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chrisjeffery:

rosalarian:

choochoobear:

Thunt of the webcomic “Goblins” made me, and several other webcomics, aware of a Facebook app someone created that scrapes our sites’ content, reposts it without our permission, and - the part the really pisses me off - encourages people to donate to our comics via a link/Google Checkout account we’ve not approved or are linked with.

See the area in the read circle?  ”Keep the Something Positive app alive.”  We webcartoonists get none of that.  That all goes to the guy who set the app up - apparently someone named Lance Strish.  No link back to the webcomics he’s taken from.  No, “Hey, be sure to support the artists.”  Nothing.

This shit happens all the time in Apple’s “We’re Too Busy Counting Money to Have Quality Control” App Store.  Now webcartoonists get to deal with it on Facebook, too.

If you enjoy a webcomic - or anything - on the web, please don’t give money to the people who make apps that scrape their content without their permission.  Give it to the actual people who make the stuff you like.  If you see an app and aren’t sure if it’s “official” or not, ask the creator, but honestly, if it WAS official, the creator would have plugged it on their site.

People keep doing this on different sites in various forms. What brings person to say “You know what I love? Webcomics. You know what I hate? The people who create them. How can I combine these things into a perfect storm?”

For real, you guys, our webcomics are free. Free. You don’t have to pay for it. We like it if you buy stuff from us, but at the very least, don’t steal from us. That’s just… man… what… I… just… christ. I don’t have any words.

Please spread the word about this, guys. This kind of crap is awful.