Earworms and Evil

[azurite]

WTF, DeviantART?

I don't want to smell conspiracy where there is none, but only a few days after I gave cyperian my name down for a list of Deviants who find it offensive and harassing that one of the Staff at DA called us all pedophiles (it's a long story, but I'm thinking cyperian's journal's got a better recap of the details than I could ever give), for the very first time, one of my deviations is flagged as being a copyright violation.

Um... whut?

It was one of "Sailor Nautilus." As far as I know, I gave all the proper credit to Sailor Xv2 (aka Diana Hold, the creator of the Sailor X v2.10 KiSS doll that I used for the base). Maybe they flagged me on forgetting to give credit to Naoko Takeuchi, et. al.? That seems a bit ridiculous, but Sailor Nautilus isn't HER work, it's my original work, based off her "Sailor" theme and idea. You know me, I'll drop a line to Naoko where credit's due, but to flag a deviation and then delete it within the span of a few hours, not even notifying me (Deviant Notes don't get CC'd to email addressees, which I find STUPID) to give me a chance? Unfair, yo!

I wrote to the Help Desk already and hope they'll get back to me and restore the art, but if not, I'll reupload it and make sure I give all the proper credits. I'd rather my whole DA account not get into trouble, so I might need to go through my whole (small) gallery, but this just seems... so sudden and unfair. Why me, why now, why THAT particular art?

*shrug* I'm confused more than angry. (Still don't remember the name of that song. I try listening to stuff to see if I can pinpoint it, but then I only get more confused with other melodies in my head. Should I try and record it the next time it pops into my head, so maybe someone can help me ID it that way?)

Comments

[cyperian.livejournal.com]

Are you fucking kidding me?

It could be just a coincidence; I'm willing to entertain the possibility. But if this admin is using those signatures as a hit list, I'm going to flip my shit.

If it happens to someone else, I'll write in, expose the admin that I've been dealing with (I've been keeping their name to myself so that they don't get flooded with the "wrong" kind of notes - "ZOMGWTFBBQ??" - but if it's gone this far... Holy crap.

I'll make a note on my LJ about this and ask if anyone else has since been targeted.

[azurite]

I want to believe it's just a coincidence too, but I'm suspicious because NONE of my other stuff (and much of it is similar to the Sailor Nautilus submission) got flagged; I can only imagine I forgot to credit SXv2, but I doubt she would report me, she would just send me a note and tell me to add the credit. I can't say the same for other fans of hers, so I really don't know how this happened unless someone was watching my account for something to pounce on.

[kitesareevil.livejournal.com]

WTF...I mean...no I'm stuck there. *mouth hangs open slightly*