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| YouTube is now a human who can take snazzy photos and record videos. |
I’m noticing more and more that media outlets are having a difficult time figuring out how to give credit to photographers and videographers when their work is used in a news story and is found elsewhere on the Internet.
Apparently it’s now the common thing to give credit to the hosting Website instead of credit to the photographer or videographer.
A few weeks ago I saw a story about a woman whose Facebook profile photo was used in the story and the reporter credited Facebook as having taken the photo. Really? Facebook is now a person who takes photos? Where is Mr. Facebook and how do I contact him for portraits?
Today the WPTV Web Team—I’m not sure if that’s like the A-Team or something—is crediting YouTube as having been the videographer of a man who went on a naked ninja rampage in Indianapolis. The video looks as though it had been recorded by a person on the street, but the credit goes to a Website as having been the one behind the actual recording. Perhaps Mr. YouTube and Mr. Facebook should get together and work on a project.
All sarcasm aside, Websites don’t take the photos and record the videos—people do. Please give credit to those who took the time to do the photography or videography—not the Website that just happens to host it.
Apparently it’s now the common thing to give credit to the hosting Website instead of credit to the photographer or videographer.
A few weeks ago I saw a story about a woman whose Facebook profile photo was used in the story and the reporter credited Facebook as having taken the photo. Really? Facebook is now a person who takes photos? Where is Mr. Facebook and how do I contact him for portraits?
Today the WPTV Web Team—I’m not sure if that’s like the A-Team or something—is crediting YouTube as having been the videographer of a man who went on a naked ninja rampage in Indianapolis. The video looks as though it had been recorded by a person on the street, but the credit goes to a Website as having been the one behind the actual recording. Perhaps Mr. YouTube and Mr. Facebook should get together and work on a project.
All sarcasm aside, Websites don’t take the photos and record the videos—people do. Please give credit to those who took the time to do the photography or videography—not the Website that just happens to host it.
