So, I had a couple of items removed from my gallery for "Art Theft (General)", specifically as Copyright Infringement for Copywritten material.

Now, I don't really care. I still have my originals, and I can always give them to anyone who wanted them at any time. I certainly can't argue, because the works in question could easily be argued to be in violation of these terms...

But at the same time, they were also fairly popular pieces, that had been around for some time. They weren't taken down quickly, and were fairly well enjoyed by all who saw them.

So my question, or, rather, thought, is who exactly reports them, and why? Now, if you want to tell me that you reported it, feel free to, but there's anonynimity in reporting for a reason, and I certainly don't expect you to. But i'm curious what the thought process is involved in doing so.

Are you a stickler for specifics? Did you not like the work? Did you feel it was stealing profit from someone? Inproper use, no sense of humor, do you like removing works, do you feel it is your civic duty? These are all harmless works, of which I have never claimed to be responsible of all parts of them, especially one case where it was using publicly available promotional graphics from Dr. Horrible.

Have you ever reported a piece of fan artwork for deletion? Why? Or if you haven't, would you? Why, or why not? I'm curious to see different people's reasonings.