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- jvmediadesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm right there with on most points (been on the net since '93 as well). And you're right, back in the day, people always gave credit. This new trend is plain 'ol theft. Even though it is the internet, and internet copyright law is really still in its infancy, a company's trademarked logo is still a company's trademarked logo, etc. etc. (and we actually do have a registered trademark on our logo and a copyright on the web site pages filed with the U.S. Copyright office). However, the flip side of coin is that we also freely allow others to post articles (such as this one) on their site and many other people do the same. That's the beauty of blogs and the marketing that comes with it. I guess it's just like the old saying ... a few rotten apples and all that.
- bmatherlyjr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pre-Internet Commercialism everyone who used the Internet (between 1993 - 2000 era) were under the agreement that open content was the path to harmony, no one hardly complained if you duplicated their content, in fact it was the highest form of flattery in a sense for the person you copied from that you were so impressed or otherwise in aw with what they created that you wanted to share it with your niche of the Internet. This concept worked rather well for years, until the commericalists decided this was bad for business (which it is, I am not disputing that claim) but it's placed unfair regulations on the internet purist like myself who is accustomed to interact in a certain manner; (ie: If I like something, I borrow it.). With that said, there was in fact a realm of ethics involved those who copied the content were quick to given proper credit to the initial author or creator. It's the irresponsibility of the minority that ruin it for the majority.
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