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RE: Why You Should Care About Plagiarism and Fair Use

in #plagiarism8 years ago

It's up to us to determine community standards and appropriate steps we, as individuals, can and should take to enforce our personal views on what will prevent harm to the network.

I appreciate your motivation behind this article and you holding me personally accountable for not being lazy with my image selection. Excellent post.

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Thanks Jason! As a possible counter balance to my approach here, you might also want to check out this great post by @jaredhowe: Intellectual Property: A Government Protected Monopoly

Basic summary: property only exists when it's a scare, rivalrous resource. Maybe images found on the internet and easily copied don't apply?

Yeah, that's thought provoking. Need to think more about this. It's a tough one for me to reach a definitive conclusion on. For now I'll try to err on the side of caution in light of the consequences of laws that now exist, whether just or not.