Read before you post anything new on Steemit: The Basics of Copyright.
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View this post on Hive: Read before you post anything new on Steemit: The Basics of Copyright.
Thank you for this post. This made reach out to the site where I used one of their photo. I hope they answer back and give me permission to use it free of charge :)
What image did you use? Can you link it?
I usually go for a stock photo but seems referencing to that isn't enough unless it has a Creative Commons 0 license. I do link it as image source. That's okay right?
If you're not sure if the photograph is licensed under the CC0 license, then it's better to either find that out before using it and contact the author, or simply do not use it. Naming/crediting the author is mandatory, even after purchasing a license for use.
Better to use my own photos, all in all. Thanks for the explanation @rubencress.
I got here after following a trail of tit-for-tat flags which started when someone posted a stolen photo that they found on the net.
This is really a brilliant article, so well written. I love the humour. It was a fun read!
Anyway, I wish I had seen your article about copyright before as I would have included a link in a widely read blog that I wrote a couple of weeks ago about correct blogging practices. As the blog is a couple of weeks old, I couldn’t edit it. However I have put the link in a comment here:
Thank you so much!
I upvoted your blog but you didn’t get any credit due to the fact it is more than 7 days old, so I will vote your comment above.
Thank you for taking your time reading and upvoting my blog post/comment about copyright infringement (also with the flagging part which should be resolved now). My VP is a bit low right now and my SP is not as high as yours, but this is a small token of my appreciation for your time spent :-). Even though I am also a rookie to Steemit, I try my best to contribute to the platform and get tutored by nice people. Wanna join the 'Teach Ruben how to behave on Steemit whenever I have time' party and throw me a DM on Discord/Steemit.chat?
Steemit chat or discord. My name is same on both
I like to look at the cars tag but everyday I see many posts where people do this just rip of other peoples work and not give any credit. Its at the point where I don't really bother much anymore. You are right about it destroying the photography tag. I just cant see how people can have a good conscience about making Steem from other peoples work.
You can report images to Steemcleaners ;-)
Thanks for your post.
I just wrote something similar this morning... after seeing someone deliberately entering a contest with a picture that was not his/hers.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@viking-ventures/stolen-pictures-a-major-steemit-issue
I've generally seen Wikipedia images as being okay for use - they generally turn up in the licensed for "reuse" in the Google/Yahoo/Bing searches. What do you think about that?
Thanks for tuning in. In my honest opinion, a lot of people are not aware that they are stealing. They see the photography tag is trending most of the time and automatically assume that when they use this tag on Steemit, they will earn some quick bucks. That is problem one, the simple mind of humanity.
The other problem is. A lot of people seem to not understand or know what copyright, intellectual property is, and that every thing on-line is 'free' to use. Music, Artwork, Logo's, Website, Texts, Photographs, etc.
Just because we are (professional) 'content creators', we know what our rights are. But if a teacher assumes we know everything that he is teaching, there would be nothing left to learn. Right?
So a solution is to teach, spread the knowledge and ease with the temper (wrath of the content creator).
About Google, YaHoo and Bing searches... I'm not really fond of their "re-use" policy. But I do like the reversal search function Google offers. Trackbacking is great to see where your images are being used on-line.
Yes, so posts like ours can help in general - I hope.
I was just talking to someone on my post about what we can do about it - beyond just talking more and more about it. She was talking about steemcleaners, but that she had problems with them when she reported someone. (She was talking about the blatant copying of another blogger's posts.) That gives me less confidence in using this method.
Too bad about Google, etc, "reuse" thing, though I was still under the impression that most (if not all) of what is featured on Wikipedia is okay to use. Maybe I'm wrong though. I guess where there is still so much confusion even amongst those of us aware of the issues, it's hard to expect everyone else to do as well!
I did recently discover that nearly all the online good photos of a small village where I used to live, were mine. :-D (So far, used legitimately, as far as I can tell.) The problem with trackbacking is that where I have literally 100s of images out there now, it's hard to check them all!
Thanks for the discussion. The more we talk about it, the more we make others aware.
Great job dude, i'm sure this can help a lot of people. In general, way too many are unaware of how serious breaking copyright actually is, myself included. I'll definitely be more aware of this in the future :)
Thanks for reading it before actually posting it Emil! Has been a big help. Hopefully I have covered the basics, but if you have any questions regarding lenses, copyright or something related to photography, i'm game!
Haha, i will definetely come to you for that :) I'll wait and see how much payout i'll get over the next weeks, and then i'll see if i can buy something nice :)
"The 24mm Claudell, the 24 Claudell.. from the top, the 24mm." And if that's not going to work out, the 35mm :-)
So the 24mm you say? :P
Yeah! Try it out with your current kit-lens.
Good writing Ruben! Looking forward to the next one
Thanks Upheaver! Gave you a follow brother.
I think it was better before you changed it to "danced". XD
I fear I'll accidentally use an image that someone lied about the license for.
I think I'll investigate membership stock sites. :-/
I don't really do the type of posts that need great photography currently. I certainly don't earn enough from most posts to pay too much for a photograph. Plus relying on someone else's work just seems...ehh... Mostly I just use images as place fillers currently. Something to click on to bring you into the post, or break up text.
The only case I can see for my particular needs currently in paying for individual photos would be if I found one that could inspire a story. Then I could see paying a bit.
But then again, I'm sure there are cheaper sites too that aren't just a buffet. So, I'll have to investigate.
Hahah, maybe it was better yeah.. but you know the reason why I changed it haha.
If you think you have accidentally used an image that has been licensed then just swap it with one you are certain of it has a CC0 license (pexels.com). I tipped @emilclaudell about that as well.
What I would like to do, is to offer 'free' images to the Steemit community to use as long as I get 'enough' upvotes to do so. I have plenty of images but I think I have to create fresh content to cover new content on Steemit.
The best platform to look for content would be Shutterstock, I have some images on it that do pretty well. My best photograph has been downloaded almost 700 times.
What kind of images are you looking for?
With the blockchain, unless I find out before 7 days, I'm fucked.
It's not like I would know if someone mislabeled an image as CC0, without extensive research.
How were you planning on doing it? Like thumbnails, and then upvotes to unlock? Maybe with tiers based on upvotes?
Shutterstock is a pretty popular one. There are also ones that are like grab bags though. I'd prefer that for the majority of posts. I can't afford $10 for an image on a post that's likely to earn $2-10 total. I'm not on shutterstock yet though, so maybe they have cheaper images.
Not every post requires some beautiful image. Just something there.
When it is labeled as CC0, it should be a CC0 license. Make a print screen of it and save it.
I'm not sure yet how to do it. First I would need a bigger 'following', and I would need to get in touch with my followers who would need images for their posts on Steemit. Maybe I will create a discord channel for those who would like to use my images. With a list of needed images I could search my database for already existing images and upload them in a post free to use for up-voters only. Since I am new to the platform, it would take a while to get noticed ;-).
Another option is to sell images under single user licenses for crypto, until you get bigger. We all get paid in crypto, so it's a lot easier than converting.
There might also be stock image sites that take crypto, but I'm not sure if there are any.
Great idea!
Very nicely written! Was a good read.
Maybe the point of the photographer could be next? (Like "what to do when your image gets used" type of deal)
Btw... how do you "do" a ming vase? :P
Thanks Wolv! Yeah that would be an interesting topic as well! I'll dive into it.
Haha, crap.. it was 4 AM while I was finishing the article. I'd probably do anything around that time.
You are welcome, well it most certainly would be a topic i'd read.
Haha ah well you got it done at least and it's a nice read
Great job, thanks for your post, I indeed think more people need to be aware of this, and as a graphic designer, I use other people works almost on a daily basis. Unsplash is my fav place tho :)
Thanks @ngfx ! You could help spreading the word by Resteeming it. Yeah, websites like Unsplash are great for Graphic Designers.
@cha0s0000 So Wonderful.Thanks so much for your sharing.Hope to make friends with you!
You're like magic. You suddenly appeared. Love it. But I don't believe in magic like this.
magic is always surprising