As a photographer, I imagine such plagiarism is extremely frustrating. With words, a simple search can quickly locate plagiarism (if you know to look for it), but an image is much more difficult to track down. I could see where it would make people leery of posting original images...at least their very best work.
You'd be shocked at the number of blatant image and video copyright infringements/theft I have dealt with over the years. To pour salt into the wound, people would even have the balls to crop the copyright watermark right out. Too many people are of the mindset that if they saw it on the internet, it's just free to take and use as they please.
On that note, I'm not even sure if what I wrote about providing a "courtesy of" statement is adequate when using someone's image. Would an embedded link also be necessary? I'm guessing this would depend on the image? Any insight you could give on this would be greatly appreciated.
Contact the photographer and get permission. Simple. Or if you need a certain image, contact a photographer you have followed and ask them if they may have an image close to what you need, and if you may use it free of charge. When I post my photography on social media, I just keep the mindset that it now belongs to the world...
I have a paid subscription to a photo site and occasionally use images from there for my Steemit blog posts when I don't have a good photo of my own. But I still do the "Courtesy of ..." line. It just feels wrong not to.
The proper thing to do in this instance by someone who feels the need to regurgitate other people's work, is get permission from the author of such work (written, photo, video, art, etc.) to re-publish it (Example: Reprinted with permission from the Oct. 26, 1984 National DRAGSTER). Sharing a link back to the original source in this equation would be better, and all news sources, video SHARING sites, and other outlets all offer these share/retweet/blah, blah, blah buttons. It's the copy/paste offenders who abuse this without permission and/or citing original sources, and then plead ignorance to the whole thing.
Bingo. Being rewarded for original content should be the primary focus, and stated as such. Discouraging copy/paste hacks or a zero tolerance policy for copyright infringements should be noted too. The FAQ section would be a good start. There should be a landing page tab for do's and don'ts, things that will not be tolerated that everyone should read prior to signing up with a checkbox or some sort of digital signature acknowledging that they accept the terms of participation here. People need to be educated, and they need to respect the rights of those who are here or not. Three strike rule wouldn't be a bad idea either. Just my thoughts.
These are good ideas! Also, I've thought that SteemIt could operate as a self-policing community. Unfortunately, such action would not generate many followers.
As a photographer, I imagine such plagiarism is extremely frustrating. With words, a simple search can quickly locate plagiarism (if you know to look for it), but an image is much more difficult to track down. I could see where it would make people leery of posting original images...at least their very best work.
You'd be shocked at the number of blatant image and video copyright infringements/theft I have dealt with over the years. To pour salt into the wound, people would even have the balls to crop the copyright watermark right out. Too many people are of the mindset that if they saw it on the internet, it's just free to take and use as they please.
On that note, I'm not even sure if what I wrote about providing a "courtesy of" statement is adequate when using someone's image. Would an embedded link also be necessary? I'm guessing this would depend on the image? Any insight you could give on this would be greatly appreciated.
Contact the photographer and get permission. Simple. Or if you need a certain image, contact a photographer you have followed and ask them if they may have an image close to what you need, and if you may use it free of charge. When I post my photography on social media, I just keep the mindset that it now belongs to the world...
I have a paid subscription to a photo site and occasionally use images from there for my Steemit blog posts when I don't have a good photo of my own. But I still do the "Courtesy of ..." line. It just feels wrong not to.
This is a great idea. We use a similar subscription service at work.
The proper thing to do in this instance by someone who feels the need to regurgitate other people's work, is get permission from the author of such work (written, photo, video, art, etc.) to re-publish it (Example: Reprinted with permission from the Oct. 26, 1984 National DRAGSTER). Sharing a link back to the original source in this equation would be better, and all news sources, video SHARING sites, and other outlets all offer these share/retweet/blah, blah, blah buttons. It's the copy/paste offenders who abuse this without permission and/or citing original sources, and then plead ignorance to the whole thing.
If people are making real money off of plagiarized work "published" on SteemIt, then surely a crackdown will come at some point.
Bingo. Being rewarded for original content should be the primary focus, and stated as such. Discouraging copy/paste hacks or a zero tolerance policy for copyright infringements should be noted too. The FAQ section would be a good start. There should be a landing page tab for do's and don'ts, things that will not be tolerated that everyone should read prior to signing up with a checkbox or some sort of digital signature acknowledging that they accept the terms of participation here. People need to be educated, and they need to respect the rights of those who are here or not. Three strike rule wouldn't be a bad idea either. Just my thoughts.
These are good ideas! Also, I've thought that SteemIt could operate as a self-policing community. Unfortunately, such action would not generate many followers.
The Quick Start Guide has a section on plagiarism, but it's fairly limited. Your ideas above would be a good start.