It seems that almost everyone is doing it. They post pictures from other authors, videos and even text! So when is it ok and when is it not ok?
Lets say I write a blog on my own, without taking info from anyone, but I use an image from Google, is that alright or now? What if it is labeled for reuse? What if it isn’t? Do you think you could get sued? For how much? Is anyone going to bother that you took a pic to go along your post?
On the other hand, there are people who are just pasting images they found online without adding any text to it. Is this a huge no-no? People do it on Facebook all the time? Is it different on Steemit because the blogger is actually getting paid for posting content they didn’t create?
What about videos? I see those re-posted all the time, sometimes without any text either. Again, this happens all over social media in general, but here people are profiting from it.
Maybe it isn’t ethical, at the same time, I might find something super useful online and I want to share it because I know people will benefit from it, like a video explaining how to be a better steemer. I also may want to criticize a video or use an image to educate people.
What are your thoughts on all this?
@BrunoTreves