RE: Bacteria caught live in action while smuggling genes from their surroundings.

[dedicatedguy]

Hello @scienceblocks, this article is well written, but since you are using the steemstem tag, I would advise you to check these guidelines about the use of images and their copyrights https://steemit.com/steemstem/@steemstem/guidelines-on-copyright-standards-in-steemstem

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[scienceblocks]

Thanks @dedicatedguy . This is really helpful information. I was wondering about the following two images though if you can help me with it.

1. Since, nature microbiology is not a open access journal, but they provided this article as open access, what copyright will these images fall into?
2. The video I used is from Ankur Dhalia's lab who was corresponding author of the study. However it was used on many websites including NYT. Does that mean this video open to use? And should I cite NYT or the study if it is open to use?

[dedicatedguy]

Since, nature microbiology is not a open access journal, but they provided this article as open access, what copyright will these images fall into?

I am not sure, I would consult this in the discord community, you can join here https://discord.gg/mKSKQ7T .

Does that mean this video open to use?

There shouldn't be any problem with the video.

And should I cite NYT or the study if it is open to use?

It would be better if you quoted the study, but NYT is ok too.

[enforcer48]

It's always best to cite where you got it from if you didn't make it. @steemcleaners may not care about the videos, but I can tell you that there are others that do.

[scienceblocks]

That's what I did. But Then came to know that the copyright laws might be bit more stringent for steemit. Since you get paid for it, it enters commercial relam and citing might not be enough for images. Hence I opted to rather make my own illustrations and cite the study that inspired the illustration.

[scienceblocks]

Hello @dedicatedguy, based on the information provided I have changed the images to avoid any copyright issues. I have now instead used my own illustrations to explain the topic. Thanks once again.