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RE: Plagiarist Bitches Like This Need to be Dealt With!
I don't believe you can do anything in this case. As long as he/she posts the source, this is under fair use.
I don't believe you can do anything in this case. As long as he/she posts the source, this is under fair use.
That doesn't even come close to fair use. Some people are under the false impression that if you cite the source, that is considered fair use. That is not what fair use is. What that user is doing is straight copyright infringement for the purpose of profit.
To be considered fair use, there has to be a good reason to use the photos of others. For example, if you wanted to critique them.
How in the world did you get the impression that citing a source was fair use? Misinformation like that is irresponsible to spread.
Hey there. Don't conflate copyright infrigement with plagiarism :)
Only parties allowed for grievance are the girls in the photos and Tumblr.
Don't worry, I'm not conflating the two things. The photos were copied. Only the creator has the right to copy them. The right to copy = copyright.
I do understand what you are saying though. A DMCA would have to come from the copyright holder, no matter how much we complained about it.
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Yeah and as long as the parties involved don't claim the right, you can't do shit, capiche.
I am not saying I agree with the practice, I am just giving you the facts.
I don't disagree with that, I'm just saying that the copyright holders would have a case to file a DMCA. Citing the source does not protect the offender.
Fuck yeah they could and they should, UNLESS they are aware of it and don't mind the free traffic/exposure/whatever.
I am just saying, unless you are in the picture, Steemit can't do shit. I didn't express myself clearly in my first comment apparently.
I also did not express myself clearly. Apparently we are in agreement.
Using solely someone elses pictures to make money, not even in a part of an article, is definitely not "fair use". And you as a copywriter should know that.
Steemit is very complex in that regard, because you don't actually make "money". You mine blocks. It's not quite clear yet. You have to file a complaint under DMCA, so the only parties allowed for griveance are the people portrayed in the photos. And Tumblr itself.
While the user hasn't done any transformative work or what not, he/she does curate the photos. Which, unless someone files a complaint, he/she is allowed to do that according to Steemit.
(Don't you think I like or agree with that. It is what it is.)
And where would those people file the complaint to when there is no real authority on the platform? They would first have to join, either pay or wait two weeks, and then jump through hoops of getting a sense of the platform and complaining to steemcleaners etc.
Preaching to the choir Eve. It's a fundamental problem of the platform. Decentralized means no legitimate authority and conditions of wild west.https://github.com/steemit/steem/pull/561 Here they talked about coding in a DMCA plug-in, but it creates a disaster with the nodes and what not.
The girls can alwas file a complaint @ steemit support, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Yes the wonderful world where everyone has an equal say and we as a community can decide together about every little or big thing. It's such bullshit and majority of the people are dumb fucks and should not be given ANY power what so ever.
Gosh I would love to be a dictator.
Have you Googled "Fair Use" together with "Copyright"? You should try it someday before making a statement like this.
Check out our article that is all about copyright here.
Hey there. Don't conflate copyright infrigement with plagiarism :)
Only parties allowed for grievance are the girls in the photos and Tumblr.
Hey there. Thanks for showing how intelligent you are.