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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Dec 20, 2016


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One of the hallmarks of the copyright industry is the use
of the @copy; symbol, and later on, the Creative Commons
badges. The latter offers a link back to the license
itself, while both reinforce the concept of copy
protection. The Attribution Engine, desc rived in this
post, does the same thing, but is linked to a mechanism
giving credit to the original artist. Nice, right? Well no
- in reality, they're no different from the Pinterest or
Flickr logos that appear over embedded photos - they use
the photo as advertising for some service, which in turn
reaps the benefit of the traffic and exposure. Look at how
MediaChain's Attribution Engine
Linkawards credit. Fully two thirds
of the visible credit belongs to themselves and Creative
Commons. What would really give credit is a link back to
the source of the image (like this: Image by Ryan Hafey
https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-wooden-union-pacific-house-111193/"
target="_blank). I believe in attribution, not in unearned
advertising for third parties.
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