Its very sad to see that people are using content copy pasted from elsewhere without attribution, giving credit or suggesting sources on steemit.com just to make money.

1. One cannot just copy paste content from other sites/portals
2. Whatsapp forwards are not considered as one's original content
3. Google Should not be given as an image source
4. Just because the content is available via Google search, it doesn't mean you can copy and use it.

In short before copying any content on the internet check the following:

1. Whether work is published by the original creator
2. If its published by the original creator who own the content, check for the licensing terms under which the work is published.
3. Even if the work is published under a licensing which makes everyone to freely use the work, its always a good practice to notify the creator that we are planning to use the work and get approval from him/her.
4. Always give attribution/credits to the author/creator/artist/photographer

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