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RE: Adding Value to Steemit through Sharing
I'm really surprised that "fair use" and standard copyright law hasn't entered this "cut and paste" conversation more on Steemit. Fair use allows for limited portions to be "cut and pasted" (so to speak) but never ALL of it... (see here, then cont'd in comment so I can link)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use and
And Stanford Law emphasizes the need for "transformative purposes" - commenting, critiquing, or "adding value / your own thoughts" as you said! http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/
I completely agree, if Steemit doesn't have some standards, it will be a free-for-all that will greatly diminish the original authors' hard work (whether they are Steemers or not, like simply reposting a news story, that ten other people are doing the same with). Thanks for the post!
Copyright and Intelectual Property are controversial topics among some here in the community. It was also pointed out to me that copyright can only be enforced by the person who originally created the content.
The more effective argument on steemit has been that copy/paste alone doesn't add value to a post as opposed to pointing out that a user may be violating copyright law or asking them to follow the practice of "fair use".
In the end, I'm asking them to do the same thing to prevent the exact "free-for-all" situation you mentioned.
Thank you for supporting @steemcleaners!
"... copyright can only be enforced by the person who originally created the content."
Ummm, true in court maybe, but I'm thinking "...and by steemcleaners" - here anyways! You go girl, haha! Seriously tho, how can I (or any interested Steemian) help? [email protected]
We have something called reputation
I suspect that someone who continually games the system won't have much of one.