Definitely not his. But the mods won't like you posting a link. Better to PM a mod.

Jafo has old friendships over at dA - their Admins.

Probably be a good idea to pm him. 

Anyone wanting appeal to their better natures should send a DMCA notice to dA Admin:

SAMPLE DMCA TAKE DOWN NOTICE

My name is INSERT NAME and I am the INSERT TITLE of INSERT COMPANY NAME.  A website that your company hosts (according to WHOIS information) is infringing on at least one copyright owned by my company.

An article was copied onto your servers without permission. The original ARTICLE/PHOTO, to which we own the exclusive copyrights, can be found at:

PROVIDE WEBSITE URL

The unauthorized and infringing copy can be found at:

PROVIDE WEBSITE URL

This letter is official notification under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”), and I seek the removal of the aforementioned infringing material from your servers. I request that you immediately notify the infringer of this notice and inform them of their duty to remove the infringing material immediately, and notify them to cease any further posting of infringing material to your server in the future.

Please also be advised that law requires you, as a service provider, to remove or disable access to the infringing materials upon receiving this notice. Under US law a service provider, such as yourself, enjoys immunity from a copyright lawsuit provided that you act with deliberate speed to investigate and rectify ongoing copyright infringement. If service providers do not investigate and remove or disable the infringing material this immunity is lost. Therefore, in order for you to remain immune from a copyright infringement action you will need to investigate and ultimately remove or otherwise disable the infringing material from your servers with all due speed should the direct infringer, your client, not comply immediately.

I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that rights my company owns are being infringed. Under penalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate, and I have the authority to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s) involved.

Should you wish to discuss this with me please contact me directly.

Thank you.

/s/YOUR NAME

Address
City, State Zip
Phone
E-mail

In this case I don't see what is wrong with a link, since those cursors are from many skinners, not just one. So hopefully they can see that their cursors are being uploaded by someone else... or maybe Jafo has the time to go through them all.  Probably he can get further then even the owner of the cursor.

It would be up to the individual cursor maker to submit a request for take down/removal from the site hosting the rips.

and I believe I have pointed out before,,,,,,,dA is a cesspool.

I know the mods used to remove links to stolen skins. Maybe the rules have changed.

The problem is, some of those authors are no longer around to defend themselves, so I sent an email to their policy abuse address and have to see what happens I guess. They can clearly see they are not the work of the submitter by screenshots, etc., so common sense would tell you they would remove them.

Jorge....yes those were 'fun' times....

Unfortunately....whatever themes/skins that were 'saved' from eFront and skinz.org....if you cannot find the authors...are dead to the world.

We all uploaded to skinz.org just as we do here [and other community sites still aroung/long gone]... The author uploads and maintains rights wholly.

If there were a specific [by the author] request/release that they were free for others to redistribute on their behalf then they could be 'rehosted' elsewhere.

But otherwise they are simply 'gone' .... and need to remain so.... just as the site is effectively 'gone' and the authors likewise.

You could always post screenshots...info...whatever...in the hope the original authors find them and pass on the 'release'... but otherwise they are lost.

Hang onto them and if you don't mind doing the work you can publish screenshots like Jafo said under unknown authors. Perhaps some will be seen by the author or someone who knows them who can get in touch so permission to upload can be given. It is the second best option however if people can see screenshots it is better than nothing and the work is not truly lost, especially if you keep them backed up. 

Yep....your option is 'better', but still won't conform with the tenets of copyright.

It is not impossible to have a scenario where an artist WANTED to distribute via skinz.org specifically [for whatever reason] but perhaps [in the case of your proggy] had some issue where he did NOT want them hosted on your site [clash of personalities maybe].

In that case making the assumption he'd be OK with them being rehosted with you would be totally wrong.

Whether or not you provide account info and credits still doesn't make up for the reality that the artist did not specifically consent to the rehosting/relocation.

I can recall people spitting a dummy over associated advertising on a site that hosted their works.... and the time some of us were approached by a Japanese publication [magazine] doing a feature on GUI skinning... only to find they were into soft porn as well.... many were upset.

I still have the mag somewhere...

Only the author can give the rights to the distribution [and location] of copies of his works.  <------ That's 'Copyright' ...

Throwing a tantrum ...

It's evocative....when a baby spits its dummy it's about to start crying, etc ....[chucking a wobbly]....

Slang can be such fun....

I can't believe the reply I got from my notifying DeviartArt (now I know what the Deviant part means):

____________________________

damphyr (DeviantArt)

Mar 30, 4:44 PM

Thank you for contacting us, Thomas.

Copyright infringement is a serious matter and our Copyright Policy appears as a link at the bottom of most pages on DeviantArt.com.

We accept copyright claims only from the copyright owner of the original work, typically the artist responsible for the original work that you feel may have been copied or adapted by another deviant. The original artist has the opportunity to file a "DMCA Takedown Notice" which we will then review.

We cannot act on copyright claims made by people who are not the copyright owner, however well intentioned. This is because in many cases the copyright owner does not want to enforce their copyright in the particular circumstances that are involved or the person making the copy may have permission.

You may wish to contact the original artist on your own, inform them about the Copyright Policy and point them to the process of filing a DMCA Takedown Notice. These are the two links you may wish to use in your note:
http://about.deviantart.com/policy/copyright/
http://help.deviantart.com/dmca

We hope you found this answer helpful and thank you for your concern and willingness to call this matter to our attention. We value your membership and participation in DeviantArt.

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So I replied:

Idiotic procedures like this is again one of the reasons I quit your site. Use some brains, even the submitter says they are not his work in the description and you can see in the screenshots he used you can see the original authors name! Don't bother to reply, it would be a waste trying to convince me that your ridiculous interpretation of DCMA procedures are your only choice. Some of the original authors aren't even around any more, so they cannot be contacted! Use some brains!

I am going to post your reply, and mine back to you, on the thread discussing this issue on WinCustomize, and I sure hope more users quit your site.

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What a bunch of idiots! 

I understand what you are saying Jorge, but there is no way of contacting many of the original authors any more. In this case, DA is wrong in my opinion, they should use common sense.