Old 07-24-24 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by john m flores
You should educate yourself on this matter a little further. It most certainly is stealing. It is akin to taking someone words and presenting them as your own without quoting or citing the author. It is plagiarism.
If he was making money out of the photo then I would agree. But taking a random photo off a public website and posting it on a discussion forum is not exactly unique. Nobody cares.

I once posted a photo of a squirrel I took in our back garden and a guy contacted me to ask permission to use it in a wildlife book. That makes sense because he was selling the book. But otherwise who cares?
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