good thing you removed the tutorial, I hate my articles being ripped off myself, happens atleast once every week and it’s such a hassle contacting an administrator, hosting company, etc.

So, by ‘Copying’ or ‘Mimicking’ someone elses work Without permission, is an infringement of there ownership of work.. ie: the copyright.

However, techniques, are not subject to copyrights as they are more instruction than product.

Example; If you were to copy indentically someones tutorial that would indeed be an infringement on their ownership rights. This is because, the content and product are protected.
however the very instructions, the technique, the method, are in a grey area when it comes to copyright/ownership.

Anyone can use a technique to create the result in the given tutorial, some people might look at the tutorial and say, ‘Yeah, i knew how to do that already!’ You can copyright a technique for doing something as long as you can prove that you invented or created that said technique, and that technique or method was the only way of doing something. (This does NOT happen often)

Now, the safe and legal way to do things is to 1 create your own unique tutorial. (this would be protected by copyright laws as you would be the author) This is similar to anyone who would say write a book or other written article.

The reason the techniques, instruction, methods are not involved in copyright is the fact that these can be learnt by any individual from any source!
Also, when you post a tutorial to this site or any tutorial site, you automatically invite people to learn what you have also learnt. This is known as the Freedom of Knowledge Act.

So, in a nutshell. If you must do a similar tutorial, ensure that your content is not in anyway infringing on the ownership rights of others. If this is not possible then you must ask permission to use in part of full any content that is protected by international copyright laws. And, where permissions are given, you MUST credit the original owner in your work.
At the end of the day, most people who submit these tutorials have spent a great amount of time and effort into ‘Creating’ a piece of work that best shows of the ‘Techniques’ involved in how to create your ‘Own’ images or designs.

so remember.. ANY submitted tutorial on any site anywhere, is protected by the Authors ownership rights ie: the Copyright.

So i defend the decision to remove the tutorial, as this was an infringement to copyright laws.

I’m sorry if my post seemed long winded, but i hope that i have shed some light on the subject, so that others don’t inadvertantly fall into a similar trap.

Thank you for reading, and wish you safe and happy creating!

The site did what it had to do to maintain it’s good reputation, but to turn an honest mistake into him stealing bibles from churches isn’t fair. In my opinion, both are at fault. FIN.

Gary.