fannish etiquette question

[ratcreature]

With the proliferation of Tumblr, what do you do if another fan just reblogs your pictures? I understand that one of the reasons people like Tumblr is because it is so easy to just post a bunch of pictures and video and such, but I do have a notice that I don't want my art distributed without permission, because I'd rather like traffic to come to my site than some random Tumblr or other site. (This seems to be an ongoing problem for me of late.) Am I just behind on the new fannish normal?

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[ratcreature]

I probably won't complain. It's just awkward, and they credited, and in practice I have not set up my website in a way so that I could effectively remove my art again, because I allow robot indexing and archiving, so for example my art is also on the WayBackMachine and so on. Even though in principle I much rather have people link to my site or embed a preview from my dA account, so that I notice views and traffic, and maybe get comments sometimes.

It's more that I'd really prefer fandom to be as considerate of artists as of authors and think this Tumblr thing and art reposting through, before it just becomes established.

[astridv]

It's more that I'd really prefer fandom to be as considerate of artists as of authors and think this Tumblr thing and art reposting through, before it just becomes established.

Seriously. Imagine the outcry if people reposted other people's fic, even credited with a link back. Bah, I don't have to imagine it; the few times I've seen it happen it did not go down well.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, that's what gets me most. Everyone is expected to be really careful with every snippet of text and giving all sources or it's "plagiarism" and of course full archiving is a big no-no, but with images all is fair game.

In my more cynical moments I think especially with the sourcing (which at least this Tumblr did, which isn't even the norm, I would have never noticed if it hadn't) it's because you can search for text, but the chances to find out where an image came from if it isn't sourced is pretty much nil.

[astridv]

Imagine someone 'reblogs' one of your pictures on tumblr, and you in turn 'reblog' one of their fic on LJ. 'Cuz you like it just that much. Would seem only fair, right? And yet it sounds like a surefire case for fandom_wank.