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This is the second post I've seen on HN with the same ridiculous headline about some site "stealing" a creative commons Flickr photo. They did not "steal" the c
by GiraffeNecktie 16y ago
This is the second post I've seen on HN with the same ridiculous headline about some site "stealing" a creative commons Flickr photo. They did not "steal" the content, they failed to provide the required attribution. That's negligence, probably due to human error, not "stealing". If there was some indication that HP was doing this consistently it might be vaguely newsworthy, but otherwise, for one photo, it's a very trivial lapse in editorial control. A big deal to the photographer, no doubt, but of no interest to the rest of us. All publications have little glitches all the time. This ain't news.
The photographer should address his concern to Huffington and ask them to provide attribution or remove the photo.
- cabalamat 16y ago> They did not "steal" the content, they failed to provide the required attribution. In other words, they breached the terms of the copyright license. It isn't stealing, but it is copyright violation. Breaching the terms of a CC license should be treated as seriously as breaching the terms of any other copyright license.