Stealin'

Introduction

This is just a short piece on an event that has caused me to delete three of my Vocal stories, two of which were recent challenge entries.

As you know, I often use art I find shared on Facebook and elsewhere as inspiration and I always credit the work in my Vocal post. I also message the artist if they are current and publishing new art.

Usually, they are very pleased with my work and promotion of their work, but I got this:

Are you earning money from the poems inspired by my art?

Did you receive the permission from The Glittering Fox to publish the book?

My work is under copyright and requires a contract through a publisher for use of my images to earn money.

I messaged and told them I had removed the stories, and received a thank you.

What I did was textbook fair dealing under UK law, and thanks to a close friend who did a lot of looking into the situation. I like sharing the art, but Vocal does not pay enough to employ an artist if I use their work, which is why most of the time I use free or Nightcafe-generated work.

My apologies if you are wondering where these stories went.

The Artists Who Sent Positive Vibes When I Used Their Work

If you use someone else's work in your creations, you must always credit them and the source, and I always do.

But these are the ones I have a good relationship with; the links are in the stories.

The Enchanted Booklet and other Facebook pages are great sources of out-of-copyright images, but I always credit the source.

Conclusion

As you can see, there are many artists who are fine with me using their work, so one who doesn't want me to is not a problem, and inadvertently, she gave me this story.

Thank you so much for reading.

Addendum - Responses From A Latest Source