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This is true, of course, and quite mature of him. However, he is also wise enough to have noticed the extreme irony: The copies with links to the original sour
by mechanical_fish 15y ago
This is true, of course, and quite mature of him.
However, he is also wise enough to have noticed the extreme irony: The copies with links to the original source are now gone. This doesn't even seem to be anyone's fault -- the management misinterpreted the artist's complaint and killed all the linked copies in an excess of zeal. Still, whether anyone wanted it to happen or not, the unattributed copies are the surviving copies, because it's not easy for a simple algorithm to find them.
When we ask ourselves why so many people are rude enough to post unattributed copies, perhaps we should remember this lesson. It's not necessarily that people don't understand attribution. Maybe they understand it all too well, after years of watching their favorite videos disappear overnight from YouTube. Perhaps the lay public has learned that clear, unambiguous metadata is what you attach to something when you want lawyers to come and take it away.
- c0riander 15y agoAttribution is not linking. Attribution is giving proper credit to the artist who created the work. A link back to a homepage is a courtesy typically given today when someone gives credit. On a site like FJ, when the correct attribution is missing it essentially means that the user submitting it is taking credit for someone else's work, i.e. plagiarism (since the premise is to submit your original work). Also, from the update it looks like the "extreme irony" you mention is actually that the copies that attributed the comic to "The Oatmeal" now attribute it to "The Fag." So they are still there! You can go review back issues all you want, just now the artist doesn't even get credit for those.
- Volpe 15y ago> the unattributed copies are the surviving copies, because > it's not easy for a simple algorithm to find them. Pie in the sky idea: Someone like google, who indexes everything, would conceivably be able to work out 'original' content vs 'copies', and do something: Offer original link in search results, or notify author of copies, etc.
- eropple 15y agoManagement didn't "misinterpret" anything. Management changed all items that said "The Oatmeal" to "the fag". Your comments assume a lack of malice where malice is clearly evident. ;)
- iwwr 15y agoNot only malice, but a kindergarten level of maturity. Overall, it's stupidity (on FJ) because their attitude is hurting them in particular.