Hi,

I'm happy to announce a new feature which will hopefully help facilitate the DMCA process on Desktop Nexus.

On every wallpaper's information page, there's the "Report This Wallpaper" tab. On that tab, there's now a new link for "DMCA Copyright Violations".

Clicking that link and entering your email will automatically assign you a case number, and send you an email requesting further information to follow the DMCA claim through to resolution.

I will still sift through and process all the emails I've received, however this new system will greatly speed up the process.

Let me know how it works (or if you encounter any bugs with it). Thanks!

Best regards,
- Harry

Hope this will resolve any further copyright issues

Great add!

MrUnknown

Yeah, that should help those kids not to get a bluescreen again.

now obviously its wallpapers like this that has presumebly cuased a stir amongst Deviant art uploaders who generally do there own work and upload on there site?
and there has been many uploads from what i,ve seen of this wallpaper and now the original artist has joined the group (DN) because he is vexed by seeing his work on here and someone taking all the credit for it.

http://abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/35769/

http://nature.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/176705/

http://nature.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/149826/


like many out there on the internet who do there own work and seeing it uploaded here on DN then many would become very angered by what i,ve seen and been allowed to get away with.
from looking into this wallpaper and comments made by the uploaded who appears to be the original artist looking at the date of where i,ve seen it then something needs to be done to stop it happening again in the future.
it reminds me of when toyota got annoyed at DN for wallpapers to do with toyota and some valid reasons by uploaders and toyota were drawn with a (I presume) a happy conclusion on the issue.
which resulted in many images being dropped by DN and things got back to normal.

http://www.geek.com/articles/news/toyota-demands-wallpapers-be-removed-from-d...

http://cars.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/26232/


now all people out there who have a car for example some one comes along and without your permission you being the owner,
takes your car for a spin then this in theory is the same has taking some one else,s hard work of creating a picture and using that picture has your own and taking credit for by uploading it.
so i suggest where ever possible seek the person or place and ask if its ok for you to upload else where.just because it has a download function on what ever site you find this wallpaper doe,s not mean it can be uploaded so you can take credit for it.
it means that its for your personnal use to use has what it was intended for a wallpaper.
if we all could do this then am sure some one has a valid reason to walk into the Louvre in Paris,take down the MONA LISA and then use it for what ever purpose they see fit.regardless of who owns it or what they say,so let common sense lead your path if you didn,t make or design or help in any way in that picture you,ve found then it is probably owned by some one else so please seek permission whenever possible.

And has for copy right laws then it doe,s not always come down to a piece of paper saying i own it,
so please if no one is clear on this check out the many copyrights on other sites as well has DN.
and please just because DN have implemented a copyright notice on there site it doe,s not mean thats the written rule on copyright so please once again check around to clarify what is out there.?
firstly Deviant arts copyright notice.
http://about.deviantart.com/policy/copyright/

And please an extremly inportant document to be read is here on this link so please check them out.

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/reference/article.php/3472671

http://onlinepublishingresources.suite101.com/article.cfm/copyright_infringem...

so once again please check all copyright issue,s before assuming its ok.copyright notice,s on site such has DN and Deviant art are only guidelines to follow so please be careful when uploading some thing you have found on the internet or any where else for that matter.
so please read all links i,ve posted before commenting to me.i,ve look around and it seems to me that any image that doe,s not carry the owners permission or is created by the owner should not be seen on other sites apart from the original site it was uploaded too?.
that is where the person who created it, is where it was intended for.and any uploads on other sites should carry in my opinion a permission from the owner?. or which could be provided for if asked?.
unless that picture was purchased or has been given permission to be uploaded elsewhere then this is my reading by what i see has the copyrights i have read in the links given?

all i can say is be careful in the age of digital art?

i hope this helps in getting a resolve for all concerned over the distastful action what i,ve seen over the past few days.
chat ya all soon,.byeeeeeeeeee 4 now.



P.s
Under the Berne copyright convention, which almost all major nations have signed, every creative work is copyrighted the moment it is fixed in tangible form. No notice is necessary, though it helps legal cases. No registration is necessary, though it's needed later to sue. The copyright lasts until 70 years after the author dies. Facts and ideas can't be copyrighted, only expressions of creative effort.
here is a link so anyone can read up on it.?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_...

Thank you.

your more than welcome Marsille,...
thankyou for reading the article and the PM
lets hope it gets sorted in some amiciable way and it enlightens people to a few things before it happens again.
chat ya soon byeeeeeee 4 now.

The feature seems to be a good place to start. It misses an important aspect, IMHO. I am spotting works that are clearly copyrighted - I know they are because the artist's websites and books say they are copyrighted.

The violation reporting feature only works if an original artist reports the infringement, and not if someone else reports it. I am concerned that turning a blind eye this way will result in difficult legal questions being asked of this site. I do actually like the concept of innovative, creative wall-papering.

I just don't like the idea of inaction or blind eye when clearly copyrighted works are posted here without permission, or even knowledge of the original artist. If you know it is wrong to steal another artist's work, but pretend you don't see it, that is also wrong.

Just because it is copyright protected, it doesn't mean it is not allowed to upload anywhere. That's way a report is required. So it is clear what the conditions are. Some may say yes, others may say no. DN just trusts the uploaders having investigated the conditions themselves, before they upload.

So, many clearly copyrighted works, may have actually some permission given already.

Yes, and in accordance with DMCA, the responsibility of identifying and notifying us about infringing copyrighted content lies solely in the hands of the copyright holder and/or an authorized agent. Whenever we receive a contact from a copyright holder regarding a violation of their work, we work quickly to try and remove the content, as required by law.