@Litrojia &
@Background Pony #BEAF &
@Hopen Way
If a “base was used” then the resulting work has a derivative copyright from the original artist whose work was used as a base. And that original artist’s rights are reserved.
Tagging the original artist whose work was used as a base respects that artist’s copyright, and makes sure that people who do not want their art to be used “as a base” are alerted that their artwork has been used this way, and gives them the option of asking to have that derivative work deleted.
Such works should also be tagged “edit” on this site, which indicates that the original artist did not create it, and that the resulting work is a derivative copyright.
Sometimes there’s an additional step in all of this when the person who made the base is not the original artist - there’s a lot of “base makers” who use other people’s work rather than creating their own. In those cases only the ORIGINAL artist whose work was “made into a base” should be credited along with the person who made the derivative work - in our practices, the interceding person who made the base doesn’t have a copyright claim on the work.
So, please tag the person who made the derivative work, and the person whose work was used as a base.
But don’t tag the “base creator” - their derivative copyright is on their base, not on the original artwork that they made a base from, or on the derivative work whose copyright is based on the ORIGINAL artwork, not the “base”.
2LDR:
If the image is a base which is an original work or used a screenshot from the show then only the base creator is credited.
If the image is a base made from another fan artist’s work then both the base creator and the original artist whose work was used to create the base are credited. The original artist’s copyright takes precedence.
If the image used a base that was an original work then both the artist of the derivative work and the base creator are credited. The base creator’s copyright takes precedence.
If the image used a base that was created from a fan artist’s work then both the artist of the ORIGINAL work and the derivative work are credited. The person who made the work has no copyright claim on this site in that case. The original artist’s copyright takes precedence.
Images that use bases are always tagged as “Edit” because their copyright is derivative.
This is why on this site original artists can ask to have derivative “traces” or “base used” edits of their work deleted, and why derivative works must respect the original artist’s DNP settings.
MUCH 2LDR: Basically we treat “Base Used” as a trace, for copyright and takedown purposes.
PS: I’ve spent FAR too much time going through “bases” trying to figure out who the real copyrighr holder was …