Etiquette & Rules of digi scrapping

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scrapperjade

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I need some help ladies! I've offered to teach digi-scrap lessons at a paper site I frequent (trying to convert some, mwahahaha!), where there's been interest shown... Jeez... only took me 2 years of posting before people starting being interested, but thats another story.

SO my first "Lesson" is going to be RULES & ETIQUETTE. I need some help, lol!
Can you tell me what some of the "unwritten" rules are that you follow?

I'm including things like no file sharing (describing what this means), no altering colors & claiming as your own design, how to credit the designer properly...

What else? I'm drawing a huge blank!
 
How about....
don't leave comments on people's pages telling them what you don't like. Not unless they ask for constructive criticism. And maybe a little on how to credit designers? That would be nice :)
 
I would say just to make sure they know to read the TOU and understand them. Some designers do allow colorizing and such.
 
I was going to say scraplifting as well! I've been lifted... like a total CASE with the same kit and everything... and not been credited. It's really frustrating when someone takes credit for your own work. :(
Also, other SL'ing etiquette: Don't submit lifted designs for publication. Not cool.
 
Making sure to credit designers properly (ie, trying to spell their names right is a bonus, lol...I've been Bree Clarkston and Bree Clark more times than I can count).

And yeah...not redistributing files aka piracy. SOOOOO many people don't get that.
 
You might also talk about the etiquette on submitting layouts for publication. I believe that scraplifts and templates that are scraplifts are generally "taboo" for submitting for publication since the design is someone else's. A year or so ago, I was flipping through Creating Keepsakes and saw a layout that was exactly like mine. It was a digiscrapper that apparently had lifted me. So she got published and got a payment for that... and I, the original scrapper, got nothing. That isn't cool in my book.
 
juliebee70 said:
You might also talk about the etiquette on submitting layouts for publication. I believe that scraplifts and templates that are scraplifts are generally "taboo" for submitting for publication since the design is someone else's. A year or so ago, I was flipping through Creating Keepsakes and saw a layout that was exactly like mine. It was a digiscrapper that apparently had lifted me. So she got published and got a payment for that... and I, the original scrapper, got nothing. That isn't cool in my book.
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Exactly... I would never submit any of my Cookie 101 LO's for publication because the design isn't mine.
If you submit a SL for publication and credit properly, they would likely NOT choose your LO because it is a SL. I don't think they would publish a cookie LO if they knew the template was a lift of another scrapper's work.
 
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Well, I think it depends on the submission. If it's a submission for LOs using templates, then I think it's fine. But, I am like all of you, I would never submit a lift, template or spin as a submission.
 
Paula said:
Well, I think it depends on the submission. If it's a submission for LOs using templates, then I think it's fine. But, I am like all of you, I would never submit a lift, template or spin as a submission.
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Well, yeah.... submitting LOs using templates isn't a problem... but I think it's not right to submit templates that are lifts... i.e. cookie templates.

Just my opinion! :)
 
scraplifting itself is a tough one to define and it is not limited to digi scrapping so some of your paper scrappers may already be aware of those rules. It sure doesn't hurt to have it in your class though, I think its a great idea! We just did a scraplift contest over at ACOT and had a lenghtly discussion over the rules. Make sure you are clear about crediting the original layout AND the person who scrapped it. They need to make a note of where they found the original layout (with a link) and also the scrappers name.

Simply put, a scraplift is when you copy more than half of a layouts design in order to create your own layout. Many people get confused, wondering if they are scraplifting (for example) when they see someone use a bracket mat on a layout and in turn want to use one in a similar fashion. That is just taking inspiration from a layout in using a particular element. Now if they put the bracket mat, photo, paper strips and elements ALL in a similar design to the original layout - that would be a scraplift.
 
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