I received a very nice message from someone who said they disagreed with the keywords. I am not being facetious. It was a nice letter explaining their feelings... I would like to address their concerns here so others with those same objections can also be answered.

I write. A lot.for magazines and for the Internet. This means I do a whole hella lot of searches for images and websites. The keywords I suggest to people in various spots are actual keywords I use when I do these searches.

If I need a Tim Curry from RHPS image that is wallpaper-sized, for example, then I will search for: tim curry, wallpaper, image

If that doesn't bring up what I really want, then I will search again for: transvestite, franknfurter, frankenfurter, wallpaper...

If it is icons I want, it is icon I put in the search terms.

The thing is,Google's spider can not see your images. It can only categorize things by the keywords you use.

If you are using NO keywords, or just the movie title, then people who are looking for these images are not going to find them very easily at all.

As to proper credits - I know the kids making icons want you to credit them. That does not mean it is the legal thing to do. The movie company owns the image. It is not being legally altered by the icon makers unless they got express written permission from that studio... and I bet 99% do not do that.

Now, it is the NICE thing to do to credit BOTH the studio and the icon maker.... but it is absolutely the studio who owns the rights to the image.

Yeah, I totally get what you are saying about the keywords, and I am trying to slowly add more to the images that I post, but it just drives me nuts! I really am tyring, but I would rather keep my sanity than post 1000 keywords! LOL, I am too weird...

As for the crediting, I really am quite stuck. I have witnessed some HUGE bust-ups on other sites where people have not credited the icon maker and people have been banned because of it. So I guess I will have to credit both the company AND the icon maker from now on.

But I will say that I am certainly not the only one who didn't know about crediting the company. I haven't seen anyone credit like that, so I guess I'm guilty of crediting in the same manner that a large proportion of Fanpoppers do (if they credit at all, that is!).

Thanks for this information DrDevience!

That's why I'm not downrating if someone credits the icon maker. It is an honest mistake, and I believe it does cover Fanpop's legal butt.