I believe there is a difference between using an image for a roleplay writing session, and stating that you are the one who created the image in the first place. A large portion of our userbase are not artist, and those who are are amongst the few [i](By artist I am referring to someone who can make an image that can be sold for at least a couple of dollars, not a signature cropper and banner maker)[/i].

With this said, there are two aspects that I have to anyone who claims their artwork may be stolen. Firstly, why did you upload it to the internet in the first place, and more importantly, why was it uploaded without a watermark. The internet is a haven for people hotlinking images and even the Troll face is a copyright listed image, yet I have not seen anyone sued for using that meme face.

Secondly, shouldn't someone be proud that an image was theirs was shared? You wouldn't see the same hate on Pinterest, you wouldn't see the same hate on Tumblr, so why a nobody writing forum? As I said, it's not being sold, it's not being claimed, the person is "admiring" the image enough to write a story about it, and their only mistake was maybe that they found the image on Google image search.

/shrugs