The copyright laws are pretty straight forward, and have been well tested by the court system in the US. In the simplest terms the content creator is required to insure that the content either belongs to the creator or is properly licensed. End of story.

Now comes the question. Who is responsible? The creator, certainly. Is Steemit? To what extent? Is FB responsible for all the images and text on it. So far, no. They do have checks in place and complaints like the one above are taken down. I think Steemit would be best served if they would respond, ask to see the proof and vaporize the accounts found to be in violation. At the very least.

Hiding from this issue does nothing good. It IS an issue on Steemit, and needs to be addressed yesterday.

Thanks for your excellent post that brings this issue to our attention once again.