Attribution, Copyright and the Falkland Islands

Copyright requires an attribution if you use a copyrighted item.  The web provides a wealth of images, writing, ideas and intellectual property that, just because you "discovered" each, doesn't mean you can use freely. The map here was made by Eric Gaba, web identity :Sting. I couldn't find a live link to him, so start at wikipedia and scroll. I'm using his map and attributing creative credit to him, as he asked.

The Falkland Islands are in the news because the United Kingdom decided it wants to drill for oil in its waters. In 1982, Argentina thought the Falklands should be theirs, and invaded it. With British military support, the Falklands retained its colonial status. The history of this world is rife with stories of "discovering" and "naming" and occupying without attribution, or any other ownership (copyright) issues. Among those claiming to have discovered the Falkland Islands, we see no acknowledgment, or attribution to the people who already lived there.

There are about 3,600 people on the Islands, and approximately 20,000 land mines. Tourists are warned that tidal and weather pressures may have moved some mines on the beaches. Britain claims it has found all but one of its land mines placed. So what entity needs attribution for the leftover mines? And while the potential overseers of the Falkland Islands argue about whose is what, which claims the right to remove the land mines? Governments and people need to get busier claiming responsibility, and less busy claiming ownership.