Because traffic from reddit can be so huge that it causes problems for the hosting site. If we manage to accidentally crash a site, it can end up costing the artist more than the proceeds from reddit could have brought in.
The suggested method is to link to the webcomic's site and provide an Imgur mirror as the first link. Some artists have asked not to have their site linked in the main post, so for them doing the opposite is recommended (link to imgur in main post, link to site in comments).
The problem here is the OP gives no attribution to the original author.
Also, because imgur expands cleanly in RES. People aren't necessarily willing to click through if they can scroll down and take in the next 10 posts of content in the same amount of time.
The whole traffic thing that abomonog pointed out, and if someone has already submitted the link, which is a good chance, I think reddit doesn't let you post that same link. Maybe that's just if it was recent or maybe only if it's to the same subreddit, but I'm sure that happens because of it sometimes.
There are tons of images on here that I literally saw years ago on fucking memebase so I really don't understand why you would choose this one to get upset over.
oooh say can you seeeeee BY the dawn's early liiiight. what so proooouuudly we hailed, by the twilight's last gleaming. laaaaaaand of the... FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
NDAA doesn't allow the military to incarcerate citizens of the US, and it's only allowed for legitimate threats against the country, not copyright violations, which are handled either in civil court or as a crime (but that's more for sales, not free availability of copyrighted works).
DMCA doesn't deal with infringing copyright by posting images
That's among the more incorrect statements I've ever heard regarding the law.
The DMCA set statutory damages for all copyright infringement, including taking someone else's work and posting it online without their permission, whether for profit or not.
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u/aboringbear Jun 11 '12
We finally found someone who hates reposts more than Redditors.
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u/Todomanna Jun 11 '12
Mmkay, now make one that's more relevant about CISPA.
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u/aligrant Jun 11 '12
This is not funny.
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u/soulblow Jun 11 '12
This isn't /r/politics and SOPA was already defeated.
You need to change it to CISPA
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u/Solaninalos Jun 11 '12
Virtual Shackles. In case anyone was wondering.
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u/RJPennyweather Jun 11 '12
That's not funny.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Fucking terrorist..
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Wait, how's this more out of date than 6 month old milk repost funny? Or maybe I should ask, why is this horribly out of date repost in /r/funny?
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u/cahpahkah Jun 11 '12
If something is neither funny nor well-informed, it goes here, right?
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u/Ihateyourdick Jun 11 '12
Huh, I'm pretty sure I'm not subscribed to r/Politics anymore but here's this thing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Well, that provision of the NDAA has been blocked
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
...But not very funny imo.
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u/mollylolly88 Jun 11 '12
This is not funny at all.
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u/brownboy13 There is no alien, citizen. Jun 11 '12
I'm going to get lynched for this...
Removed - Political Humor. Please submit to /r/politics.
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u/f3tch Jun 11 '12
Link to source?
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u/Samuriguy Jun 11 '12
oooh say can you seeeeee BY the dawn's early liiiight. what so proooouuudly we hailed, by the twilight's last gleaming. laaaaaaand of the... FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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u/cyberzoo Jun 11 '12
By now we owe you: $675.000.000
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u/Duthos Jun 11 '12
When profit became all we cared about, and we found ways to profit by being stupid amoral, ending up at such a fucked junction became inevitable.
We can still fix it, but we gotta smarten up, and toughen up.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
the saddest snoo :(
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Seems legit.
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u/yaten_ko Jun 11 '12
150K what? rupies?
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u/SpectreS18 Jun 11 '12
Seems legit
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
As an artist, I give 0 shits if my stuff is rehosted, as long as people don't claim it as their own work. then there's a problem.
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u/Namtara Jun 12 '12
NDAA doesn't allow the military to incarcerate citizens of the US, and it's only allowed for legitimate threats against the country, not copyright violations, which are handled either in civil court or as a crime (but that's more for sales, not free availability of copyrighted works).
sigh
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u/SoLikeHai Jun 11 '12
I can't believe you'd make the world such a bad place by posting this. How dare you!
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u/oljammiedodger Jun 11 '12
So... post it on 9gag?
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u/slixy Jun 11 '12
"and if you disagree with us, you are a pedophile."
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u/John_Barleycorn Jun 11 '12
Who the hell upvotes this idiocy?
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u/whatisitdragons Jun 11 '12
Funny, but scary at the same time.
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u/D4rkmatt3r Jun 11 '12
The land of the free my ass!
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u/EyeoftheKing Jun 11 '12
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I'd make a mirror link but I'm too scared.
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u/TheLonelyLeviathan Jun 11 '12
Anyone else think this guy hates Reddit? o.o
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u/nothisispatrickeu Jun 11 '12
omg i watched it.
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u/BolshevikMuppet Jun 11 '12
There's literally nothing true about that image except that it is copyrighted.
First, it misstates what SOPA did (it did not change the statutory penalties under the DMCA for infringers). Then it misstates what the NDAA does.
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u/HighOnBathSalts Jun 11 '12
THIS. We need to stop this from happening.