More unfair use

"EXQUISITE IMAGES! Thank you for sharing your beautiful art.
Do you mind if I print a slide or two to hang on my wall?"

That is one of the comments on another slide show that is packed full of my art. At least the person asking the question had the integrity to ask for permission before printing "a slide or two", even though the slide show creator has no authority to grant that permission.

There are a few other slide shows on slideshare.com with my art as well, but that list is getting smaller.

My first discovery of my art on slideshare.net was in Kapitán József's gallery. After some conversation, Kapitán and I agreed on what he could put in his show. I explained to Kapitán that I wanted him to say that he used my art with my permission. That was important to me because I did not want to give the impression that my art is free for anyone to take. That's a valid concern because it is exactly what happened on at least one other slide show. That slide show, now removed, was copied from another slide show.

What's happening here is that people are innocently thinking that the art in these slide shows is art that is in the public domain. I mean, I used to do it all the time. I would get an e-mail with a cool slide show or pictures and forward it on without a second thought.

When I looked at the stats for one of the slide shows on slideshare.net, I found that it was embedded on a 5th grade school teacher's web site. That teacher was showing her students my ripped off art. What am I supposed to do with that?

I have the same concern about my images that appear on blogs or websites under the fair use doctrine. I don't want people to assume that they have automatic permission take whatever they want from my galleries just because one small piece appears in a blog.