I got a notice saying my Britney Spears Night Elf Deviation was removed due to "Copyright Violation" I've had this deviation on my account for quite a while, since 2006, and just now it is being removed, I don't understand why it was removed and how I violated a copyright policy, the note said "Art Theft" I didn't steal this from anybody, I 100% completely manipulated the photo myself in Adobe... I have a "Before and After" of it in my gallery, and I also have another manip of Britney and they weren't removed...

"Your deviation Britney Spears Night Elf was reported for Art theft (General). The report was reviewed by a member of the Staff and action was taken, deleting the deviation and marking the report as Resolved. Additionally, the following comment was provided:

Immediate action taken.

This message was generated automatically.

-- deviantART Staff"


"The administrator who deleted your deviation added the following:

Deleted due to Copyright Violation

The work(s) listed below have been removed by staff as a violation of the deviantART copyright policy. Your deviantART submissions must consist entirely of your own work or valid stock resources and must not include works from copyrighted sources.

Please read our Copyright Policy and if you have any questions or believe this removal to be an error please contact the deviantART Help Desk

Title: Britney Spears Night Elf
URL: [link]
Submitted: 2007-06-06 6:15:43 pm"


Very very disappointed and frustrated about this.