2016 Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest

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WHY is this guy making SO MUCH OFF POSTS THAT ARE NOT HIS OWN PHOTOS?! THIS is RIDICULOUS! Do NOT vote for this CRAP. This needs to STOP!

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http://designyoutrust.com/2016/03/13th-annual-smithsonian-photo-contest-finalists/
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I confirm this post is plagiarism. People, stop upvoting plagiarism please.

It is certainly not. Plagiarism is "the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own" (source: Google "define plagiarism"). This is not being "passed off", it is properly credited and sourced.

Not every post on Steemit has to be original. A lot of the value of information on the internet is collecting, selecting, and organizing of existing content in new ways.

The even bigger irony here is that the "source" that cheetah identified above is itself another news aggregation site.

It may not be plagiarism, but does it count as fair use? Did the news aggregation site have to get permission to use those photos on a site which also has advertising (and thus, a financial model built in)? These are some important questions I'd love to see clarified for the community. There's a discussion going on over here which uses @masteryoda's posts as an example, but it hasn't gotten much attention yet. If this could turn into an existential risk for the platform in general, shouldn't we get some clarification on where the boundaries are?

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

That is a completely different question and a worthy debate. I don't like false accusations of misconduct very much though. If someone (or someone's bot) is going to make accusations or suggestions of such, they at least should be accurate as to what is being alleged.

@smooth: Yes, I agree, false accusations can cause a lot of harm.

For me though, when I see photo collections like this I wonder, is that "someone else's work" being claimed as their own (i.e. the work of the original news site to curate the content together)? In other situations where content is reposted in full, there's been some discouragement of the practice suggesting a better approach would be to link to the source, maybe quote a few paragraphs and include some commentary. When it comes to photos... maybe it's different? I don't know. Either way, the source is listed here (though not linked), so I guess it's all good. If the courts do get involved in this stuff, hopefully we can just make adjustments then as needed. :)

Agree with you on this, alot of topic here are plagiarism, but also alot of it is usefull posts.
I have also posted something from other sites, but i put an ( Source: link) below my post.
I also like orginal post, and post who are self made.

Have a great day :)

Gooooo! @cheetah

Gotta catch them all!

  ·  8 years ago Reveal Comment

Superb Job very beautiful photos @masteryoda...Thanks for another great share!

Well done ! I am glad every picture of you , @masteryoda

Very nice photo @masteryoda
Feel free to drop by in my culture pre wedding photoshoot . let me know something less in my photoshoot . newbie photograpger here. :)
https://steemit.com/photography/@rainchen/borneo-dayak-traditional-custome-head-hunter-tribe-pre-wedding-photoshoot

Getting 404 error on that post!

If possible u can go to my blog third newest post . well if you have some free time for it :)

Breathtaking photos capturing the perfect moments!! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your next post.

Really nice pictures. Thanks to share that with us! <3

wow these are all beyond amazing. Are these all finalists or winners?

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

They all look like winners amirite? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) /

@masteryoda you litterly have the best posts on steemit. I don't know how I found you but your in my top 8 on my most viewed websites lol.

I always feel so pity for these little turtles crawling to the water.

really really great photography job

Always look forward to your posts. There is always something that refreshes the mind when you view clean crisp photos.

Wow, thats so cool! Every shot here is a Masterpiece.

It's very impressional photoes, you can really catch a wonderful moment for the photoes and to print it forever for your life. Unique photoes...

very, very beautiful photoes, it's very pleasant to look at it. I would like to see more...

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

SICK SHOTS

Those are some very inspiring photos, keep on rockin' !😁😎

A monkey both with a hangover
Excellent work.

Just Amazing

Quality level is really high, nice

The photo of the glacier is so unreal.

as usual cool!

I live in Japan. Thank you for the very beautiful photo

@masteryoda if you are posting photos, you might find this guide useful (makes the photos clickable so people can see the "Full/High-Res" images.
Make Steemit Photos "Zoomable"

Personally,i love the last one-the photo made underneath the glacier.
It looks' like some kind of photoshop,or out of some film!

photos like this are really hard to make,i wonder how many years Adam Taylor was looking for something like that.

If not this plagiarism, I would never know about these amazing photo. Thanks! This terrible creature - cheetah, already attempted to eat book author who posted here parts of his book: https://steemit.com/novel/@jrd/arrows-of-the-leviathan-prologue-and-chapter-1#@busser/re-jrd-arrows-of-the-leviathan-prologue-and-chapter-1-20160724t142857092z