Do you credit what you take from the internet

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I was watching a news program on CNN about how one website took a news story but didn’t give proper credit to the original news website. Here is the question for you. Do you credit what you take from the internet? The website that took the story said they gave proper credit by linking to the original website but they are saying no they didn’t.

I know I will search for a topic that I am writing about and go to Google Images to find the image that I like best. I know this is not right and I don’t give credit all the time. I had one person write a comment saying he or she was the original owner and please give credit which I did do.

You can give a link to the website
You can put copy right under the image with the owners name and website
You can ask for permission by emailing the owner
You can find websites with Creative Commons license – One website that you can go to is www.flickr.com/creativecommons.
You can buy a monthly membership to a Image Stock websites like Stock.XCHNG.

There are a lot of ways to give credit to a post or images that you get from the internet. We just need to be more vigil about what we do. How do you do it?

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April 11, 2010 | Filed Under Internet

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Mathdelane on April 11th, 2010 10:22 am

Give credit to where credit is due. It’s a sign of respect and professionalism. If unsure, search for royalty free images on the internet. There are tons of them available for use.
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