Talk:Bärenland Trade Co/@comment-4681356-20150202223923/@comment-7263041-20150203054011

If he is going to use official symbols, at the very least he should research said symbols for their meanings so he doesn't offend people when he attempts to use them or mash them together. This is the perfect example of that, just look at Arathorstories comments on this page.

Also stealing art work isn't cool, which is exactly what you are doing if you edit / repost art without the permission of the artist. Now if said art comes from a wikipedia, well you can't really get permission for that, it's open source. That's why there is a unique image license for pictures from wikipedia, which I have used myself in the past.

This is not a picture from a wikipedia however. Here is the source for that particular artwork: http://mecchist.deviantart.com/art/PM5K-Skull-Shock-145636111

How do I know that this is the artist? Because the skull is an exact match to the one used in that art and it is the only one on a white background, which explains the white space around the symbol.

That symbol IS the property of the artist in question. Why? Because it's transformative art. The picture has been transformed from the original, not copy pasted, but actually transformed, and it's quite obvious when you look at the symbols where the transformation is taking place. I create transformative art. I take pictures from google and photoshop them, I adjust and transform it until it makes something that I am happy with. That is my art, if someone takes my art and uses / edits it without my permission I am going to be upset.

This is NOT transformative art. This is a background color change.

Last I checked, this wiki did not tolerate art theft.