Your proposal solves some problems regarding image content on POB.
For downvote rules as in general, they will get a downvote if they post pictures on Google or take other people's pictures.
Do you mean images that are NOT original will receive a downvote?
Ah yeah, I mean the image that not original. So it's like this, if someone posts an image on POB photography that doesn't belong to him and without giving the source where he took the image, then he will get a downvote. And if someone posts an image on POB photography that doesn't belong to him, but he gives the source where he took the image, he won't get the downvote. It's just that he won't get an upvote from me, because he posted an image that is not his own.
How would users indicate they took the image?
For that I haven't thought about it, and thanks for reminding me. I think it would be better if users wrote a little about the camera they used, and location shot the pictures in their posts.
300 words doesn't seem that bad.
Yeah 300 words is not difficult to write, and it won't make our brain dizzy to think about 300 words in our post. xD
So, can people take pictures of whatever they want?
Yeah sure, they can take picture anything. But yeah the upvote value depends on how beautiful their picture is in their post. xD
The proposal part would be your request for either funding or curation trail support from @proofofbrainio.
I just need proofofbrain support to follow my curation trail later, if this idea is liked by the community. :)