This is shameful indeed. One can look up pixabay.com and a few other sites for usable pictures. So there is no need copying images.

May be this member is trying to be oversmart or is too naive.

However, the member ought to be removed, after perhaps given a warning.

@Michelle, Stealing of photo here has been observed by me many times.The site admin no longer stops the writer for usually that kind of writer will not be paid. Those without decent root will never find peace and happiness in his or her life for he or she never advocates change, never observes site’s policy and never respect people which is a must…[Read more]

@Shavkat, Hi friend? Report that person to @Support to give that person cheater a lesson. The writer who stole my personally shot photos in New Zealand was removed from this site. I do not know the kind of attitude and bearing these kind of writers have. I think the one doing this is an impostor. If you are a writer , you are very sensitive and…[Read more]

I’m also surprised to see that most of the people i see on Literacy Base are ranked as newbie. So it really makes me wonder what other rankings are on the site. I will also be glad to know how rankings are doing on literacy base.

 
“Uphold its value”. I like your wording much better! That’s what we should do for this site. Uphold its value!!  This site definitely has value.  🙂

 

 
Porn pics? Nope! Actually I don’t go through the images gallery much. It takes too long to search it. It’s easier to hunt down free images on the Internet.  🙂

 

are there any new bad people out here again?

Gosh, when will the plagiarist ever learn their lesson!

Hopefully admin will get rid of them.

We want LB to be a clean site where everyone can enjoy writing wonderful articles

Thank you for writing on this.  I’m also of the view that if someone want to use a feature image then it has to relate to the topic. More over there are a lot of free images on web one has to just search for creative commons. I  also use pixabay and credit it. It’s important that we have to protect this platform and uphold its value.

It is very sad to see people plagiarizing other people’s work. People should realize that it is a criminal offence to plagiarize. More over we want to see new and original content . Let’s work hard to produce our own content. You did well to expose this person I’m next he won’t do such a thing.

There are many ‘public domain’ images.  Many are created and used all over the net.  Some are like Gettyimages which the name comes on the bottom for attribution.  I wouldn’t take what looks like a ‘private image’ … btw… did you see the porn pictures?  When I was looking through the already uploaded images I saw Porn.

kaylar – Yeah. Sometimes mine don’t work either. Most of my images come from the same site so why can I download one and not the others?  I figure it’s my laptop was acting weird.  From what I understand it’s OK to borrow images.  Even if they are not free or public domain, but you get permission and give proper credit, you can use them.  Isn…[Read more]

If I don’t put in an image, I won’t be published.  Sometimes, do to the glitchy nature I can’t dl an image.  Having written an item I have to find an image.  Some older images work… some… I have to… borrow

 
Yes. Do be careful. One member’s unintentional mistake could get the site owners in trouble and it would be bad for everyone. As for the members who are engaging in this practice, I’m not going to call them out. That’s up to the site owners to handle. Not my call. I’ve over this! The rant got it out of my system. 🙂 Hoping the site stays online…[Read more]