no, it's better to ask the person that has the avi first.
my avis always get stolen and everytime i try to confront the person that stole it, their wall is put on private and wont ever accept my friend request until i have to tell them in a thread 'hey can you please not use the same avi as me?' or so and so. it's just courtesy really. there's so many people on here that make their own avis and its honestly not that hard to ask or request someone to make a avi for someone or to ask them if its alright if they use your avi whenever your done with that.
but the ones that just steal it and keep going <<<
I accidentally used somebody else's even before I was accepted as a member
I can understand the problem though. It's like a unique identification! So, I quickly changed it thanks to somebody who was kind enough to let me know, and allow me to use some avis that they had made.
It might "just be a gif!!!" but it's still very annoying when you put time and effort in trying to make something that is good and someone feels like they have the right to use it.
I get it, "it's the internet" but that gives you no right to be an ass.
No, especially if they are still using it, I got mine from Satan but it was from the donate your avi and I asked permission.
When I use my own gifs, I don't mind if people take em just after I'm done wit it.
If it's an old one, fine. But if you do it and it gets posted in the Best AVI thread, I'm taking credit. I mostly make my own but I usually tell people I'm taking theirs tho