Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9114790-20150624175947/@comment-25927581-20150626061833

Candiifaec wrote: I think if reprinting bothered them, they would say something. Personally if I were an utaite I wouldn't care about reprinting as long as proper credit was given. And if it bothers you, it's as simple as just posting "do not reprint" in your profile. Pretty simple. I personally am not an utaite, but being a YT odorite, I wouldn't like anyone to use my videos without my consent. I've seen it happen with other YT odorites too where someone used another's video in his own. We do like that others are fans, but it's quite rude to take someone's work without permission even if they credit. It is a lot easier for us though, considering we speak English.

It's hard to put this in perspective, considering if a Japanese fan randomly reprinted without my permission onto a premium NND account, I'd be happy (as long as I found out about it) bc you have to pay a monthly subscription to that. However, upon discovering it, I'd still feel hurt that they didn't even attempt to ask permission or give some sort of warning first. A problem is that the utaite don't know about it, so they can't even see the support or the growing fan base. Or if they don't know about the reprinting, they can't speak against it.

Some sites, such as pixiv, state in their site policy that reprinting without permission is prohibited. For the most part, it's common curtosy to not take someone's work and post it without permission. There shouldn't be a need to put "do not reprint" on your profile because it should already be assumed. And it is already assumed for pixiv, as it's the site's policy. But for the most part they have no idea about it for awhile.