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RE: The Daily Downvote: We need YOUR Help
I gave it a quick check, it's legit. He uses stock photos from free stock photo sites.
I understand your concern, as this is still a publishing platform and universal copyright rules do apply, just as they do anywhere else.
Oh, ok. So he's just being rewarded for posting free stock photos. Good to know.
I'm not sure that this is any better, but thanks for checking on it.
Well.. Using stock photos in a story is better than using stock photos as your own photography. In the world of publishing, stock photos are legit. I understand your frustration, but the reason I created this post is more geared towards abuse. I really don't want to get into the ethics of making money on steemit, because there's a fine line on that. What I'm able to do is at least make sure that blatant theft of copyrighted work is downvoted. I hope that makes sense.
No doubt about that. I was just remarking on the absurdity of posting free stock photos and that being the factor that's attracting whales and bots - and paying out thousands of dollars for it.
If it's legit, then there's nothing to be done. Still a bit silly, if you ask me.