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Update!Wank from rann's entry
After succumbing to morbid curiosity and perusing the Sonic yaoi Yahoo group, I came across this lovely 'disclaimer' in the Files section. Let's break it down, shall we?

Hello!

I just wanted to let everyone know about a little policy I have on most the images that have been uploaded (namely, the ones I myself have uploaded).
Currently, all of the images I have uploaded are fan art from Japanese webpages. These pictures do not belong to me, and I take no credit for them whatsoever. Unfortunately, due to my limited knowledge of kanji, I cannot put the artist's name along with their respective pictures. To all the artists out there whose pictures I have used, I apologize deeply.

In other words, you stole pictures, and aren't even going to try to hide it. Wow. At least you're brutally honest about it, if not incredibly stupid. Sorry that you're not h4rdc0r3 enough to even use an online dictionary or something to make even the lamest half-assed attempt to get these artists' names down.

Basically, what I'm asking is this: Do not take these pictures and use them on your webpage for any reason. If you must use a picture, please email me and I will email the artist and ask their permission. Otherwise, please respect the artists' copyrights to their work. Feel free to save the pictures to your hard drives, though ^_^

So it's okay for you to take and redistribute the pictures, but not other people? Riiight. And I'm sure you have this little Excel spreadsheet all set up with the email addresses and web pages to indicate where all of these pics were ~~stolen~~ taken from. Also, if you don't know enough Japanese to even attempt to get someone's name, how exactly are you going to ask for their permission, and summarily know if you've gotten it or not? Not to mention that you're retroactively stating, "I stole your artwork, and I'm wondering if someone else can steal it, too."

Better yet, it's too bad you can't email them in Japanese and ask, "Hey, by the way, how do you pronounce the kanji for your name?"

(hope I don't sound too much like a hypocrite...;;;)

*just dies laughing*

Thank you for your time, and enjoy the list!

Kyuuketsuki Miyu, list okashira

Look! I can write romanized Fangirl Japanese! And apply honorifics to myself so I look even more like a pompous ass!

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	kimera 2003-07-10 07:07 am UTC (link)
	Fangirl Japanese makes me want to gouge my own eyes out with a spoon. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	nani up!! lynstraine 2003-07-10 07:23 am UTC (link)
	And a rusty spoon at that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Nani the fuck? rikoshi 2003-07-10 07:27 am UTC (link)
	I prefer "used, grease-covered Taco Bell spork" personally. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Nani the fuck? iczer6 2003-07-10 07:47 am UTC (link)
	Loving the icon Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Nani the fuck? rowan 2003-07-11 03:40 am UTC (link)
	Likewise. Saw that guy at Fanime one year. It was.... .... ...interesting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Nani the fuck? aruru 2003-07-11 10:00 am UTC (link)
	LOL Cool. Any amusing details about that? :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Nani the fuck? kimera 2003-07-10 08:44 am UTC (link)
	Only problem with that plan is that then I'll end up with mad cow disease or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Nani the fuck? ereshkigal 2003-07-10 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The icon! It kills me! XD You know, we figure the coke was Gainax's old stash from the End of Eva movie. XD It's been going around~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	daijinryuu 2003-07-10 10:20 am UTC (link)
	Fangirl Japanese makes me want to gouge my own eyes out with a spoon. Naaaaaaaaaniiiiiiiiiiiii?!?! o.o;;; boggles (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rann 2003-07-14 07:56 am UTC (link)
	Eye gougeu desuuuuuuuu?! Iyaaaa! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaobell 2003-07-10 07:58 am UTC (link)
	Ooo! Ooo! raises hand, one bun off chair So, like, it's okay to steal as long as you apologize and you don't let anyone else use what you stole? So I can go to Wal-Mart, stuff a bag of Hershey kisses under my shirt, yell "SORRY!" as I walk out, and it's cool as long as I don't share! Hooray! facepalm (Reply to this)(Thread)

shoiryu
2003-07-10 08:13 am UTC (link)

No, no, no no. You can't just do that, that's still stealing.

What you CAN do is go to a Wal-Mart /in Japan/ and do it, because being unable to read the signs means it's A-OKAY!

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	ath 2003-07-10 08:30 am UTC (link)
	What if you are an illiterate English-speaking American? Is WalMart just one big free-fest? Cause, I could learn to forget to read, if that's the case. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aruru 2003-07-10 10:47 am UTC (link)
	What if you are an illiterate English-speaking American? Is WalMart just one big free-fest? I think that works, too. Have a happy shopping spree! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rikoshi 2003-07-10 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	Now it's time for BIG AMERICAN PARTY!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bohicamouse 2003-07-11 04:18 am UTC (link)
	Oh my god, bear is driving! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ruaki 2003-07-11 05:15 am UTC (link)
	I love you both. I want to have your children. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	OT rikoshi 2003-07-10 01:28 pm UTC (link)
	Is that icon a pic of the evil bishounen kid from Battle Royale? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: OT shoiryu 2003-07-10 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	It is indeed. Kiriyama, woo! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rann 2003-07-10 08:58 am UTC (link)
	Ah, Miyu... such a sterling fount of wank, that one is, as mod. The wife of the list-owner, and not afraid of brandishing that fact in an argument... because as we all know, your correctness in any argument can be determined by the authority of the one you're fucking in the forum the argument takes place in... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	northatlantic 2003-07-10 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Dude. I think that's a universal law of the Internet. Right up there with Snacky's Law. Rann's Corollary: If you are attempting to establish your correctness in an argument by pointing out you're fucking the listmod/forum owner, you have lost. (Reply to this)(Parent)

azusa
2003-07-10 12:40 pm UTC (link)

You know, it's not just the fact of the stealing that makes me want to snap these people's necks. It's because it's shit like this which leads to Japanese fans making snarky ostentibly-gaijin-proof pages in which they assert that foreigners have to steal fanart because they can't draw.

...Aside from the eyegougeworthy factor of someone WANTING to steal Tails tentacle rape hentai in the first place.

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	rikoshi 2003-07-10 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	...Aside from the eyegougeworthy factor of someone WANTING to steal Tails tentacle rape hentai in the first place. Sadly (or is that scarily?) enough, that's not even the worst of it. Not by far. is cry (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nekoneko 2003-07-10 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	=.= What the frell does she mean by 'okashira'? The only use of that I can remember loosely translates into strange, or weird. Does she mean she's the list weirdo? I pity the poor Japanese fanartists. Their work is so beautiful, and stolen so often. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	aruru 2003-07-10 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	Beats me. The only "okashira" - or rather, "Okashila" - I know of would be that famous Suikoden doujinshi artist (actual circle name is 2Dimension Corps). ^_^;; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nekoneko 2003-07-10 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Oops, my bad. I was thinking of okashina. Here's what I've found on Okashira. Okashira is the title given to the leader of the Oniwa Banshu ninjas in Rurouni Kenshin, a title held by Kenshin's Misao. She must be a leader of the taking-fanart-and-not-crediting ninjas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ueuecoyotl 2003-07-11 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Techinically okashira is the title given to any head of an organization. Like, say, a pirate captain or a boss. ... "Pirate captain" would probably fit for her actually... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nekoneko 2003-07-11 02:53 am UTC (link)
	... "Pirate captain" would probably fit for her actually... True, that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	raisedbyhyenas 2003-07-10 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	She's never heard of, oh, I dunno, making a thumbnail or providing an URL that directs the clicker to the original picture on the original page? Moron. (Reply to this)(Thread)

rann
2003-07-10 11:41 pm UTC (link)

Two things... one, a thumbnail that links to the image on the original server is actually worse in a way, because it's stealing bandwidth. The better way would be to have the thumbnail link to the html page where the image was (gallery, or somesuch).
Second, thumbnails aren't really an option, since it's a YahooGroup. But that just means she could put a link to said artists in the Links section.

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	raisedbyhyenas 2003-07-11 07:23 am UTC (link)
	No, I meant to the HTML page where the image is stored. And a link would have been fine. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	virago 2003-07-10 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	That's some extra-strength magnum turbo hypocrisy there, but I keep finding myself fascinated by that signoff... how did "list" duck the blitz of Fangirl Japanese? I keep hearing that line spoken in a squeaky genki voice and substituting in "risto." (Reply to this)

	dawnswalker 2003-07-11 09:48 am UTC (link)
	Remember, it's only stealing if other people do it. Ten bucks says that if/when the original artist finds out and requests that the pictures be taken down, our fearless pirate here will bitch, whine, wail, and gnash her teeth about it all over the boards. (Reply to this)