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?

Comments

[snowynight]

It seems to be the norm on Tumblr, which is annoying when there is no credit. How can I find the original artist to see more of zis art if there is no credit?

[ratcreature]

Yeah, without credit is even worse, but frankly I dislike it even with credit. It used to be understood (at least in my corner of fandom) that you don't just upload some other fan's stuff to your own space, where they have no control over it, without bothering for any permission. I don't like this shift at all.

[snowynight]

Oh, sorry, I don't mean it is OK even when credited. It has been knocked into me early that you need to ask for permission to archive stuff, and I can't understand why people think fanart is the exception.