ablogfordogs: its spaghetti! I loved this copyrighted image so…



ablogfordogs:

its spaghetti!

I loved this copyrighted image so much more before it was stolen (without credit) from dooce.com: http://www.dooce.com/daily-chuck/2009/02/11/family-recipe

A little attribution goes a long way.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1109381036 Heather Terrell

    Since the blog author has an “Ask Me Anything” link, I asked why he stole Dooce’s image…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZHXA2U23RWP6RSRZSFYVGWMJNE Julie

    Looooong time reader here, but: Meh, it seems like this person just has a thing for dogs and has a little Tumblr site where they post random pictures of dogs they come across. “Stolen” is a little harsh, as there’s no indication this person was claiming any ownership to the photo. Attribution is great, but retribution isn’t. One must be careful not to alienate one’s readership by appearing to become a bully… Take things a little less seriously, and always try to consider the source.

    • http://blurbomat.com blurb

      Talk to me when someone steals the work you do and throws ads up around it. I’ll be sure to add a Meh back. ;-)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZHXA2U23RWP6RSRZSFYVGWMJNE Julie

    Looooong time reader here, but: Meh, it seems like this person just has a thing for dogs and has a little Tumblr site where they post random pictures of dogs they come across. “Stolen” is a little harsh, as there’s no indication this person was claiming any ownership to the photo. Attribution is great, but retribution isn’t. One must be careful not to alienate one’s readership by appearing to become a bully… Take things a little less seriously, and always try to consider the source.

  • http://www.sugarleg.com sugarleg

    sorry Julie, I disagree. “stolen” is a powerful word, but that’s what it is: taking something that is not yours without asking. allaboutdogs took the image without crediting, which I think is all it would have taken for Jon to allow it, since yes, it is just a fun little Tumblr site about dog love. the lack of claim of ownership also misses the point. allaboutdogs may not have done this with any malice, but it is bad form and deserved a strong rebuke. so little way for people to protect their content out here on the wild webs, I just think it has to be called out every time someone does this, intentionally or not.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=865815180 Norma Jean Barrett

    It seems it has been fixed since the link back to the site of the “stolen” goods no longer works. I kind of agree with Julie … seems whiny to me, but then again, I’ve never been the one on the end of feeling robbed. Hopefully you contacted them directly and gave them a chance to correct their mistake before outing them … that would have been the non-whiny non-bully thing to do in my opinion.

    • http://blurbomat.com blurb

      The post was not just a Tumblr post. The Tumblr post was linked off of I Can Haz Cheeseburgers. They were also contacted.

      This image has been used without permission quite a lot since it was first posted and my attempt at a humorous re-re-reblog seems to have been lost.

      I love dogs. I don’t love people stealing work. I further don’t love people making money off stolen work.

      Kind of interesting that of all the photos I’ve shared over the past few months, this one gets some comment action.

      • http://www.sugarleg.com sugarleg

        just proves that protecting your work was/is the right thing to do. it is a commodity due to its popularity (am thinking that’s why all the comment action, I know that’s why I reacted and commented). people won’t get the joke or the issue until someone steals their words or images without receiving credit or compensation.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=570591816 DeeAnne Sathe

    and the site that steals (liberates without crediting) a LOT of Heather’s work gets paid for the hits on their page.… that means that they ARE making money off work they didn’t do. All they need to do is post a credit line for the picture (assuming they have asked to use it and been okd)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=735837115 Christine Stover Spidell

    I’m with you, Jon. I saw one of my photos on an OC Register article about a certain SoCal restaurant chain. I emailed them about it, and found out that the restaurant itself had snagged the image from my photo blog and used it on the front page of their corporate website. I didn’t want to ask for money or anything, since the restaurant is having financial troubles. but I let them know I would at least like a photo credit. They were compliant and my name is now under the photo.