Board Thread:Site News and Announcements/@comment-24486926-20131220225310

Recently, things happened with a dispute between Sakuyamon, a deviant, and Random Weirdo, a writer here, over artwork Random used in his story.

This entire situation should have never happened; so I'm going to clarify, for all intents and purposes what the conditions on Artwork are: Now, in the case of Sakuyamon's art, it is by no means theft, and the accusations are unappreciated.
 * It cannot be a copyrighted work unless the website which holds the copyright license shares the same license as us (Creative Commons CC-BY-SA).
 * The Artwork, should it be copyrighted and the license unshared, must copyrighted by the public (public domain) or be legally applied under the United States Copyright Law Section 107 (Fair Use)
 * In the event that neither conditions are true, one is legally obligated to ask permission to post the artwork.

Because two of the three conditions are true.

DeviantArt, the site the artwork was retrieved from, shares the same license as Wikia.

And it also applies as Fair Use: The conditions explained are:
 * The purpose and character of the usage of Sakuyamon's art in the story "Dashling" was to provide a visual expression of the characters in the story. It was used for nonprofit purposes.
 * The Artwork is copyrighted only under the website's (DeviantArt) license (Creative Commons CC-BY-SA). It is the only copyright allowed to be legally applied. The artwork was also credited to the author.
 * Two pieces of art were used in the story, to provide a visual element.
 * The story is done well enough it increases the value of the artwork in question, or allows the value to stay the same. The value most certainly, however, does not decrease.
 * The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.
 * The nature of the copyrighted work.
 * The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
 * The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.

However, this has caused enough of an issue. So therefore, all artwork gained from DeviantArt, from this point forward, and and explanation of how it is usable under Fair Use provided as well. 