Just received a message Inbox that caught my attention. It reads:

"Your deviation Why So Serious? 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:

Upon review a member of staff determined that this deviation included copyrighted content used without permission. Removed as a violation of deviantART copyright policy.

This message was generated automatically."

I don't understand this. I copied a photo of Bush that was on Wikipedia and manipulated it to look like he was wearing Joker make up. The picture isn't copyrighted, it's public domain, so how is that not stock? Is DeviantArt suggesting I used someone else work? If so, that's absurd. I have the PSD file (somewhere) to prove it.

Fuck DeviantArt. They could have at the very least been more specific about their claim instead of sending me a generated message. I'm removing all of my work. That'll teach 'em, the knee-jerking twits.