Rule Questions - Ask Admin and AA

[Wolfiedog3]

2. Your contest must offer a CS pet/item/currency prize. Contests that only offer prizes from other sites are not allowed, as CS staff cannot help/provide a prize if the contest is not judged by the host. You may not offer real money/USD as a contest prize if it is hosted on CS. (New rule as of August 23, 2020)



This is more about the new added part, but how would you all change this when some are already going on? Would this mean the people would just have to change their prizes even when the contests are almost over? Also what about people who don’t want CS prizes? I know I don’t usually use pets anymore unless it’s around the holidays, and yes you could offer c$ but some people have a surplus of it, like I can understand it, but I also don’t understand it, just because people are giving out their own real life money to give out as a prize so I’m quite confused by it.

[Lacuna]

2. Your contest must offer a CS pet/item/currency prize. Contests that only offer prizes from other sites are not allowed, as CS staff cannot help/provide a prize if the contest is not judged by the host. You may not offer real money/USD as a contest prize if it is hosted on CS. (New rule as of August 23, 2020)



This is more about the new added part, but how would you all change this when some are already going on? Would this mean the people would just have to change their prizes even when the contests are almost over? Also what about people who don’t want CS prizes? I know I don’t usually use pets anymore unless it’s around the holidays, and yes you could offer c$ but some people have a surplus of it, like I can understand it, but I also don’t understand it, just because people are giving out their own real life money to give out as a prize so I’m quite confused by it.

Contests currently occurring with only real money prizes can continue and should wrap up at their current end date. If a contest with a real money prize has not received entries yet the prizes should be changed or the contest cancelled. If there is an alternate prize to the money, be it CS or other site things, that should be used instead. We made this rule because we had multiple real money contests where the user didn’t receive a prize, and we couldn’t help them. If you do not want to offer/win CS things then your contest belongs on a different site, because topics on CS need to be relevant to CS and we want to protect our users from being scammed.

[In The Darke]

So, I have 2 (not so) small questions that I'd really love clarification on;

#1 - I've had my avatar since like when I joined, randomly found it through google and have no clue what the link is or how to obtain it as I no longer have it saved, I can't get the link from the edit avatar section and therefor I can't reverse image search. As you can see it has no credit/watermark so I can't search for it that way. I never have and never will claim credit for it, but I also have never given credit for it and I'm uncertain if I should be (which I can't figure out a way to do). I'd love to know if I'm technically breaching copyright and should find a new avatar (I really don't want to, I love Mr Skele Legs) or if I could even get away with a note on my account page saying I don't claim credit or something?

#2 - The image and quote in my signature is from the Novel/Film Cloud Atlas, I haven't stated direct credit for either but I was always under the assumption that images/quotes/references to films/tv shows/books were fine as long as you were not claiming to be the creator?

Honestly copyright is just so complicated to me, if I was more tech savvy I'd make my own images for everything xD

[Seasonal]

So, I have 2 (not so) small questions that I'd really love clarification on;

#1 - I've had my avatar since like when I joined, randomly found it through google and have no clue what the link is or how to obtain it as I no longer have it saved, I can't get the link from the edit avatar section and therefor I can't reverse image search. As you can see it has no credit/watermark so I can't search for it that way. I never have and never will claim credit for it, but I also have never given credit for it and I'm uncertain if I should be (which I can't figure out a way to do). I'd love to know if I'm technically breaching copyright and should find a new avatar (I really don't want to, I love Mr Skele Legs) or if I could even get away with a note on my account page saying I don't claim credit or something?

#2 - The image and quote in my signature is from the Novel/Film Cloud Atlas, I haven't stated direct credit for either but I was always under the assumption that images/quotes/references to films/tv shows/books were fine as long as you were not claiming to be the creator?

Honestly copyright is just so complicated to me, if I was more tech savvy I'd make my own images for everything xD

Unfortunately this would be considered art theft. You should never use artwork that does not explicitly belong to you unless the artist has stated that their art can be used in this way. If you are unable to find the original artwork then you cannot assume that the artist would be okay with their artwork being used by someone else, even if you found it on Google.

Everything in your signature looks fine to me! We don't have an issue with people using gifs or quotes from movies. If you are using long specific quotes from a novel, though, you should credit the novel.

[nickjr]

#1 - I've had my avatar since like when I joined, randomly found it through google and have no clue what the link is or how to obtain it as I no longer have it saved, I can't get the link from the edit avatar section and therefor I can't reverse image search. As you can see it has no credit/watermark so I can't search for it that way. I never have and never will claim credit for it, but I also have never given credit for it and I'm uncertain if I should be (which I can't figure out a way to do). I'd love to know if I'm technically breaching copyright and should find a new avatar (I really don't want to, I love Mr Skele Legs) or if I could even get away with a note on my account page saying I don't claim credit or something?

Some info for you and anyone else who reads this who is in a similar situation:

Since your avatar is already on CS as an image, you can still do a reverse image search by either re-saving the image from CS to your computer/device or by copying the URL of your avatar (here's a guide to getting image URLs, but generally, right click and select something like "Copy image location"). (If you're using a device like a computer where you can copy whole images and a reverse image search site that lets you paste whole images, then you can also do that.)

In your particular case, I just did two reverse image searches on your avatar and I have no idea where it came from because it looks like a lot of people have used it and are using it as an avatar all over the web. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if it turns out that your avatar is one of those old-school avatar GIFs from the 2000's that was widely distributed but whose source can no longer be found...

[The New Number 2]

I don't know how to link you to my forum avatar source without breaking the privacy rules. My forum avatar is a drawing that I drew irl and uploaded to this site. The source of the image is myself and/or my personal Facebook, which I was previously spoken to about having linked to on my profile (I have since removed the link from my profile)

[grey matter]

I don't know how to link you to my forum avatar source without breaking the privacy rules. My forum avatar is a drawing that I drew irl and uploaded to this site. The source of the image is myself and/or my personal Facebook, which I was previously spoken to about having linked to on my profile (I have since removed the link from my profile)

Oh! If you made it yourself you needn't credit anyone, I think? You can just STATE you made it yourself if you really wanna.

[Seasonal]

That's correct, if you made the art then there's no need to credit yourself if you don't want to!

[Guest]

That's correct, if you own the art then there's no need to credit yourself if you don't want to!

does this also include art of your characters or fanart that you commissioned from other people?

[Seasonal]

That's correct, if you own the art then there's no need to credit yourself if you don't want to!

does this also include art of your characters or fanart that you commissioned from other people?

No, if someone else created the artwork then you need to credit them, even if the character belongs to you. I should have said if you made the art rather than if you own it; I see how that wording came across as confusing.