May 15, 2012   Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

  I am Pegs over at `DAnnsCreations I've been here for just a brief glimpse of time in the whole scheme of this Group.   Responsible for the lovely alphabetical order of everyone's icons and shops since before Groups were begun. Stepped out for awhile last year, due to complications with our home and my little sister's death. Too much for me to handle.  I soon realized that what I needed most of all, were all my good friends and colleagues here at deviantART and ETSY.     My Etsy shop is empty at this moment, as soon as I can wrap up the disarray with the CSS over at our Member's Listings I will work on getting a few things in there once more. For now, I have opened up Membership here and will be adding everyone with their shops as quickly as I can.

I have added a few new Contributors: *soarts  and ~t34r54altair . You'll be meeting them as we go through the rest of this month, meanwhile go by and say welcome when you find the time. With all of us working together to enjoy deviantART this is going to be FUN!! and really what is art without FUN?

~ `DAnnsCreations  Pegs

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4/24/2012

My apologies to everyone for up and vanishing. Buying a house is stressful by itself. Add to that packing to move after 10 years in the same apartment and surprise car repairs and my brain starts melting out of my ears.

But now that my first time home owner brain fog has lifted, I have officially passed the torch of "founder" over to `DAnnsCreations. Even with my life calming down I don't think I'll ever be able to dedicate the time to this group like I want to.

I'm still listed as a co-founder so I can help Pegs along. She can bop me on the nose via Facebook if something breaks.

~ *SunDragonsbyJenn


6/10/2011

First off, I would like to thank everyone for responding to the poll about reselling on Etsy. It was good to see where people stand on this issue.

I took a step back and realized both DeviantArt & Etsy already have systems in place for dealing with this kind of thing.

1) DeviantArt has given us a "Report Deviation" link on the right hand side of every submission. It's right underneath Statistics and should be in blue. If you come across something ANYWHERE on DeviantArt that you do not believe was made by the submitter, this may be a copyright violation. If you're unsure, feel free to send me a private note, or better yet -contact the DA Help Desk.

I can tell you guys from personal experience large corporations do not mess around when they find something they feel is their property used without their permission somewhere online. They may not come after you directly, but they will come after DeviantArt directly. People who think they're safe because they're using something mass produced are actually MORE at risk because large corporations have the money for lawyers who can spend their time searching the internet for someone to sue.

DA's Copyright Policy: [link]
DA's Permissions Policy: FAQ #157: Can I use things created by other people in my submissions?

2) Etsy recently announced they were cracking down on reselling and they are using the system they have in place currently along with an automated system called SCRAM.

If you come across something you don't feel is in the spirit of Etsy you can report the item OR the whole shop. (Also known as flagging.)

Once again, if you are unsure please feel free to contact me directly, or contact Etsy support. (Don't go to the Etsy forums. Etsy considers this calling out and might take action against you rather than the offender.)

What Items Can't I Sell on Etsy?

From their Do's and Don'ts Article

Lastly, as I am currently in charge of accepting membership requests, I am taking time to really look at people's shops to make sure their products are hand crafted. I will not be reporting anyone I feel is breaking the rules, but I will be giving them a nudge in the right direction. More importantly, I won't accept requests to join that are from resellers. I'm not psychic so everyone will have a chance to prove to me that their work belongs here but I will want to hear more about their creative process before I will click "yes".

~ *SunDragonsbyJenn

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I stand beside *SunDragonsbyJenn on this and will be noting anyone I feel is a reseller, but will also be giving all a chance to prove their works should be here. Like Jenn, I am NOT psychic and honestly do not recognize the difference all the time, I personally, love to buy from FireMountainGems and local gemologists, and reuse some of Mom's old jewelry. Thank goodness for Regretsy,

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