User talk:Acovals

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[edit] Circuit Breaker

Hello. I couldn't help but notice that you continue to post a hi-resoltion of a piece of commissioned artwork that does not belong to you, or Marvel Comics either. I know this because I own the image. I own it because I commissioned the artist Will Mangin and colorist Ryan Button to produce it for a private project involving a non-profit artwork portfolio. I also own it because the image (among others) was copyrighted in MY NAME in early 2006. So far, I have politley removed the image myself twice, but I've looked into the history of "vandalism" for the article of CIRCUIT BREAKER and noticed that a compatriot of mine working on the project probably made notice to you on several occasions to please have the image removed. I have since removed the image, for what I hope is the last time.

Several areas that you need to be aware of:

1. There are only two places I can think of where you may have obtained the artwork and in both cases, the copyright information was plainly stated.

2. I MIGHT consider allowing to use a much smaller image, so long as you contact me regarding it first. But posting a hi-resolution image of original artwork that I paid for with my own money for free public usage is questionable ethics in my book. All ownership and copyright information should be included as well as the artist/colorist responsible for the artwork. As it is now, you do not have permission to use it, and every time you repost it, you give others the impression that it is publicly owned. It's not.

3. I don't want to be a jerk about this. So, let's say you just do as I ask or get in touch with me before you repost that image again. Otherwise I will gather the proper documentation and contact the necessary people at Wikipedia... from what I can tell, you've had some problems before; I'm sure you'd like to avoid being reprimanded for continued copyright negligence. I don't want to be that guy, and I think if you look at things from my point of view, you will understand why I'm upset about it. On the contrary, I can't understand why you think it is OK for you to keep putting it up when you know the art doesn't belong to you. If you want to contact me directly, I'm more than happy to talk about. My email is acovals@sbcglobal.net. We can have a nice private discussion. Until then, I'm watching the Circuit Breaker wiki. I didn't pay for that artwork to be used as reference material for Wikipedia.

Thanks, I look forward to talking to you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by user:Acovals (talk • contribs) 18:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC).


  • Hi, I wanted to get in touch with you about the above that I bolded. Currently we do not have a decent picture of Circuit Breaker to use other then the one you claim to own. The Marvel image is nice but yours is better. If you would kindly discuss here the possibility of uploading some variant of the original picture I would appreciate it.

Thanks, I look forwards to working with you --The Matrix Prime 01:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


Image:Circuit Breaker Marvel.JPG
Circuit Breaker

This image - right here - this one