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Update: image credit added after I posted this. Still, the image should be removed, this is copyright infringement. TheNextWeb is infamous for plagiarizing ima

Update: image credit added after I posted this. Still, the image should be removed, this is copyright infringement. TheNextWeb is infamous for plagiarizing images for that section. Take this article, for example: http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/05/23/stylish-technology-entrepreneurs-sean-parker/ http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/05/23/stylish-techno... The image at the top of the article is taken from this Dustin Curtis blog post: http://www.dustincurtis.com/press_on.html http://www.dustincurtis.com/press_on.html (the filename of the image is even Screen-shot-2011-07-10-at-12.08.40-PM-520x245.png). There is no reference to Dustin Curtis's blog at all on the page, either. It is ridiculous that they find repeatedly doing this to be acceptable.

nikcub 14y ago
And another[1]: You should credit @dexterous for screenshot used @ http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/05/03/indian-isps-reportedly-blocking-access-to-vimeo-and-some-torrent-sites/ Citation: http://twitpic.com/9gr7y9 https://twitter.com/#!/dexterous/status/198036547830947841 [1] https://twitter.com/#!/dnene/statuses/198122429447548928 https://twitter.com/#!/dnene/statuses/198122429447548928
- bradmccarty 14y ago
  To clarify: I credited the source where I found the article, quite clearly, in the text prior to the image. I thought (wrongly, it would seem) that Rediff News had produced the image themselves. I did not see the tweet from Dhananjay, and never got an email or anything else about it. Now that I have seen it, I have credited my source, as I always attempt to do.
  - DanBC 14y ago
    Thank you for at least mentioning that you work for TNW in your profile. It makes this ... (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bradmccarty http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bradmccarty) ...less annoying. Compare that to zeedotme's ... (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=zeedotme http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=zeedotme) ...which just feels sleazy.
zeedotme 14y ago
we have a strict policy in place to make sure this doesn't happen. If it does, and it really shouldn't have beyond a year ago (when we really clamped down on it with our authors)... we fix it. If it ever does happen, I assure you that all it takes is one email to office@thenextweb.com and we'll have it resolved. But I assure you that this "care free" image you might have of us when it comes to posting other peoples images just isn't reality.
- potch 14y ago
  Have you considered not personally flaming the original authors in public?
- jacquesm 14y ago
  You really don't get it do you? > If it ever does happen, I assure you that all it takes is one email to office@thenextweb.com and we'll have it resolved. I'm sure it does. But the point is that you should ensure through process and not through policy that you do not end up with other people's stuff on your site without attribution or compensation. The fact that you'll take it down to avoid further damage is not enough to put you in the clear, this is not 'user generated content', these are people with who you have a relationship where you have them create works on your behalf. You're responsible. One way in which you could do this - consult your local legal eagle - is to ask your authors to sign a release stating that they are the original creators of all the content they submit, and that they are within their rights to re-sell this content to you.
  - zeedotme 14y ago
    We do have processes AND policy in place to make sure this doesn't happen. But it can still happen unintentionally and when it does, we react activity and proactively.
    - drewblaisdell 14y ago
      This was not unintentional, though. The writer clearly took a screenshot of someone else's work and made no effort to even credit work that should not have been used in the first place.

nikcub 14y ago

And another[1]: You should credit @dexterous for screenshot used @ http://thenextweb.com/in/2012/05/03/indian-isps-reportedly-blocking-access-to-vimeo-and-some-torrent-sites/ Citation: http://twitpic.com/9gr7y9 https://twitter.com/#!/dexterous/status/198036547830947841 [1] https://twitter.com/#!/dnene/statuses/198122429447548928 https://twitter.com/#!/dnene/statuses/198122429447548928

bradmccarty 14y ago
To clarify: I credited the source where I found the article, quite clearly, in the text prior to the image. I thought (wrongly, it would seem) that Rediff News had produced the image themselves. I did not see the tweet from Dhananjay, and never got an email or anything else about it. Now that I have seen it, I have credited my source, as I always attempt to do.
- DanBC 14y ago
  Thank you for at least mentioning that you work for TNW in your profile. It makes this ... (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bradmccarty http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=bradmccarty) ...less annoying. Compare that to zeedotme's ... (http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=zeedotme http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=zeedotme) ...which just feels sleazy.

zeedotme 14y ago

we have a strict policy in place to make sure this doesn't happen. If it does, and it really shouldn't have beyond a year ago (when we really clamped down on it with our authors)... we fix it. If it ever does happen, I assure you that all it takes is one email to office@thenextweb.com and we'll have it resolved. But I assure you that this "care free" image you might have of us when it comes to posting other peoples images just isn't reality.

potch 14y ago
Have you considered not personally flaming the original authors in public?
jacquesm 14y ago
You really don't get it do you? > If it ever does happen, I assure you that all it takes is one email to office@thenextweb.com and we'll have it resolved. I'm sure it does. But the point is that you should ensure through process and not through policy that you do not end up with other people's stuff on your site without attribution or compensation. The fact that you'll take it down to avoid further damage is not enough to put you in the clear, this is not 'user generated content', these are people with who you have a relationship where you have them create works on your behalf. You're responsible. One way in which you could do this - consult your local legal eagle - is to ask your authors to sign a release stating that they are the original creators of all the content they submit, and that they are within their rights to re-sell this content to you.
- zeedotme 14y ago
  We do have processes AND policy in place to make sure this doesn't happen. But it can still happen unintentionally and when it does, we react activity and proactively.
  - drewblaisdell 14y ago
    This was not unintentional, though. The writer clearly took a screenshot of someone else's work and made no effort to even credit work that should not have been used in the first place.