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Netiquette
for sharing on Social Media…
MARCH 26,
2015 ~ AIMEE
from theburnedhand.com
So, for what seems to be the
thousandth time, I have just explained again on social media how using the
share button is actually different from stealing someone’s work. I have
many artist friends. Many. We create, we craft, we spend countless
hours thinking of how a certain thing looks and how our audience might react to
it. But more importantly, we do it for ourselves. Not to make
millions of dollars, but because we feel this driving need to express
ourselves. If what we do resonates with you, then by all means share our
work. Please.
You can do that in any number of
ways. Copy the link to our site and message your friend. Share and
re-tweet us on Twitter. Find us on Instagram and click the little
heart. Re-pin us on Pinterest. Follow a blog. Use the sharing
tools on the blog. Do you know why these are acceptable? Because
they link back to our original work. But for whatever reason, when you
are on Facebook, you might think downloading our work is acceptable. Even
though that awesome little share button is right there…it is made to circulate
things you like.
Here is why downloading is not
okay: As stated basically by all the legal verbiage you can find on FB, When an image is published on the internet, the owner of that
image immediately owns copyright. If you doubt me,
here is a reference link and you need to read Is it legal to download
works from peer-to-peer networks and IF NOT what is the PENALTY for doing so?
So now you see why my friends are
serious about the warnings they give. “If you use a copyrighted work
without authorization, the owner may be entitled to bring an infringement
action against you.” If you are a fan of many of the
popular quote photo pages and you absolutely LOVE a particular quote, ask them
if it’s on Pinterest so you can re-pin it. If it’s not, maybe they will
make it available for you. I know I would if you said, I love this quote
so much I want to marry it. Or whatever you normally say. I taught
preschool (reminder). I don’t adult correctly.
Moving on, but when you leave this
long-winded comment on my page after I have nicely explained why the 50 photos
you just downloaded into your albums are not actually yours and that’s like me
taking all the photos of you, your kids and putting them in my albums and
saying they are mine, and you leave me this negative comment, but you threw a Namaste after it, well then, my gosh, that’s
ok. Because you ended with “respect”. How about respect me enough
to begin with and share correctly. That speaks volumes to me more than
explaining away your actions by trying to cast blame. And for the record,
I meditate and am completing a 200-hour Vinyasa yoga teacher certification, but
if I broke into your house and stole your things and you caught me, but said
Namaste to you as I was leaving, I hope it would be okay with you.
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