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Blogs have done this for years via a "pingback". There could be some confusion between "taking" and "sharing"... He never claims to own the photo. He credits

Blogs have done this for years via a "pingback". There could be some confusion between "taking" and "sharing"... He never claims to own the photo. He credits the original content creator. Additionally, content creators love when their content is shared, because "Someone with an audience of 20k people just shared one of my photos?! #exposure!"

JeremyBanks 8y ago
"#exposure!" is the common refrain of the thieves, not the artists.
- mtnGoat 8y ago
  very true!
WilliamEdward 8y ago
Wow. I cannot believe people still think this isn't copyright infringement. Crediting the work of others saves you from plagiarism, it does NOT save you from copyright. Instagram does not have a "pingback" feature. It's literally a copy pasted image, with a link in the description.
sct202 8y ago
A lot of regrammers try to hide the original poster by cutting off watermarks, and jamming the attribution far below the (more) cut off if they even bother with attribution at all.