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UncleBob:
Apparently, people ARE trying to put credits on their covers:

--- Quote from: FFXIK on February 01, 2012, 02:47:31 AM ---I have to agree on this. When I do find a retail cover that has someones personal autograph on it I usually PSP that thing outta there.
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If you think the discussion is "stupid", please feel free to find a different topic - the goal, from the beginning, was to have a civil conversation about the subject - not to go around insulting people and their opinions on it.

Personally, I feel this needs to be addressed. No where in any rules or guides for the site does it say that cover artist credit isn't allowed on a cover - and the site owner has already said there is no official stance on it.

If we're going to have an official stance against it, we need to say that. Someone doesn't need to come along, work on a dozen covers, then upload them and find them rejected because they hid their initials on the cover or something. If we're going to have rules, they need to be clear, not some invisible goal that varies based on whichever person approves the cover.

Harp00nX:
No matter how many covers i make they will never bear my name. (Unless i happen to make a cover for a game called Harp00nX but i cant see that happening lol)

AppleQueso:

--- Quote from: UncleBob on February 01, 2012, 01:30:29 PM ---If you think the discussion is "stupid", please feel free to find a different topic - the goal, from the beginning, was to have a civil conversation about the subject - not to go around insulting people and their opinions on it.

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"insulting"?

You're getting awfully twisted up over absolutely nothing. Look at your posts, you're going nuts over what amounts to an extremely minor issue.

UncleBob:
"stupid" is pretty much universally an insulting term, yes.

As far as it being "nothing", I agree... a simple credit to the artist is "nothing"... and not really worth arguing over - which is simply why I'm suggesting clarity on the "policy". The official stance, as communicated by the owner of the site is that we have no policy.

I'd be happy to leave it at that, as it lines up nicely with my feelings on the subject.

However, there are a number of individuals who aren't a fan of this and want to change it. We were directed to reach a consensus, as a community, if that is what we wanted to do. In order to do that, we need to discuss it.

If you wish to contribute your opinions and your reasoning behind those opinions, please, by all means, feel free to do so in a constructive and respective manner.

If you feel this discussion is "stupid" and "about nothing", then please, feel free to find a better use for your time that you don't feel is "stupid" or such.

sheep2001:

--- Quote from: UncleBob on February 01, 2012, 01:10:17 PM ---Sheep - you're okay with someone making a profit off someone else's work? But you're against the idea of someone getting a small, single line of text crediting them for the work they did? I just don't understand that...

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I'm against it because if we say go ahead and put your name on it, it's open to even more interpretation as to where, how big, what format, how prominent. I don't want to have to photoshop every cover before I print it. And as arseen said - if someone is going to take credit for the cover, then shouldn't the provider of the original art and the template get credit too. I think it's easier all round to just ban watermarking/signing. It's worked fine up to now.

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