Your work on tumblr?

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  • Miguex0

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    'especially if this is a some what popular and respectable design blog.'

    in this case is not, he said tumblr which is an updated version of blogger, that means ANYONE and THEIR MUMS can publish / reblog, so while I do see where you coming from with this moral stance, let's face it. This is not print, this is the internet, where you have practically no control on how information is being channeled.

    As a blogger you try to find background info, but if there is not, then you won't miss an opportunity to share the work, think about when you do mood boards at work, NO ONE CARES and everyone putting these together are designers.

    It's a different story if you are writing a piece on a specific designer or artist, but this is not the case, this is a site that is famous for re-blogs of re-blogs of re-blogs. I understand where you are coming from but lets be real here.

    And this is only an issue for the images he found on a specific page, imagine all the sites you have no idea where your work is being showcased, and maybe some other designer stole them and is getting work because he showed your portfolio on an interview, what are your realistic chances of you finding that out?

    I'm not saying is right, but that's how it goes.
    Mos people don't care who the responsible is, they just share the image. Think about those memes or funny photos you share around every single day, do you ever dedicate time to find out who the artist behind that is and give credit on an email before you send it to your coworkers?

    I mean, look on the gif animation thread, with over 16000 posts and probably 3% of those gifs have credit

    • Just because everyone is doing it, doesn't make it right or legal.albums
    • i am talking copyright not just 'how it goes'uuuuuu
    • Copyright law and Fair Use even fgor the most amateurish publications citation and attribution are fundamental. people are abusive of the law and cite ignorance or the internet for it.uuuuuu
    • albums: that's exactly what I said, it's not right, but it is what it is.Miguex

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