What Does This Mean?
[ CREATOR CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
A watermark-style label creators added directly onto their original artwork specifically to discourage uncredited reposting or theft, most associated with the DeviantArt era of art-sharing culture.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"That old "OC do not steal" watermark didn't stop it from getting reposted a hundred times anyway."
LORE & ORIGIN
Became a standard defensive practice once art-sharing platforms made uncredited reposting frictionless enough that a visible, explicit warning felt necessary.
FIRST SEEN
2006
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
Not established
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:OC / Original ContentContent Theft
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↓ FADING
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ CREATOR CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
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MENTIONS OVER TIME
DOCUMENTED SINCE
2006
NOW
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