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CW: Question about Ethics of Derivative Fanworks
Gift Fic was a good suggestion as I was looking for something that put that more front and center like podfic.
Alt Alt text was another one someone commented that I thought was funny and cute.
But now I'm wondering what would ethical attribution be like? Do you embed the fanart? Link to a post where the artist put it? What if its a walled garden like twitter or tumblr that limits what youre allowed to see without an account? Should you make fic based on "Do Not Repost" art? What if the artist of the piece doesnt come up with reverse image search? What if the original poster deleted it.
I've often wondered about this stuff, because I know on one hand, credit the artist (no brainer) on the other hand, what happens if the artist washes their hands of it or disappeared to time? I'm certain most people who save art, even while trying to find OP, has at minimum a dozen or so pictures that have no trail