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TNW rips off more than just pictures.


Agreed (although this article appears to contain some original reporting), but their neglect for proper image attribution is especially egregious. It is most bothersome to me because all they have to do is mention the guy's name and they get to use his image free of charge, but instead they resort to some sort of half-hidden generic link-back.


I've made a change to credit the image more prominently with the photographer's name.

As a photographer myself, who does offer images under a CC license, I understand the importance of crediting. It was not my intention to slight them in any way.

And you'll find that a good many of the articles that we publish contain original reporting. Thank you for reading.


Thanks Matthew - glad to see you're willing to make that change. I noticed a number of other TNW articles from today also using the same anonymous attribution, one of which was another of yours (http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/06/05/apple-tv-5-0-2-softwa...). If you'd take a moment to fix the attribution and mention something to your colleagues as well that would be awesome.

A couple of the other articles I noticed are here:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/06/06/bid-for-a-dinner-wi...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/05/trickster-for-mac-help...

http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/06/05/tvs-status-quo-may-be...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/05/here-are-the-winners-o...

Thanks!




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