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The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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Re: The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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> Who really deserves the scorn—the two best players in the game or the people who own the stadium?

Are the two mutually excluded? I'm not sure about the platforms, but the owners of the account are definitely in the wrong. Ignorance doesn't absolve you of your responsibility to play within the bounds of the law.

Re: The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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This: "The audiences that Di Petta and Cameron have built are created with the work of photographers who they don't pay or even credit. They don't provide sources for the photographs or the captions that accompany them. Sometimes they get stuff wrong and/or post copyrighted photographs. "

Combined with this: "I'm sure the majority of photographers would be glad to have their work seen by the massives."

Nothing 'new media' about it. Theft plain and simple.

Re: The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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Di Petta's flip attitude towards copyright is contemptible. But it's true that it is often impractical to get information about creators and rights. I wonder part of the solution isn't some service that decreased the friction (by a lot) for looking up the relevant information. (As I'm typing this I realize this probably isn't a new thought.)

Re: The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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post #5

Di Petta's flip attitude towards copyright is contemptible. But it's true that it is often impractical to get information about creators and rights. I wonder part of the solution isn't some service that decreased the friction (by a lot) for looking up the relevant information. (As I'm typing this I realize this probably isn't a new thought.)

Google's reverse image search and tineye.

Re: The Two Teenagers Who Run the Popular Twitter Feed @HistoryInPics

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post #5

Di Petta's flip attitude towards copyright is contemptible. But it's true that it is often impractical to get information about creators and rights. I wonder part of the solution isn't some service that decreased the friction (by a lot) for looking up the relevant information. (As I'm typing this I realize this probably isn't a new thought.)

> Di Petta's flip attitude towards copyright is contemptible. But it's true that it is often impractical to get information about creators and rights.

It sometimes is. Time and again, people have checked the pair's featured pictures and found sources in a few minutes.

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