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RE: Does Steemit Have A Copyright Problem?
This is something I bring up every few months here. It is sad to see people flat out stealing from others just to earn a few bucks (lately a lot of bucks).
I get it, original content on a regular basis is tough to create. That doesn't mean go out and steal the work of others just to make yourself a quick buck here.
Whenever I see it happening I flag them and hope change happens but it seems to never come. I have commented on some in the past only to get a fight started like I am the thief in the situation.
Sadly I don't see it stopping soon.
Maybe if enough of us flag and bring it to light more people will join the fight and help make Stseemit a better place.
I don't think downvoting is the complete solution, but rather communities and user interfaces.
But I also don't see a lot of copyright violations as anything bad at all. What "Zer0hedge" does for example is totally fine imo and he even goes out of his way to show that he's not actually Zerohedge in both name and posts.
The type of content that he provides actually helps this platform quite a bit, because it lets users consume news without leaving the site. That increases both engagement and retention rates.
In the future it's also not impossible that this will peak the interest of Zerohedge or others and that they will start crosspublishing to establish their name here. By that time, the user interfaces and community functions could help us sort the content we want to see more efficiently and even mark confirmed authentic accounts.
So the bottom line, I don't think most copyright violations are neither immoral nor that they harm the platform. Rather I think that overall they will only help, as long as we have the option of hiding the really poor quality posts (including pure copy paste, impersonations and sensitive material such as porn etc) of course.
I think you make an important point here.
The information he puts out would not be available for many users otherwise.
Essentially he does exactly what any mainstream news outlet does.
They also merely regurgitate (copy and paste) their stories from Reuters and APA.
The difference is that he admits to it...
This is something I bring up every few months here. It is sad to see people flat out stealing from others just to earn a few bucks (lately a lot of bucks).
I get it, original content on a regular basis is tough to create. That doesn't mean go out and steal the work of others just to make yourself a quick buck here.
Whenever I see it happening I flag them and hope change happens but it seems to never come. I have commented on some in the past only to get a fight started like I am the thief in the situation.
Sadly I don't see it stopping soon.
Maybe if enough of us flag and bring it to light more people will join the fight and help make Stseemit a better place.
The point of copying my comment is...?