Editor in chief, The Next Web, France shares xkcd without attribution

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It's worse, far worse: he even omitted the title text! ;)

So?

Honest question. So, what?

Provided I don't make/imply a claim of authorship—and in this instance he clearly hasn't—I simply don't perceive a duty of attribution when I'm sharing things to friends.

The duty still exists, regardless of your purpose or audience, or whether it's convenient for you to say "and btw, this is from XKCD"; however it's rather unlikely that anyone would try to push you to uphold it in those circumstances.

The claim here seems to be "as Editor-In-Chief of a site dealing eminently with the Web, he should know and follow it"; but indeed - trying to stir up a storm in this very tiny teacup sounds forced and sensationalist (there are much more interesting cases, such as The Oatmeal versus that "fun-something" site).

We probably won't witness a spectacle like the one with The Oatmeal again in our lifetime! Yes, the title is needlessly sensationalist but it astounds me how we can't even get media professionals to get these things right. Would TNW be very accommodating to people who share their content this way?

Are you his friend? Am I his friend? Clearly, this isn't "sharing things to friends".

I don't attribute either. I don't need to because I only post a link to the original. XKCD is best delivered with the title and hover text which is impossible to do correctly on G+

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