Thanks for the updates.There are so many ins and outs of this issue!
I use pixabay and take my own photos too. There is a huge difference between claming something as your own and fair use.
My husband is a musician.. so it gets trickey. We rarely post full songs, he owns the copyright to his music. Why because we had people passing it on social media without a tag line which made it look like it was them. I notified them and asked they identify the performer and the piece being played. It did disappear.
To me it's a question of honesty. I'm a lousy photographer , so yes I pull photos to use.
I love to give people credit for ideas etc that I've found. If I quote something it's because I think it's worth it and so is the writer! We're all in this together! And together we can succeed!
I rarely link as all too often the link goes bad in a few weeks. I will look into using that more.
I completely agree on your view of this. I always credit people aswell. I feel that's just how we should act towards each other as decent human beings. I just can't understand what's wrong with the people who just steal other people's ideas...