Comments on: What part of attribution do you not understand? http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/08/01/what-part-of-attribution-do-you-not-understand/ Tips, web design book reviews, resources and observations for teaching and learning web development. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Skye http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/08/01/what-part-of-attribution-do-you-not-understand/comment-page-1/#comment-6420 Skye Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:43:08 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2949#comment-6420 Unfortunately I think that a lot of people DON'T understand how copyright works online, even published authors who ought to know better.  Plenty of people using images from Flickr have no clue in the world what those licenses mean. Unfortunately I think that a lot of people DON’T understand how copyright works online, even published authors who ought to know better.  Plenty of people using images from Flickr have no clue in the world what those licenses mean.

]]> By: Meitar Moscovitz http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/08/01/what-part-of-attribution-do-you-not-understand/comment-page-1/#comment-6210 Meitar Moscovitz Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:04:43 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2949#comment-6210 I see a lot of people doing similar things all the time. What's worse is that this is technically the same as "piracy," but without the negative intent. The way I see it, part of the issue is that people who have become so accustomed to just taking that they fail to see the difference in what they do. Now, speaking as a blogger who makes heavy use of CC-licensed material myself, I must say that I do not always attribute sources, but this is ONLY if I don't know the source myself. When I see my work on another person's site, I like to assume best intent, get in touch with that person, and explain that I would like attribution for the work. So far, no one's ever said no to that. And I also make sure that I am openly inviting references to sources to provide proper attribution where I have not done so already. And the bottom line is it's really not that much effort. I do wish more people were more interested in doing things *right* and not just getting things published…. I see a lot of people doing similar things all the time. What’s worse is that this is technically the same as “piracy,” but without the negative intent. The way I see it, part of the issue is that people who have become so accustomed to just taking that they fail to see the difference in what they do.

Now, speaking as a blogger who makes heavy use of CC-licensed material myself, I must say that I do not always attribute sources, but this is ONLY if I don’t know the source myself. When I see my work on another person’s site, I like to assume best intent, get in touch with that person, and explain that I would like attribution for the work. So far, no one’s ever said no to that. And I also make sure that I am openly inviting references to sources to provide proper attribution where I have not done so already.

And the bottom line is it’s really not that much effort. I do wish more people were more interested in doing things *right* and not just getting things published….

]]> By: Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/08/01/what-part-of-attribution-do-you-not-understand/comment-page-1/#comment-6208 Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:30:57 +0000 http://www.webteacher.ws/?p=2949#comment-6208 Ugh. That's not cool. At all. :( .-= Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba)´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ramblingsbyreba/vYkd/~3/poAoZwte4fI/" rel="nofollow">Happy “Curves”iversary to me… 25 and counting…</a> =-. Ugh. That’s not cool. At all. :(
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