Thursday, August 28

Tell me if you agree with this statement and then explain why or why not. "Images on the internet are 'free game' - if someone posted it, I should be able to use it."

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I agree with this statement. By posting a picture online, a person should understand that it can be seen by anyone and used by anyone. When they post their picture online, they essentially give up their rights to the picture because it can now be found by anyone online. However, I do think that if someone uses a picture posted online by someone else, the person using it should give credit where credit is due. It is considered plagiarism to take someone else's picture without giving them credit, so people should be sure to give them credit. However, Wikipedia does state "An instruction to a browser to jump to a URL is not a reproduction or distribution of a copy of what is at the referenced URL" so do with that what you will.