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Comment by paulcole | Hacker News Reader

> However, if you credit where the content comes from it’s usually not a problem.

This is easiest to say when you're the one stealing content as opposed to the one being stolen from.

I guess he hasn't heard of Richard Liebowitz, who "sues regardless of whether the original photograph would have licensed for $12, $1,200, or $1.20":

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/richard-liebowit...

I also wonder if he is resharing only Instagram posts or also scraping other sources for images. As a photographer I'd issue a dmca takedown against someone downloading my photo to share it again in theirs. Credit or not! If he asks first it's something else.

No need to wonder, just read the article.

Spoiler: He only uses instagram.

He says specifically in the article that he is only resharing Instagram pictures.

> resharing Instagram pictures

He uses that fluffy language but "resharing" is not an Instagram feature. He wholesale steals images.

That's true, but this is actually normal behavior in the instagram world since it doesn't have the concept of share/retweet. So you screenshot or use some app (ie regram) that re-posts someone's content and credits the original user.

Instagram is full of multi-million follower accounts doing this, it's very much an accepted practice on the platform. If FB wanted to disincentivize this they would, but they haven't.

Look at @lmao or any other "meme account".

The article covers how he sources content in great detail.

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