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RE: Does Steemit Have A Copyright Problem?
Please do. But it's entirely within his right, even judicially under copyright law as far as I can understand, to repost content this way. He's not merely copy pasting and he's definitely not claiming to be or represent Zerohedge.
Then again, I have zero respect for copyright laws. I follow them if I must, but I don't think state enforced restrictions on communication is how you get a flourishing society.
The internet doesn't run on copyright.
This is inaccurate.
The account uses the Zerohedge name.
zerohedge / zer0hedge - the use of the number slightly distinguishes the username from the website. Most users will not see a difference and will assume this is official.
Not merely copy and pasting?
Please elaborate?
What does this account add or do aside from the disclaimer?
You may think the non-affiliation is made clear but a lot of users simply vote on the title alone, they see @zer0hedge believe it's authentic and upvote without reading the article itself.
What of using the zerohedge logo?
After steemians challenged the account about this the user made a cosmetic adjustment changing the color but the fact remains that the logo and the name is still used.
I can respect your opinion about copyright without downvoting your perspective, although we disagree.
You mostly answer your own questions and thus leave me little to add, but here are a few points.
I'm ok with it, as it helps get attention to the posts themselves and he's clear both in profile and posts that he's not Zerohedge.
Then maybe we have bigger fish to fry, such as fixing the incentives.
That's entirely up to you. In cases that I downvote something it is sometimes specifically because I do not respect that particular opinion.
Getting paid for someone else's work is unethical..
Says who? Why must everyone both sow and reap? Why can’t one sow and another reap and both be glad together?
Sowing and reaping both imply limited work though.
You want something that involves no work at all?
The opposite. The point I was trying to make was that both the sower and reaper earns the value of his sowing or reaping.
It's not the case that one gets paid for the other working, but both get paid for their level of productivity in whatever system they happen to have a position.
Yes, getting paid specifically for someone else work is unethical. That's not what I'm supporting.