You may have noticed that I have not uploaded anything in the past few months. I have begun to fear sharing my work over the internet. I have repeatedly heard of people having their art stolen and I just don't think I want to risk this.
The cold hard truth is that watermarks can be removed with enough work, and for every stolen work you find and recover (with lawyers and all that), there is going to be one that you did not discover and it continues to be used by somebody else.
Some ways that this could maybe be remedied is a no right clicks but then people could still take screenshots... Though screenshots are ineffective when faced with streaming video though I do not know if it works with java applets or flash. If it does not then maybe Deviant Art can somehow display the files we upload as flash or java applets.

Art theft is very serious and is becoming a huge problem for art communities and while I love sharing my art and receiving constructive criticism and praise, I do not think I will be uploading much anytime soon unless DeviantArt comes up with a way to battle art theft.

It really is sad because I have so much that I want to share with you guys that I have worked on but I just can't risk the possibility of my work being stolen, so I apologize to those who are watching me.

Although I will not be uploading any more of my work, I will remain on DevArt because I love helping people out when I can and giving people the support they need. So don't worry, I'm not going anywhere.