Elon Musk has been infamous in the news over the past couple of weeks ever since the multi-billionaire took over as Twitter's new CEO. Since then, Twitter has been a hot topic of conversation, and not positively. In his long line of Twitter etiquette violations so far, one of the ones in the spotlight now is his usage of uncredited art.One artist has stood up to this public figure, though, and declared that enough is enough. Kentarou Satou is the mangaka behind the manga Magical Girl Site, and his art was part of a meme posted by Elon Musk back in March. Because it was posted without his credit or permission, Satou has posted on his own Twitter that he wants Musk to pay him one billion dollars in royalties.RELATED: Nintendo, Valve, Other Video Game Companies Caught in Twitter Checkmark Troll ChaosSatou's tweet reads "Twitter社新CEOイーロン・マスクがTwitterで僕の絵を無断転載してるのでとりあえず使用料10億よろしくお願いします。ドルで." This translates roughly to "Twitter's new CEO, Elon Musk, is reprinting my picture on Twitter without permission, so please give me 1 billion in royalties for now. In dollars."

The original post from Musk featured a famous image known as "Crying Asa Asagiri," which has been used for several memes since 2020. The character in the image, though, is from Satou's Magical Girl Site, and she is the main protagonist. While he has not brought up its usage in the past, Musk was apparently the final straw.

It is understandable that Satou has chosen now to stand up for his rights to his art, though, especially against Elon Musk. There has been no positive news about Musk's Twitter takeover, which has been peppered with nothing but controversy. Between fake verified accounts being created under his new rules for the site and his own oversharing and lack of tact on the site, many people are quitting Twitter for other forms of social media.

Musk originally bought Twitter for $44 billion USD, so really, $1 billion more in royalties shouldn't be so hard for him to pay back to Satou, right? After all, the original post Musk made had plenty of retweets and likes. Now, many other people are standing up for Satou and asserting that the artist has a good point.

While his original post may have just been a joke, the mangaka has a good point. Posting uncredited art without an artist's permission is plain bad manners, and no one has an excuse these days for doing it. Elon Musk might have to literally pay himself out of his problem, if Satou can get legal grounds for his claim (even if he does not get his original request of a full $1 billion USD).

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