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RE: STOP PLAGIARISM ON STEEMIT - ONE STEP SOLUTION TO IDENTIFY COPIED IMAGES
This is one of my bugaboos, too. I'm guilty of not always posting credit for public domain images, but for goodness sakes--sites like Shutterstock give you the attribution links right there on the page. Simply could not be easier to get them. They're already formatted and everything, for any media.
Here's the worst--my hackles go up when I see watermarked images used. This is a much misunderstood issue, and I hope to see more articles from you about it. I've used a ton of Pixabay stuff for my articles. Those don't always come with attribution info. Should I just put "images from Pixabay" in my posts? I don't want to be guilty of the same thing I yell about.
Thanks for your comment @rhondak. I am no legal expert but yes "Images from Pixabay" and a link to the pixabay image should suffice since Pixabay itself does not require any attribution for using the images. Wherever possible the original link and name of the Photographer should be mentioned.
You may refer to this link for posting guidelines https://steemit.com/steem-help/@steemcleaners/why-cite-sources . Hope this helps
Thank you so much for that link. I had this argument with someone just the other day, and definitely needed it then. However, I'm sad to say I'll probably need it many, many more times.
I can only see the problem getting worse with the explosive growth of new users. But at the same time we can take this responsibility and work for the community. :)
Exactly. I'm helping moderate some writing support groups at Discord for minnows, and that's one issue I often address with them.