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RE: STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY – Do I have the right to use it on Steemit?
Just saw this reply. I agree. Most people really don't see anything wrong with it. They are so bombarded with imagery, that they have no idea that just taking what they see is plain wrong. The newbies can maybe be excused one time, but if the big shots are doing it, it makes it harder to enforce. I just read an article about a blogger who ended up settling out of court for $7,500 for unauthorized use of an image. I don't know why some people are so blasé about it when it's only a matter of time before something happens on here! Some people are taking images from rather high profile photographers out there!
I've already run across a few accounts that do that. I've even seen someone quite blatantly post someone else's youtube tutorial video as though it was their own. People will suffer a backlash for it eventually. The best thing to do i think is to try and just educate people about it as much as possible.
Right! And I think we photographers need to be united in making sure people are educated about it. There are some places on chat where you can report abuse. There is a channel called steemcleaners--linkdrop where you can provide links to plagiarism and scams etc. Unfortunately, so far they will not do anything about copyright violation, only plagiarism. so, if someone uses a photo without attribution to the photographer, it is looked upon as plagiarism.
That's good to know, I'm going to look that channel up!