Macros and Gifs

I'm a bit flustered ( not mad, just annoyed) to find that Deviant Art has removed about 6 of the macros I made, all of them from LAST year.  These pictures were found either on the Internet through a search, or from an Omona/LJ posting.  They are K-Pop related.  I just wrote some "funnies" on them and posted them on DA. 

Now, if I had been told a day or so after I posted them them that I needed permission, I would have removed them myself.  I don't want to step on anyones toes.  As a sort of artist myself, I respect peoples wishes.  I just would have preferred to know right away.

Maybe DA has a backlog?  Maybe the "owner" of the pics just found them?  But now I'm concerned that every day I log onto DA I'm going to find something else gone.

So, in order to protect myself and not piss anyone off, I will no longer be posting gifs/macros except for my friends here on LJ. 

Hopefully DA will not suspend me or something, after all, I've done lots of macros.  I suspect I will be finding more deletions soon.

I have most of them saved on photobucket, tiny pic and on my hard drive too, so I'm not that heartbroken.

I'm posting this open to everyone for a few reasons.

One, as a warning to folks who like to make macros and gifs, be sure you can use the pictures, and two, if I take one of your photos and use it, let me know if it's ok or not.  I will respect your wishes and either give you credit or remove the item.

Thanks people.  Have a good one.