Contrition from Dorkly and College Humour for Uncredited Sprite Use

[Xander]

Well dang, can't say I expected that to ever happen. Good job to Tonberry for getting Dorkly's attention and good on Dorkly for coming to this decision.

Yeah, agreed. I just assume it would continue on indefinitely.

Yeah, it's good to see these sites trying to make amends. Plagiarizing/not giving credit to small-fry fan artists is not cool at all - especially when you're creating content for profit.

Also, Xander makes good sprite-y things.

Haha, thanks! College Humor had a couple of animations, but Dorkly really took things pro, and their videos have millions of views.

Your sprites are awesome, Xander. They should have credited you from the beginning.

That would have been ideal!

Wow, props for being on top of it.
You think they legit didn't think about (or inquire about) fanmade sprites? It's all on the internet, right, so why bother, right?
Maybe they thought they were real.

Well, the communication I've received basically conveyed that animators have come and gone and I guess whoever originally used them never told anyone that they were not original creations. They don't seem to have deep knowledge of the spriting community and aren't really aware of the fan customized sprites conceptually. So it's largely a legacy issue, I think.

But it's good they're trying to do right by all the affected artists!

Me.