The problem is that we notice that sometimes the information we post on our blog shows up somewhere else without any credit. This can have various reasons:
- They simply forgot
- They don't want to
- They don't have the original source
Now the last point is one that's actually quite important. We've heard that people only send just the listings or just a screenshot of what we've posted. Now sometimes this goes well, but there are also cases that no explanation is given which may result in articles with wrong or less information or poor quality images. As a merch-related site, we don't want that to happen.
At the bottom of our website you see that this blog is licensed under the CC BY license. This means that you are absolutely free to share, modify and republish information on our blog, as long as you give proper credit. The easiest way for you to do this is using our sharing buttons below every post, or include a link to our original post.
We also do this ourselves by including credit to the original blog/submitter/reviewer/owner of the content that has been found or is send in to us. This way everyone gets proper credit, and readers can see where the information originates from.
A personal reason why we write this post, is that MLP Merch is still ran by only two people: Ossie and me. Everyday we spent quite some time looking for the newest information and releases. Sometimes we even get up early in the morning to post something we found, even on holiday. Now I would like to mention that we still have lots of fun doing it so don't worry about that, but crediting us is a nice "thank you" when you use our information.
Sometimes it's not only just about us, as we also see pictures/articles sent to us personally being posted on other websites and blogs. As mentioned earlier, we always try to give proper credit. If you feel that we've not credited the right person/website you're free to drop us an email with the right source.
This is just a post for information about sharing our articles. We're not looking for any drama, just a simple heads-up. I would personally like to thank everybody who reads our website as we love doing it and make you people happy with all the information.
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