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RE: An Important Message From The Messenger About How Sometimes Shutting Up Is A Good Thing
I'm not simply downloading an image from the internet and placing it above a few words.
And to the extent I might be "content police," what I care about is whether or not any given publisher's work is THEIR work, or just some meme that has already been seen by 3 million people around the web. One image with just words "I made this!" One image copied from someone else's web site and presented with no explanation? You're a dick for stealing other people's work AND I'm going to call you on it.
Cool art, as always. I know... YOU made that.
Yes, I agree. Original content requires no policing whatsoever. If they are ripping people off, technically, that's not content policing; that's just addressing a thief accordingly.
Many of popular meme production sites pay royalties and make money utilizing ads to pay for it. The content is then shared freely, and the producers of those images are okay with that. Some of the folks attempting to monetize those images will eventually be getting a nasty wake up call by a different type of content police. Oh well. That's their problem!