That´s exactly, what I´m thinking... credit will get lost sooner or later. good example:
[link] and then look at
[link] from the person who provided the floor...
This piece covers more than one topic for me - else I would have called it "stock rules"
But it´s about life in general. You need rules to come along... if you stick to them 100% you get in trouble.
So this is a deviation from my own rules about how to use stock.
I don´t have the technical opportunities to avoid theft of my pics. Therefore I give it away for free.
That´s why I have so much stock in my gallery - I hate watermarks.
I consider cc-licence as very practical - it´s accepted everywhere and not too complicated.