jinyoungs:

You have been asked countless times to stop editing fantaken pictures. More and more edits arise on tumblr by the hour and it’s seriously pissing off fansites. 

I urge you to not scroll past this and I urge you to actually read what I am writing. Heed my warning. 

Don’t think fansites don’t know what’s happening because they do. They know all about tumblr and how thousands of people ignore their warnings and instructions. Some fansites even use Tumblr to host their pictures. Fansites have even resorted to writing in bold black letters on their websites IN ENGLISH: Do not edit. Do not crop. Do not modify.

Every single fuck yeah blog you see even states the exact same words. Under every single picture uploaded to a fuck yeah there are the same words. DO NOT EDIT. DO NOT CROP. DO NOT MODIFY. 
Some fansites even say do not move photo because they really do not want their work edited.

Here’s a very useful guide to understand the warnings/guidelines of fansites: 

• 불펌하지마세요 = Do not take out without crediting.
• 출처밝히고가세요 (or anything with 출처) = CREDIT. Credit the fansite. List it somewhere in your post. Put their fansite as a source. Do something - CREDIT THEM.
• 2차가공금지 = Do not edit. 
• Anything with 금지 = no.
• 이동은 자유 = Take out freely to anywhere.
• 재업로딩 금지 = Reuploading is prohibited.
• 여기에서만 보세요 (or anything similar to this) = Just look at it here.

When fansites close down because of edits, you’re ruining things for the people who enjoy looking at the original, non-edited pictures. Think of the others. Don’t be selfish. There other ways to gain attention and followers on tumblr. 

Here’s a few reasons why you shouldn’t edit fantaken photos:

• the fansite masters have to save up A LOT for their cameras. their cameras and equipment cost A LOT.
• the pictures they take are their pride and joy. fansite masters usually dedicate their lives to following around your idols so they can snap the perfect shots.
• fansite masters wake up at ungodly hours of the early morning to get to the event the idol will be at so they have a good seat/spot to take pictures.
• this is their form of art
• they tell you no and you should listen
• IT PISSES THE MASTERS OFF

If that won’t stop you, look at this. I went onto google to see if I could find any lists that compiled fansites from any fandom that have previously shut down because of fantaken edits. It has happened before. I came across this post instead. Please read it. I disagree with everything this person says and YOU should too.

“If admins want to bitch and close their fansites, let them. We’re not forcing them to close down, it’s their choice. They made the decision to blow things way out of proportion and close their site.“ 

— a quote by that post I linked above.

Fansites are not blowing anything out of proportion. It’s their own god damn website and they are allowed to say if they want their work edited or not. They choose to close because so many people don’t want to listen to the guidelines. Wouldn’t you want to close your website down too if someone continued to steal your work? Put yourself in their shoes once. Imagine yourself as a painter or an artist. You have this piece that you’re most proud of. Someone comes along and steals it from you, claiming they created it, and that person gets more attention for it than you did. IT’S EXACTLY THE SAME PROSPECT. 

I say this on behalf of all the fansites that can’t get it through anyone’s thick skulls, PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE WHO AGREES, STOP EDITING FANTAKEN PHOTOS!