Six other Opinions:

1. Cecilia
   21:36 on Sunday, April 13th, 2008
   Interestingly enough - Ada had a posting about rippers:
   http://scramories.com/blog/2008/03/04/ripper/
   
   And Alan Weiss put it right: Those are low-lifes
   
2. Frank Kanu
   21:40 on Sunday, April 13th, 2008
   Thank you Cecilia.
   
   I also have to wonder about all the others that recognize the stolen content—but never say a word.
   
3. Layne | Reward Rebel
   09:27 on Monday, April 14th, 2008
   Oh, Frank, I have tried to exlain that it was a genuine error and that I thought I was adding public domain clipart.
   
   Yes, I’m at fault for mixing up images that someone owns with general stuff on my PC, but consider this: why would I put up a ‘stolen’ graphic when the owner visits my site, and will see it?
   
   I didn’t even know I’d ever been to your website (obviously, I’m familiar with your blog) and didn’t just pop over, swipe your graphic and then upload it to my site.
   
   I hoped you’d respond to my email, in which I tried to explain that ‘yes, I sometimes copy images around the net’, not to steal them, but to use them as inspiration for my own graphic creations. However, in future, I’ll take a screenshot to ensure that nothing like this can happen again.
   
   A genuine mistake over provenance has occurred. I’ve apologised most profusely and removed the offending ’stolen item’, but I don’t know what more I can do, if you won’t entertain the possibility that this occurrence is anything other than deliberate theft.
   
   Again, Frank, I didn’t intentionally use a graphic that was privately owned, but it seems that mistakes aren’t allowed.
   
   Layne | Reward Rebel
   
4. Frank Kanu
   10:31 on Monday, April 14th, 2008
   Layne,
   
   I applaud you for apologizing - if just more would do that!
   
   I appreciate your apology so much that I do not have a problem with allowing your comment
   
   In general I do not have a problem when someone likes my content and uses it - as long as they point back to me. Unfortunately I see it every day that my content is stolen; that’s why I have started to act way more vigorously than I used to.
   
   Stolen content is not just a problem for me - it’s a problem all over the internet. A few years ago putting a big (C) over images was unthinkable - now there are sites where every image has a big copyright note over them. The amount of time and money one has to spend to protect their content has grown way out of control. (Why some think that having a feed means they can just take it beats me.)
   
5. Cecilia
   11:45 on Monday, April 14th, 2008
   Layne,
   
   you really blow this all up, right? I read that Frank asked to have acknowledged that the image came from him. What could have been so hard to actually do that?
   
   Then you go on to explain that you now - afterwards - you do your due diligence. This is where the real problem lies: Too many take the internet content for granted and think just because it is there it is theirs.
   
6. Ada Kanu
   14:06 on Monday, April 14th, 2008
   Like you said, the right thing to do would have been to apologize, and then give credit, not throw a big hissy fit and replace the image, that only shows the arrogance of this person to TRY to correct the situation by making it worst.
   

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