This is a very good point. You need to write a post on exactly where public domain pictures can be uploaded and how to determine if you are plagiarizing a picture. How does one go about getting permission if they find a picture they wish to use? Pixabay is very limited. There are lots of appropriate photos and graphics out there but there is no way (that I know of) to tell if what you would like to upload is already pirated or not. Can you work your way back the "image credit" chain to find the original source? It really isn't clear at all
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OK, here's a link to the last post I made. At the bottom there is a series of links to other posts on the subject. The one about using Google Images will help you to trace back to a source. I need to write a post about using Tineye, which is my favorite site to use, but I used Google as an example, because i was tired of seeing google listed as a Source! LOL!
Thank you so much. I honor people's intellectual property and will do whatever it takes to not violate that trust.
I have written a few posts about it already, and so have other photographers on here. I do have a post somewhere that shows quite simply how to work back to the source - takes all of a couple of minutes in most instances! If you can't find the source, you can't use it! I will track down that post and link it here.
It is not a subject that most want to address, because the majority of posts that are using images not from Pixabay etc. are plagiarizing and infringing on copyright. No one has a right to use ANY image on the web - except where specific rights are given. It may be OK with the Steemit community, but that does not make it ethically right.
If you find an image on the web, unless you are willing to do the homework and find out what the source is , then you should not be using it. Steemit doesn't care. It's just a community! Of course you are going to be limited, that's why there are stock agencies that license content. We are professionals who work for a living like everyone else, but that is often hard to get across on here. My overhead over the years has been hundreds of thousands of dollars, so giving away my work for free was never my intention. LOL!
Thank you so much. I honor people's intellectual property and will do whatever it takes to not violate that trust.
I don't think it's appropriate to plug my latest link here, but I uploaded a post this morning about photo plagiarism and how to find the real source in just a few minutes and a few clicks of the mouse!
I see no problem linking to another of your posts, especially when you are answering directed questions and trying to help. Again, thank you I'll search it out.
The other link was for and older post that doesn't stand to gain monetarily, so I did not think it was appropriate to link to a brand new post. :-) You should find me easily enough. LOL!
I'm with @citizenzero. since you are helping discussion and not just advertising its all good and frankly helpful :)
Ok, and thanks! Here is the link then. I hope it will help. I honestly think that education is the key. https://steemit.com/photography/@dmcamera/photo-plagiarism-how-to-avoid-it-original-photography
great post about the issue. I didn't know that pixabay also had stolen images.