Example comment to handle Photo Plagiarism. Personalizing comments for a situation is encouraged!
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Not citing the source of photos, or using copyrighted photos, is plagiarism. Here is a post on why this is bad, and here is how easy it is to find allowed photos.
I feel like I am necro-ing something, but I still have the question. If the author does not cite a source for a photo, is it not in the best interest of the community to assume, until proven otherwise, that it is theirs? I personally agree with the MLA Style Manual on that, and most "print" writers do as well.
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@erelas - In many cases it is obvious that the content is not theirs. For instance:
There are very rare cases where the original poster of the image has reposted it from another source to SteemIt and their identity is not obvious, but in general that is not the case. Most photographers will make their identity well-known as they want to gain cross-platform popularity and recognition.
It doesn't hurt to check, but 99 times out of 100, when you suspect content theft, it's actually content theft.
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