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Would RobOp please do an article explaining the legal and moral application of copyright laws? I realize most people don't understand that even attributing an article or book to the author doesn't make it morally right to take all of it and post it, but that really still doesn't help the author when his/her hard work is deluded across the Internet.
To take someone else's writing and post it without the author's permission is plagiarism. It is theft. I know the Communications Act allows social media site owners the luxury of not having to worry about legal ramifications of what their users say on their sites, but even after that, most social media sites still clamp down on accepting plagiarism. It's not something that gets users immediately banned, (nor should it be), but when copyrighted material is used without permission, the mods do remove it and let the user understand why.
As someone who owns a social media site, RobOp, I would hope you understand how much your copyrights matter. I'm asking for an article that explains it to the users so people start realizing articles and books do belong to the author. And then, the concerted effort to remove plagiarism from common use on here.
Thank you.
To take someone else's writing and post it without the author's permission is plagiarism. It is theft. I know the Communications Act allows social media site owners the luxury of not having to worry about legal ramifications of what their users say on their sites, but even after that, most social media sites still clamp down on accepting plagiarism. It's not something that gets users immediately banned, (nor should it be), but when copyrighted material is used without permission, the mods do remove it and let the user understand why.
As someone who owns a social media site, RobOp, I would hope you understand how much your copyrights matter. I'm asking for an article that explains it to the users so people start realizing articles and books do belong to the author. And then, the concerted effort to remove plagiarism from common use on here.
Thank you.