Credit where credit is due ©

I recently read a post by a new user which I thought was quite good, so good in fact that I re-steemed it which is something I don't do very often. The post was by a guy called Peter out of the UK who calls his account @drippingdrizzles. I have added a link to the end of this post if you're interested.

I noticed that the user had not given photo-credit and whilst I was not one hundred percent sure the photo wasn't his, I decided to make a comment about it, politely of course. I'm not sure if I crossed some steemit-line here however I figured that he may not know credit is required. He seemed to take it well, acknowledging my comment and advising he will do so in the future. @kayda-ventures, another new user, also asked me about photo-credit on Discord so I figured there may be people out there who do not understand the need to do so.

Most photographers will copyright © their images and without permission these must not be used. However there are many sites a person can use to obtain images for their posts without infringing copyright © however credit should always be given. The three I use are unsplash, pixabay and pexels which seem to have what I'm looking for most times.

Giving photo credit is simple, just add a link to the image in the post and you're done. You can add text crediting the owner of the photo also if you like. For instance on a couple of occasions my brother @tarazkp has asked to use one of my images of firearms that he can't take himself and of course I said yes. He still credited me for the photo though. It's common courtesy, even between brothers.

Using an image that has copyright © on in could end with legal action; It sounds extreme but it has happened in the past. Don't let it happen to you. One scenario I am not sure of though is what happens if someone started using images from another steemit account without permission. Say someone started using my images taken off Steemit for their own blogs etc...Maybe someone a lot higher up on the blockchain food-chain could throw some light on that for me, and others?

I'm not sure if I was out of line bringing it to the users' attention, if I should have minded my own business, however I figure steemit is difficult enough without making little errors like that which can be so easily avoided, or dealt with.

The use of images on a blog helps attract attention, punctuate a point, demonstrate a concept, or just add some interest...Humans think in pictures, not words, after all so it makes sense. Do it ethically though, credit the owner and stay our of Steemit jail by doing so.

The image was taken, by me, at a lake near my brother's home in Finland. It was taken at 11:30 at night in late July...Yes, that's the sun still shining. It might seem legit for people up that way but it's bloody odd for people like me from Australia.

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See Peter's post here