Hello @earthcustodians. Plagiarism is defined as: "the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own."
I'm not sure what you mean by my worrying about the images' source, but it isn't your original work if you take the images or words from another source. Steemit supports and aids original work.
People can split hairs, regarding definitions, but I feel that this is just a distraction from the common-sense and honest way to create posts. I feel that the point has been missed by many and am just reminding us all that Steemit is all about originality, not picking bits from here and there that you think will be popular or other methods of attempting to attract popularity.
I just want to be in a symbiotic community where we all aid each other in some way and for those that are deserving to do well, and those that wish to exploit, regardless of on which level, fail to succeed.
This is just my personal opinion, but it does seem to resonate with the essence of Steemit less abruptly than I feel that your approach does, but again, this is just my view, but I prsonally value my views, opinions and perceptions, because they hold value to me and may even do the same for others.
With regards to making a living by writing, you are, by definition of your comment posting, even if you were to never create a post. It would be a rubbish living, of course, but do you not create posts on here and get an income, of sorts, for it? One could argue that your aim is to do such and you may be getting a very small living from your present input on Steemit. It isn't necessarily about the amount, but more the definition, I feel.
Yes, it is the extreme view of earning a living by posting, but you have and do see people on here doing it every day and growing in number, so I just feel the making a living thing is somewhat of a thin ice topic to introduce in this context.
All that said, thank you for your comment and I hope that this is received in the way it is intended - as a friendly retort to your question, in an aim to learning and bettering our time here, for each other, as we are the future of Steemit.
All the best :).
thanks for clarifying... but I dont believe in any form of copyright. We do not invent anything but merely discover. As for pictures, people who have real concerns should print their names on them. Photobanks do that.
see my blog:
Patenting Knowledge In The Perpetually Creating Universe
No Free Will & No Thoughts of Your Own In The Perpetually Creating Universe
Hello @earthcustodians,
It does seem that we have very different perspectives and opinions on this topic. Everything on the internet is there to be used. Everything on this plane is there to be used. But it is a matter of respect to the creator, to give credit for their work, should it inspire you or should you feel the need to use their work in part, to better express a point, concept or ideal, amongst other expressions.
I feel that this is an inner feeling issue. I feel that it's right to credit, source and link work, because my ego doesn't have to pretend to be the creator, or I don't fear people thinking less of me for using the inspirations of another, because they inspire me and I would like to transmit that to other folk.
This is just how I feel, of course, and I do get that you feel differently, but one have to be careful that one is not creating reasons, excuses and righteous perspectives, based on not being able to accept criticism from one's peers, in order to justify one's stance.
Belief is another discourse, but I do feel that the word copyright might not be helping here. We are talking about intellectual property and uncopywritten works that are creted from personal work and input, study, research and composition. I feel better in myself for giving credit and support to those that I look to for inspiration, help and elucidation.
Maybe we should agree to disagree, but I never understood that and I feel it is always better all round, to discuss such matters as we can all learn from doing that.
Thank you, for your comment, @earthcustodians