Comments on: Image Theft As Viral Strategy http://www.miconian.com/2008/12/14/image-theft-as-viral-strategy/ Form and function fistfight in heaven. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: miconian http://www.miconian.com/2008/12/14/image-theft-as-viral-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-248 miconian Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:28:34 +0000 http://mediamandible.com/?p=199#comment-248 Update, I recently called out someone using my images, and he <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26809016&postID=4864759661394255352&pli=1" rel="nofollow"> told me</a> leaving the images on my server was his way of giving me credit. Update, I recently called out someone using my images, and he told me leaving the images on my server was his way of giving me credit.

]]> By: Ben Kunz http://www.miconian.com/2008/12/14/image-theft-as-viral-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Ben Kunz Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:32:47 +0000 http://mediamandible.com/?p=199#comment-44 You know, the lengths people go to to try and game the network continue to astound me. I'm curious as a non-coder sort as to how linking to an image -- which appears on your site anyway but may not be hosted there -- protects a user from an IP theft claim any more than posted the image and linking to one's own server. Ah, but I digress. The real issue I see is people not being real -- by either presenting ideas that are not their own (see recent pay-per-post debates re Kmart) or presenting linking structures that are not valid (see all the SEO and PPP gambits to try to make a topic look more relevant than it is). Everyone is so hung up on mirrored faces or mirrored links that they are missing the real value of the new social media -- a forum to build and exchange real ideas. Sorry for the soapbox mate. Hey, at less their manipulation is giving your images a higher page rank. You know, the lengths people go to to try and game the network continue to astound me. I’m curious as a non-coder sort as to how linking to an image — which appears on your site anyway but may not be hosted there — protects a user from an IP theft claim any more than posted the image and linking to one’s own server.

Ah, but I digress. The real issue I see is people not being real — by either presenting ideas that are not their own (see recent pay-per-post debates re Kmart) or presenting linking structures that are not valid (see all the SEO and PPP gambits to try to make a topic look more relevant than it is). Everyone is so hung up on mirrored faces or mirrored links that they are missing the real value of the new social media — a forum to build and exchange real ideas.

Sorry for the soapbox mate. Hey, at less their manipulation is giving your images a higher page rank.

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