Comments on: TechCrunch Caught Stealing Images Again

By: Anony Mouse

Anony Mouse — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:20:40 +0000

I agree.. It’s becoming all too familiar for people to leech, steal, and plagiarize their way through content development. Could you imagine the shock, the horror, or the repercussions of the New York Times publishing a story from someone’s blog without permission, or giving credit? It would be disastrous, and would diminish the legitimacy of the institution.

Anony Mouse

By: john andrews

john andrews — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:37:15 +0000

Nice research… I don’t know how much hope there is if it isn’t that easy to document, tho. As more people assume it is acceptable behavior to steal images, we see more and more of it. Without any repercussions, it’s just a game of swap until no one complains.

By: Christian Montone

Christian Montone — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:15:32 +0000

Ben,

Thanks for letting me know about the unauthorized use of my photos. It was a pleasure to contribute to your topic and to communicate with you about this. Hopefully, others in the media will be alerted to the inappropriateness of this growing trend… and I hope that those who do utilize the images and intellectual property of others on blogs and commercial websites will do the right thing.

All Good Wishes,
–Christian Montone