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Originally Posted by adrianka
I tend to disagree here. They do beautiful products. You buy them. You use them to create something. The resulting work of art is YOURS, not theirs. You don't have to credit your supplies if you do crafts, or paintings, or whatever art. Why should digi-scrapping be different? The photography example is not quite equivalent IMHO. If I do a LO, it's not like the designer did the work for me (with the photograph, the photographer deffo did the work).
I have to stress yet again that I have no problem with the crediting rule (I actually embrace it), it's just that it's interesting that it has evolved like this.
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I think the big difference is that because digital is well, digital, haha, you aren't actually buying a product, you're buying a
license to use that product and as such are subject to the Terms of Use of that license. Most designers include in their TOUs some kind of crediting requirement for online galleries, so it's not just a nicety, it can actually be required per the TOU.
This is from the SSD TOU:
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YOU MAY: use our designs in layouts that are posted in online galleries and/or submitted to magazines. Please be sure to credit the individual designer with the element and/or kit name. If you would like to link to a website, please use the following link address: www.sweetshoppedesigns.com.
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From what I understand, part of the reason crediting evolved this way is in the early early days of digi, most people made their own products. There weren't stores, etc, to go and buy stuff, so it was assumed that if you didn't credit your items, they were made by you. Obviously digi has changed a lot since then but the crediting remains - it's a way to give credit to the person who made those products.