Well, when I've complained about my content being taken, neither my name nor a link to my blog was attached. That's flat out plagiarism. One time they relicensed it. That wasn't cool.
adamposey
· 1 year ago
Mackenzie, you're right, and it's wrong and immoral to do THAT. Frankly, that's not even possible to stop on the web, though. I'll never forget talking to an artist who had recently had his work flat-out-stolen (read: someone else claimed they did it) by another 'artist'. I sent him a fairly formal notice about the 'rip' and his response amazed me:
"I have my work reclaimed hundreds of times each and every day, it's just not worth my time to try to stop it" These blatant violations of copyright law only come to the surface because we get angry and do knee-jerk things like file C&D complaints. Better to focus attention on creating than it is to focus on the people who aren't. If they get big enough on your content, they'll get caught, and their brand/reputation will be flat out destroyed by that. If they don't get big enough to get caught.. then does it matter?
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"I have my work reclaimed hundreds of times each and every day, it's just not worth my time to try to stop it" These blatant violations of copyright law only come to the surface because we get angry and do knee-jerk things like file C&D complaints. Better to focus attention on creating than it is to focus on the people who aren't. If they get big enough on your content, they'll get caught, and their brand/reputation will be flat out destroyed by that. If they don't get big enough to get caught.. then does it matter?