Is Deviant Art going downhill?

There seems to be an increased number of art thieves on the internet lately. Some pretty obvious, others not so much. Then we have those who out right claim other people's work is their own, or they report it and never credit the original artist. But what is really bad is how Deviant Art is handling those who are stealing people's designs and likenesses of original characters.


Bleuberry109's journal about this subject.

As it turns out, Deviant Art is only protecting the top end, high paying artists, but not the little guys like us. So the artists who worked hard to get where they are now aren't getting any recognition, but people who steal their ideas or their original works' likeness do.

One commented this:

What is Copyright Infringement?
To simplify this question, copyright infringement occurs when you do certain things with a creative work which someone else produced without first getting the proper permission.
Some examples of copyright infringement (this is only a partial listing) can include:
-Placing someone else's photograph or creative work online without proper permission.
-Using a creative work commercially without permission.
-Adapting someone else's creative work found in one medium to another medium, such as making a book into a movie or a photograph into a painting.
-Modifying or editing a creative work without proper permission.

TheUltimateF's comment. Click to open.

They're right, too. People are not allowed to do that. So why is Deviant Art allowing it? Sure, I can make up my own characters with similar traits to those already copyrighted, but I give credit to the original creator. So my question to you all:

Is Deviant Art losing their original objective?
If so, why?

Let me know what you think.


Edit: Bleuberry109 linked this onto their Deviant Art with the caption "Deviant Art in a nutshell."