@EyeGuy  
How long do you spend on your drawings?

@EyeGuy  
that’s not what I said.

@Ihhh  
Even when I use references, my art looks like shit.

@EyeGuy  
There are thousands of drawing tutorials all over the internet. In my limited experience, the most important skills to learn are perspective and anatomy.

@EyeGuy  
I can see a bird … a snake … a foot … a monkey …  
and a hairy mutated potato with legs and a face.

For those who don’t believe me when I tell them I’m a terrible artist.
 

 
I drew all the time as a kid, and my art looks no better now than it did back then.

@TexasUberAlles  
The user can have forgotten to turn it off. – But in case it’s enabled, sure. But do people even know this?
 
However, for Tumblr, Facebook and Twitter … you can publish something in public and not wanting it to be shared outside of that service (unless you can prove that it’s written in the terms of service).
 
You shouldn’t have to keep something private to not have it being shared all over the internet.

@Liggliluff  
Uploading someone elses art anywhere without permission is stealing.  
Do you see these on pages where art is posted?  
 

 
Both of these are editable share/reblog panels which provide easy means for posting art– with credit and links– on other sites. Both are customizable and can be turned off or limited in the account settings to prevent reposting. Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter require only one checkbox to make an account private. Posting something on a site which includes reposting features and/or private-only features is permission.

@Eeveeinheat  
I don’t care who uploaded it either. But there’s still am uploading community here.
 
I can agree that other sites are also hassle to use, and Derpibooru is a well developed site. The publicly editible tags is a huge help.

@Exedrus  
It can be completed when it comes to fair use, I can agree. But Derpibooru is not fair use.
 
I will also agree that fan art itself can be copyright and trademark infringing as they’re drawing someone else’s characters. However, that doesn’t give you the right to share that art in that case. – Fan art is often considered okay as it’s made in good faith, in respect, and companies often have no issue with it, as long as it stays out of their area (full length animations and dolls, in Hasbro’s case).
 
Well, you might be correct on your last statement. I should be reading into it more. However, making the content available somewhere else can affect ad-revenue, and the artist might not just know why.

@Liggliluff  
I never even look at who uploaded something and have never cared. For me, the only way I even find artists is on derpibooru. Other sites are just too much of a hassle. Convenience, really. It’s the uploader’s own idiotic fault if they feel like they are getting anything more than the pleasure of spreading someone’s art to more people by uploading (as should be the reason to upload things you didn’t make). Likes and favs do nothing for the uploader, except maybe giving some of them a meaningless buzz.

@Liggliluff  
Err, I’m pretty sure it’s a lot more complicated than you’re making it out to be.
 
On one hand, most artist are probably gratuitously violating Hasbro’s copyrights and/or trademarks through their works, which probably puts their rights to the copywritten material in question.
 
On the other hand, reproducing an artistic work doesn’t guarantee that it is a violation. Just ask Google or any image searching site, they regularly serve and reproduce full size copies of images they index. As I understand it, so long that a site follows certain rules (like allowing content holders to request content removal), they’re legally in the green. I believe this is covered in the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, if you want to read up.

@Eeveeinheat  
It’s a bit of easy publicity … someone makes good art, you publish it here, the upvotes are counted towards you as an uploader, and not to the artist. It’s not about the art, but about being the uploader of the art.
 
@Markiz93  
That is a great thing. Gives a bit more focus on the artist, than the uploader.  
I like those uploaders who takes a step back, and let the art shine on it’s own
 
@northern haste  
That is the reason why you can find so little of their art on the site; therefore making you notice it even more … or something along those lines.

@Don_Parpan, @Salamenace, @Soarinjack  
Uploading someone elses art anywhere without permission is stealing.
 
If I uploaded someone else’s art on my DeviantArt, I would get lynched.  
But if I upload someone else’s art on Derpiboory, it’s all suddenly okay…
 
No. Giving credits or source does not excempt it from the copyright laws (which is almost the same all over the world). – The only thing you need is permission.
 
Derpibooru is running by the “shot first, ask questions later”; by stealing art, and waiting for artist to ask them to take it down, and be placed on the DNP-list (Do Not Post).
 
Most artist who have art here are okay with it … I for one am okay with my art being here. But that doesn’t give Derpibooru any legal rights to do it.
 
I won’t stop Derpibooru; but you must realise that it is still illegal. Don’t think it’s okay.
 
http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/plagiarism-vs-copyright.php  
According to these definitions:  
Derpibooru doesn’t allow plagiarism – but they do allow copyright infringement.
 
http://ogc.harvard.edu/pages/copyright-and-fair-use  
Copyright prevents you from “reproduce the work by making copies of it”, ie, uploading it on Derpibooru.  
“Anyone who does any of these things without authorization infringes the copyright and can be liable to the copyright owner for damages.”

@northern haste  
all my zev collection in a nutshell

That moment when you want to post an image but the artist is on the do not post list

It’s because the high volume uploaders have dozens of artists on Watch on DA, so they get notifications as soon as those artists post anything and they immediately upload it. There are a lot fewer of the big uploaders following artists on Tumblr and Twitter and Pixiv, so you’re more likely to find stuff there that hasn’t been uploaded yet.

I post my arts and memes here. That’s aren’t going to bother me.

And? Are there really people who post stuff just to get a high off of posting something you didn’t draw? Heck, if something you wanted to post is already posted, shouldn’t that make you happy? Can someone explain why this is a big deal for some people?

Why don’t you do edits, I suck at drawing but I make some average edits, like my avatar

Look at my stuff. Mostly meme pics and amateurish drawings.

What is a bit awful, when the great arts are posted by anons, they should be posted by registered users.

So start digging through /mlp/ threads. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve browsed a filly anon thread from work, then get home to upload and the thread is gone :P

That’s me every single time.

@Don_Parpan  
With proper credits, and a link back to the source, I perfectly agree. But, judging by my PM’s it varies from people to people…