! (actually no cuz pirated stuff)