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Interesting discussion in that site's comments over whether or not the author's use of The Oatmeal's comic images are fair use or not.

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Indeed, I'm feeling badly about it. (I'm the author of the article)

Have reached out to Matt at The Oatmeal offering to donate $500 to his favorite charity -- but I'm open to do doing whatever he thinks is right.

Although it doesn't excuse it -- I did link to the original comic, mentioned Matt and The Oatmeal by name, and linked EVERY individual image back to the original comic. I didn't mean to not give credit for the original work.

I think you shouldn't beat yourself up about it. IMHO you did everything right and some people are just too sensitive.

What's your favorite culture good for if you can't cite it as you make a point.

People tend to get picky over everything when they strongly disagree with you.

That's good (really) but I don't think you get to determine where your $500 offer goes. 'The Matt's Wallet Foundation' has every right to every cent.

It's definitely not fair use. Fair use would be allowed if the OP were discussing the content of the images, not appropriating them to make a rhetorical point.

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