taking things from the internet and posting them in projects

Wes64

I think it is unfair to the rest of people who attempt to make original projects to allow users to just download some images, a .gif, or photographs from another website and just put them together in a project with the command “when space key pressed / switch to next costume”. Even if credit is given, it is not fair for someone to gain lots of attention, love its, etc while doing very little amounts of work. My hypothesis is that people are doing this just to get a quick and easy pass to fame. it would be better to discourage these types of thing.

Last edited by Wes64 (Aug. 8, 2013 21:25:12)

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dvd4

probably.

And your point is ?

YOU WILL REMEMBER MY NAME

Wes64

dvd4 wrote:
And your point is ?

my point is that people are just taking stuff from the web in order to get attention. it's unfair to those who legitimately work on things. if credit is given, it is technically legal by the rules of scratch, but it seems pointless to allow that on the front page because it's not an original work, you can just go and see it anywhere on the web - in other words, it isn't a true “scratch” creation.

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mathfreak231

True dat. It really annoys me.

i have grown as a person. and ive grown, literally. none of my posts from before 2022 represent me accurately.

dvd4

Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
And your point is ?
my point is that people are just taking stuff from the web in order to get attention. it's unfair to those who legitimately work on things. if credit is given, it is technically legal by the rules of scratch, but it seems pointless to allow that on the front page because it's not an original work, you can just go and see it anywhere on the web - in other words, it isn't a true “scratch” creation.

True…

But what's the suggestion ?

YOU WILL REMEMBER MY NAME

Wes64

dvd4 wrote:
Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
And your point is ?
my point is that people are just taking stuff from the web in order to get attention. it's unfair to those who legitimately work on things. if credit is given, it is technically legal by the rules of scratch, but it seems pointless to allow that on the front page because it's not an original work, you can just go and see it anywhere on the web - in other words, it isn't a true “scratch” creation.
True…

But what's the suggestion ?

Wes64 wrote:
I think it is unfair to the rest of people who attempt to make original projects to allow users to just download some images, a .gif, or photographs from another website and just put them together in a project with the command “when space key pressed / switch to next costume”. Even if credit is given, it is not fair for someone to gain lots of attention, love its, etc while doing very little amounts of work. My hypothesis is that people are doing this just to get a quick and easy pass to fame. it would be better to discourage these types of thing.

Using Firefox 46.0.1, Flash plugin version 21.0.0.242, and Windows 7 Professional.
A computer does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do. - Murphy's Law

dvd4

Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
And your point is ?
my point is that people are just taking stuff from the web in order to get attention. it's unfair to those who legitimately work on things. if credit is given, it is technically legal by the rules of scratch, but it seems pointless to allow that on the front page because it's not an original work, you can just go and see it anywhere on the web - in other words, it isn't a true “scratch” creation.
True…

But what's the suggestion ?
Wes64 wrote:
I think it is unfair to the rest of people who attempt to make original projects to allow users to just download some images, a .gif, or photographs from another website and just put them together in a project with the command “when space key pressed / switch to next costume”. Even if credit is given, it is not fair for someone to gain lots of attention, love its, etc while doing very little amounts of work. My hypothesis is that people are doing this just to get a quick and easy pass to fame. it would be better to discourage these types of thing.

That's a pretty broad suggestion…

but i get the jist

YOU WILL REMEMBER MY NAME

Wes64

dvd4 wrote:
Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
Wes64 wrote:
dvd4 wrote:
And your point is ?
my point is that people are just taking stuff from the web in order to get attention. it's unfair to those who legitimately work on things. if credit is given, it is technically legal by the rules of scratch, but it seems pointless to allow that on the front page because it's not an original work, you can just go and see it anywhere on the web - in other words, it isn't a true “scratch” creation.
True…

But what's the suggestion ?
Wes64 wrote:
I think it is unfair to the rest of people who attempt to make original projects to allow users to just download some images, a .gif, or photographs from another website and just put them together in a project with the command “when space key pressed / switch to next costume”. Even if credit is given, it is not fair for someone to gain lots of attention, love its, etc while doing very little amounts of work. My hypothesis is that people are doing this just to get a quick and easy pass to fame. it would be better to discourage these types of thing.
That's a pretty broad suggestion…

but i get the jist

it's really irrelevant if the suggestion is broad or not

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