I dont know, I never liked gamespy but jeez. I dont think its that big of a deal. I mean I know when I made a website I was guilty for doing that. I mean I took Blizzard Pictures, cut the face of a ghost out and use it as a avatar. <~~~~ Look now I have a moving one, but the one I had before was still. I mean its not my work but Im still using it, its not that big of a deal. Sure if blizzard told me to take it off I would. I dont see why its such a big deal. If Artist truly wanted credit for their work or didn't want their work up there, tell them to take it off, they HAVE to listen. Jeez, if your THAT protective of your work you should of known that people do things like this and should keep it offline. But yeah I WILL admit however Gamespy DID make a mistake. I mean, if I were them I'd draw it myself or hire a staff member that can draw and let him make avatars. But whatever, I really dont think people should get worked up about this. Only time you should get worked up is if the artist tells gamespy to remove it but they refuse to, thats a WHOLE different story. Right now, those that wanted art removed, got them removed. Same thing goes with MP3's, Burn CDs etc. Who the hell gives you the right? No one, but your really not making a profit are you? Your just downloading the songs you love and putting it on CD. Of course now they stopped it but thats because the Artists complained and crap. Get the idea? Alright, good, now I hope people stop complaining about a small little picture on a forum page for some guy's favorite character if the artist never spoke to him about it.

Editted: Ah and let me just say this. This is just my opinion on how I feel. You dont have to agree with me, but I said what I felt. I mean, unless they themselves said "This work is OUR work, we made it and then cut out the avatars from it" then I dont feel there is any wrong in it.

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