Japonica removed

The artist Japonica (http://japonica.o0o0.jp) has contacted me and requested I remove his art from the site. I have done so.

Do you have a block on the tag and source URL? Or how do you avoid his art being posted by folks unaware?

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Please do not reproduce without prior permission. If found, access from your country will be disabled,

I swear, Japan is the only country I know where people are keen to instate regional blocks on webpages and the like. I suppose I can understand given the mindset, but it drives me crazy.

Now I'll never know what his art looks like. Oh well.
albert, isn't it better to ban Japan from Danbooru instead?

We'd lose Brightlight then. But IMHO, if he blocks even though the art was removed without complaints, it's only fair if it was restored to the site. He's being a fucker, I don't see why we need to play nice then.

according to his site, he says that the thumbnail-only gallery is temporary, unless I'm retarded and read it wrong.

a fair amount of Japanese artists seem to get offended by other sites posting their art even when credit is given. it's weird.

ETA: on the topic of us/him blocking countries, wouldn't one simply be able to use a proxy? no big deal, really.

Shinjidude said:
I swear, Japan is the only country I know where people are keen to instate regional blocks on webpages and the like. I suppose I can understand given the mindset, but it drives me crazy.

Welcome to Japan, the racist capital of the world. Misplaced feeling of superiority is actually what fuels their bullet trains.

Anyway, it's any artist's right not to want their art spread on danbooru or elsewhere, no matter how stupid the reason.

surasshu said:
Anyway, it's any artist's right not to want their art spread on danbooru or elsewhere, no matter how stupid the reason.

It is, but I see absolutely no obligation to obey their wishes if they insist on being racist dicks. It goes both ways.

葉月 said:
It is, but I see absolutely no obligation to obey their wishes if they insist on being racist dicks. It goes both ways.

'Cause racist dicks can still press charges.

One reason could be not wanting one's art associated with an image board where porn illustrations take up half the space. Just a thought. Not all publicity is good publicity, and all that gibberish.

葉月 said:
We'd lose Brightlight then.

Sorry, I was overreacting. I wouldn't want that.

That's a shame he's gotta be like that. But in the end he looses out a lot too. I frequently commission artists and sometimes they can even make a few grand from me. But now I can't access his site.

"When you live in the tunnel of a narrow mind you can't avoid the brick wall you'll encounter."

if you remove the / at the end of the URL to his site, you can view it.

bluishwolf said:
'Cause racist dicks can still press charges.

If I'm admin, I'd say let them try and file an international law suite. The price tag on that is enough to make the racist bastard go in debt for the next few generations. Alternatively, someone go and post it on pixiv, mixi, and circle.ms using Japanese proxy, and then watch him try and decide how to ban Japan all together, without banning himself out of his own FTP so he can't update...

I'd say that while it is unfair to ban regions and countries so quickly, it's no point in being a dick.

...even though I do think that it would be amusing to try that out ^^

hytone said:
if you remove the / at the end of the URL to his site, you can view it.

That's because his real site is http://japonica.sakura.ne.jp/ and he doesn't seem to be able to play his silly power games there.

Though there are only thumbnails there anyway, I don't know why he'd even care to ban people from viewing those.

Is anyone actually blocked by country? It gives a 403 error if you're referred from danbooru, so clicking either of the links in this thread won't work.

chiisana said:
If I'm admin, I'd say let them try and file an international law suite. The price tag on that is enough to make the racist bastard go in debt for the next few generations.

Yeah like Danbooru has the kind of money to handle it either (it's not like Albert wasn't just talking about donations, right?). Not to mention if the suit went through the artist would obviously win, and bad things happen. I really don't see how this could possibly be a good idea.

Danbooru's has always been run with a sort of implicit understanding that artists basically want their art to be spread so more people can enjoy their work. If an artist doesn't want that for any reason, it would be pretty ridiculous to react with a "Well, sue me, I dare ya!" cause that's the polar opposite attitude.

surasshu said: Danbooru's has always been run with a sort of implicit understanding that artists basically want their art to be spread so more people can enjoy their work. If an artist doesn't want that for any reason, it would be pretty ridiculous to react with a "Well, sue me, I dare ya!" cause that's the polar opposite attitude.

Agreed, when I initially saw this thread I thought "ah, okay", and moved on without a second thought.

I'm flabbergasted that it's become such a major issue. Lawsuits? Seriously? God, just move on, it's not a big deal.