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Let me ask you all a question.

Is it really too much to ask not to have people snitch icons that do not belong to them when they were made especially for you?

No?

Didn't fucking think so.

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OMG I totally ♥ your icon :)

did you note this in your icon comments? as long as you did then snagging it is just wrong

I hate the fact that you pretty much have to label all of your icons with DO NOT STEAL!!!, or else it's your own fault. The least people could do is ask after an icon that they're eyeing. Sometimes, they might get lucky.

Annoys me to no end! But keeps happening. I don't understand it. If you come to, say, a friend's house, see a book there, what do you do? Grab it without saying a word and leave? No. Then why the fuck do you grab icons from other people's icon page in userinfo or their posts? If it's not an icon-sharing post? Sorry, hon, rhetoric led me astray :/

There are plenty of icon-makers who make snitch icons—and even then, people can find pictures and make their own! There's no need to steal customized snitch icons. And that's what it is—THEFT. What is the point in that?

I'm sorry this happened to you. I like to think that it's done only by newbies, but often it isn't.

I've posted on this very subject at least three times. There are plenty of good icons posted in icon communities that are up for grabs - and there are even communities where you can request something specific if you want it. I have asked people for icons plenty of times and been told 'no' and I totally respect that. It's just plain rude.

I hear you. It's happened to me. I don't generally 'mind' but it would have been nice to be asked first, you know?

Eh, people are morons.

*see icon*

I have to admit that I'm a complete icon whore. If I see an icon I like, I always ask permission before I take it. But I can't tell you how many times someone says they can't remember where they got the icon/who made it and I'll still use it if they don't mind.

Always ask, because having your fingers broken may sting.

I've had loads of people ask me for my default icon, and I'm happy to share provided the orignator gets credited. It was my birthday present, but it'd feel wrong to be selfish about it. On the other hand I've seen it turn up in places where it had no business being and without credit, and that's just plain rude.

What you need is one that goes This icon is FUCKING MINE

I've just seen another post on my f-list about icons - it made me stop and go WTF? 'Someone' is using icons of HP artwork without crediting an artist, never mind the fact they also didn't ask permission to use said artwork. I am simply...gob smacked. How it is any different from taking someone's fic and archiving it without permission?

*dismayed*

The world of the ask-permission-first icon ganker:

Icon ganker: May I use this icon?
Two out of three times: Sure, be my guest.
One out of three times: No, please, that's for my own personal use.
Foiled a third of the time.

The world of the no-permission icon-ganker:

Icon ganker: *grabs icon, uses*
Nineteen times out of twenty: *nothing happens*
Twentieth time out of twenty: Icon owner: Hey, please don't take my icon. Icon ganker: Oh, I'm sorry. *stops using*
Foiled a twentieth of the time.

Easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Disclaimer: These statistics are not based on peer-review research or research at all, actually. ^_^

Hm. The only way I end up snagging an icon from someone's LJ user pics is if they credit someone else, I follow the path back to the maker, and I request permission from the person who made it. Just because someone credits another person for making the icon doesn't mean that the maker wanted me to use it. Most people don't even mind if you don't credit as long as you comment. I always assume that they want me to do both, that way I don't get into any trouble.

Arrrgh! I know exactly what you mean about the icon taking. I have a habit of making all of my own icons from my artwork, so I come to think of a few as specifically representing me. And then I came across a person using my very special-just-for-me icon and boy, that was not pleasant. I even had the "Please don't take" notation on my user pic page. !_!

Sadly, the stamping of your own personal name seems to be the best deterrent. *hugs*

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