it doesnt really matter. From what I can see is that anyone's art gets stolen or could get stolen and be changed for some other project if think about it. for example: Thief = Assassin's Creed
The bigger problem is that DeviantArt simply doesn't care. They'll remove the 'dodgy' material because it puts them in the most dangerous position with copyright holders and it is the easiest to enforce (because for example 'pornographic' material is clearly what it is regardless of the nature of the characters in it).…