onionchoppingninja: I have a beef with plagiarisers. While searching google for beef in anime, I stu

onionchoppingninja:

I have a beef with plagiarisers.

While searching google for beef in anime, I stumbled upon something someone made in pinterest - with the photo of the Roast Beef Don I made. (You can see it in my blog header.)

Now, of course I don’t have problems with people sharing my stuff, and would be happy if you do. Pinterest, when used normally, has an option where the link to the original image appears under the photo. Gifs and screencaps that I make I also consider free-for-all under the fair use terms of the anime. (Though I wish I understood the meme my quiche gif is currently being used in.)

However, if you take my photo of a dish I painstakingly researched and made in my house on my plate and photographed and posted, and just chuck it into a collage, pinterest will think that the photo belongs to you. And if so, at least have the decency to put the link to the original post under the photo, because food bloggers spend time and money to create these foods, so at least respect that. If you don’t it would be considered plagiarism. Please do it for all the other people you took the photos from.

(Do you know how much beef of that size costs here?!?! $60 per kg)

Hey everyone, I don’t like being a downer on my blog, but this is the second time I’ve seen failure to credit happen to a fellow blogger, and there are probably more instances I’m not personally aware of/don’t remember. And yes, I did go to see for myself before deciding to reblog this to make sure I had a clear view of the situation. All of the images on this particular board are collaged together by the owner of the board, less than half have credit linking to source blogs.

People of the internet- we’ve already had the discussion about giving credit when it comes to music, art (both original and fanart), stories, and other content. Fanworks, including food, fall under this umbrella of “Things You Should Give Credit For Always!” Like other artists and fans, we work hard (and spend a fair amount of money) to adapt this content to a real-world value and share it with others. Please don’t be that person that spits in the face of hard work. 

Always give credit when you share. If you share something and realize later/are notified that it doesn’t have credit on it, fix it. It’s ok if you forgot, but be gracious, own up to your mistake, and fix it. (not being able to find a source site is rarely a usable excuse these days.)