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RE: HolySmoke! .. Steemit is about CREATING !!! siting the source is NOT enough if you didn't CREATE SOMETHING!!!
You should read the whitepaper, it describes how this is doing work for the network. If I take pictures from NASA of the moon landing and I spend the time to publish them on the Steem blockchain and my followers enjoy the format in which I have displayed it for those users I am doing work and the people who upvote are curating that work for the network.
Did I go to the moon? No. Did I take the pictures myself? No. Did I present them in a way that others can easily see and appreciate them? Yes. Is it OK for me to do that since it is public domain? Yes. I think it is more complex a question then you let on. Do read the whitepaper on what constitutes "work"
Sure if you add any value than its fine, in most cases people just blatantly drop a photo they took somewhere and thats it. I think thats more harmful to the network as it gets cluttered with content without any context or creativity
I believe in the free market to decide, as long as they are not trying to pass it off as their own creation and have a license to republish, then it is up to the followers on steem to decide how much that work merits a reward. You will find, I think, that most of that work will be for 1 cent if they don't use it in some context.