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As with many of these low effort sites aggregating the work of others, licensing is clearly an afterthought. It's especially strange on this site that time has

As with many of these low effort sites aggregating the work of others, licensing is clearly an afterthought. It's especially strange on this site that time has been taken to create a "CC" tag, but without actually doing any the Creative Commons attribution for using the image. e.g. https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations And some have been incorrectly tagged with both "CC" and "No attribution required but appreciated" e.g. https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/saly-3d-illustrations https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/saly-3d-illustrat... Or there are some with custom licenses that have been left untagged, with just a "Get for free" CTA. e.g. https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/onboarding-illustrations https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/onboarding-illust... Taking 5 seconds to download the resource and open Licence.txt reveals: > ...You do not have rights to redistribute, resell, lease, license, sub-license or offer this resource to any third party «as is». If you want to use this resource as a part of a product intended to be sold via any marketplace, please contact the author of the freebie to get an extended license... If you want to be sloppy with distributing your own work and just want Product Hunt points, fair enough. But if you are distributing other people's, then at least make sure it's done right.

akilbalraj 6y ago
Thank you for the comment. We do not plan on redistributing others' content. That would be totally against our primary goal for this project. We just provide links (no downloads from our site) to the original works so that the illustrator gets more traffic for himself and his other works. Sorry about the redundancy. We try to keep the license info as simple and accurate as possible. Currently, We only provide license info for CC/MIT and let users read custom licenses from the original site. Also, we are always ready to respect the decision of the creator if he finds a problem with his work being showcased.
- tweetle_beetle 6y ago
  You are using high resolution images licensed under, for example, CC BY 4.0 on your website without providing a link to the license: e.g. https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fba626e86ad1be131127616/5fcfb76d9e7b116b0728c594_B%26W.png https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fba626e86ad1be131127616/5fc... on https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations Maybe it could be argued that this is fair use, but why not just go the extra mile and do it properly? > We try to keep the license info as simple and accurate as possible. If the licensing information was "simple and accurate" there wouldn't be an issue. It's missing, misleading or incorrect in many cases. And on the subject of content removal, this is from https://www.vektors.pro/privacy-policy https://www.vektors.pro/privacy-policy > If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly. How are creators supposed to contact you? There are no "proper" contact details in the header, footer, terms and conditions or privacy policy, just a Twitter link.
  - akilbalraj 6y ago
    Thank you for these suggestions. We will definitely consider adding links to the license files. Also, we are very much limited to our twitter account for communication but will surely set up something on our site very soon.
    - hnarn 6y ago
      You’re gonna “consider” complying with the law?
      - akilbalraj 6y ago
        Sorry for the wrong use of words there. As mentioned in the earlier comment, use of cc licensed image in our site can be considered under fair use. We will still insert the license going forward as it makes it more simpler and straightforward. Do check out the link below to see how it works along with a CC license. Also, we would definitely get more legal advice on this going forward. Thanks for understanding. https://creativecommonsusa.org/index.php/ufaqs/what-is-the-difference-between-fair-use-and-cc/#:~:text=Fair%20use%20a%20provision%20of,could%20qualify%20as%20fair%20use.&text=This%20is%20a%20fundamental%20principle%20of%20CC%20licensing https://creativecommonsusa.org/index.php/ufaqs/what-is-the-d....
        hnarn 6y ago
        > use of cc licensed image in our site can be considered under fair use This is 100% incorrect and not what fair use means, ask a lawyer. > We will still insert the license going forward as it makes it more simpler and straightforward. It's also legally required, and for many licenses (most CC licenses) you not only need to somehow include the license but also attribution. I know very well how CC works, and if you would please read the link you yourself posted, you will understand that the way you are using these images clearly does not fall under fair use, as a compilation/library of anything whether that's images or songs or movies or whatever is not "news reporting, teaching, [or] parody" -- what these examples all have in common is that you're creating a derivative work ON TOP of the original work, which is why it's "fair use".

akilbalraj 6y ago

Thank you for the comment. We do not plan on redistributing others' content. That would be totally against our primary goal for this project. We just provide links (no downloads from our site) to the original works so that the illustrator gets more traffic for himself and his other works. Sorry about the redundancy. We try to keep the license info as simple and accurate as possible. Currently, We only provide license info for CC/MIT and let users read custom licenses from the original site. Also, we are always ready to respect the decision of the creator if he finds a problem with his work being showcased.

tweetle_beetle 6y ago
You are using high resolution images licensed under, for example, CC BY 4.0 on your website without providing a link to the license: e.g. https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fba626e86ad1be131127616/5fcfb76d9e7b116b0728c594_B%26W.png https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fba626e86ad1be131127616/5fc... on https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations https://www.vektors.pro/illustration-packs/b-w-illustrations Maybe it could be argued that this is fair use, but why not just go the extra mile and do it properly? > We try to keep the license info as simple and accurate as possible. If the licensing information was "simple and accurate" there wouldn't be an issue. It's missing, misleading or incorrect in many cases. And on the subject of content removal, this is from https://www.vektors.pro/privacy-policy https://www.vektors.pro/privacy-policy > If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly. How are creators supposed to contact you? There are no "proper" contact details in the header, footer, terms and conditions or privacy policy, just a Twitter link.
- akilbalraj 6y ago
  Thank you for these suggestions. We will definitely consider adding links to the license files. Also, we are very much limited to our twitter account for communication but will surely set up something on our site very soon.
  - hnarn 6y ago
    You’re gonna “consider” complying with the law?
    - akilbalraj 6y ago
      Sorry for the wrong use of words there. As mentioned in the earlier comment, use of cc licensed image in our site can be considered under fair use. We will still insert the license going forward as it makes it more simpler and straightforward. Do check out the link below to see how it works along with a CC license. Also, we would definitely get more legal advice on this going forward. Thanks for understanding. https://creativecommonsusa.org/index.php/ufaqs/what-is-the-difference-between-fair-use-and-cc/#:~:text=Fair%20use%20a%20provision%20of,could%20qualify%20as%20fair%20use.&text=This%20is%20a%20fundamental%20principle%20of%20CC%20licensing https://creativecommonsusa.org/index.php/ufaqs/what-is-the-d....
      - hnarn 6y ago
        > use of cc licensed image in our site can be considered under fair use This is 100% incorrect and not what fair use means, ask a lawyer. > We will still insert the license going forward as it makes it more simpler and straightforward. It's also legally required, and for many licenses (most CC licenses) you not only need to somehow include the license but also attribution. I know very well how CC works, and if you would please read the link you yourself posted, you will understand that the way you are using these images clearly does not fall under fair use, as a compilation/library of anything whether that's images or songs or movies or whatever is not "news reporting, teaching, [or] parody" -- what these examples all have in common is that you're creating a derivative work ON TOP of the original work, which is why it's "fair use".