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Old Jul 13, 2015, 10:20 pm
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Hengilas
 
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Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri
gary credited. thats not plagiarism.
Credit posted alongside images or text is still copyright infringement. Doesn't make it okay without explicit permission from the content creator.

Source: Am photographer who has had plenty of work stolen, deal with this nearly daily, and have made a decent amount of money from infringement suits because people think it's okay to just lift and re-post with a credit link. Nope.

Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
One of my posts was quoted verbatim by a blogger and was the primary content of that day's blog, but he was very respectful about it. He asked permission first and credited me properly, including MP where the post had appeared.
^ And that's how it should be.
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