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But doesn't he realize how much free exposure he's missing out on? /sarcasm

• harshreality 13y ago
  I think he does, which is why for non-commercial infringement (example 2) he asks that the image simply be credited and linked to his site.
  • bostik 13y ago
    In particular, he explains why he requires the attribution and link to originals. To prevent downstream infringement. It should be obvious from these letters that drive-by "lift it from the web, slap on own product" infringement is unpleasantly common. A person I knew in university has had book reviews lifted word-for-word from her site and used elsewhere for endorsement/advertising purposes. At least with text it's relatively easy to find identical snippets. Without any attribution, I can only imagine how difficult it would be to track down an original photo once it has passed through a dozen different image sites.