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How is using someone else's image and giving them appropriate attribution any different than retweeting what they say? Quoting them in a blog post? If they post
by strict9 13y ago
How is using someone else's image and giving them appropriate attribution any different than retweeting what they say? Quoting them in a blog post? If they post the image in a public forum (the internet) it's the same as words said in public.
Sharing images without attribution is the same as plagiarism. Should journalists that plagiarise words be fined a million dollars? I don't know, maybe. But it's the same issue.
EDIT: I'm not referring to law, only common sense and what actually happens in the real world.
- jasonlotito 13y ago> I'm not referring to law, only common sense and what actually happens in the real world. Actually, you are. Talking about plagiarizing and being fined and trying to use legal arguments, and then content you aren't referring to the law? > How is using someone else's image and giving them appropriate attribution any different than retweeting what they say? By using Twitter, you give explicitly permission to retweet. > Quoting them in a blog post? If someone says something, you are free to quote them. > If they post the image in a public forum (the internet) it's the same as words said in public. No, it's not. It's explicitly not because the internet is not the same thing as a public forum. > Should journalists that plagiarise words be fined a million dollars? I don't know, maybe. It depends on to what degree the plagiarizing occurred. But you can't say maybe and follow it up with the edit that you did.