I was completely disgusted by a journal post that popped up in my messages when I got on tonight.
Apparently, a thief won a DD on a photomanipulation. Why do I call him a thief? Simple, take a look for yourself:
<--copied work
<--original
To add insult to injury, DA staff won't even take BACK the DD, even knowing that the work was copied. I'm not sure what makes me sicker, the fact this thief is being rewarded, or the fact he didn't only STEAL and get an undeserved DD for it, but he also had the nerve to copyright it and is selling it.
In my opinion, the original work is the one who deserves the DD - and yes, she has stated that it isn't because of the DD. Let me tell you why I believe so: for the mere fact that her version is so much better than the copy - the originals usually ARE better.
Good job
. You may not have won the official DD, but I'm sure I speak for many people when I say you ARE the winner in this.
Also left a comment on the thief's work. I'm pretty sure he will have hidden, if not deleted, my comment, so I took the liberty of taking a SS of it:
i.imgur.com/K3reCoC.pngHide away all you want, thief. You can't hide forever.
**Edited to add: After a mere 20 seconds after posting this journal up, I went to his deviation's page and sure enough, just as I predicted he would - he hid my comment.
Like I said
, you can't hide forever.
