Good question.... don't you agree?
Let's say I have created a great work of art, it is a painting of a field of daisies. I then posted it on my Facebook profile for my friends and family members to see and admire.
I would hope that if anyone wanted to use it they would give me the credit for creating it.
I think if some little girl found it and wanted to make a Mother's day card with it, I guess that would not bother me at all, especially since her mother would know she did not create it but only found it.
I feel like this because art is meant to be shared. At least that is what I grew up knowing, we make things for others to enjoy for as long as the object will last. Now with the Internet that can be forever. My painting can be destroyed in a flood or fire but its Internet-saved-copy will live on forever.
On the other hand, if all of a sudden my painting is on the cover of a new some big star's album I would be suing if they had not taken the time to find out who did this painting to contact me and ask for permission.
The Internet does give us free reign of a plethora of artistically done work from every sector of the artistic world. Does that mean we should take what we want? No. We still need to cite the creator or originator to use anything , whether it be words or images or sounds. I know we all have images on our computers that are from others. We do not even know where they all come from. Like I wonder who does the sample pictures that came with the computer. Where does all the clip-art come from? Who made these? How do I find out? I would really like to know about using pictures from places like Photobucket, how and who would I cite? Can I use a YouTube video without it being plagiarism if I simply state, "this is not mine, I got it off YouTube" and then state whose profile I found it on? I know I can swipe a picture of my little sister and her family from Facebook and use it to make my mother a special family calender without asking if my little sister minds and she would be so happy. I cannot take a picture of Aerosmith to put in a rock and roll calender that I am going to sell. No, I think Steven Tyler would get rather irate and sue me for all I don't have, there goes the little reputation I may have.
Just think about what you do when you are using other people's words and ideas. Plagiarism is a crime and is punishable.
I could not agree with you more. when we create something we want to ge the credit for the thins that we create. We don't want people stealing our ideas to use them for there own. I am sure that the way everyone feels from writers, poets, artist, and even song writers. Plagerism is a serious thins as you have said and I thin you piced something wonderful to write about cause alot of people just don't realize.
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