Articles tagged with copyright
'Royalty-Free' Graphics: Are They 'Free to Use'?
Royalty-free graphics are offered on a good many web sites. They are intended for people who aren't themselves photographers, and who need high quality images for their work. A royalty-free image is a stock image that may be used by a number of different i
What You Need to Know About Original Content
Adding quotes to your writing can sometimes be a great idea. A quote can help you support your arguments or opinions with the words of an expert or well known figure. A quote can also be a jumping off point off point for your own writing. But when does us
What Would You Like To Do to A Dirty, Unscrupulous Thief?
I just spent far too long following up on a case of copyright infringement. And I'm not done yet. I have at least two more DMCA takedown notices to file with Google, and then I have to track down any other content this lousy, stinking cheat has stolen from
Youtube Editor
I uploaded a #video on Youtube with background #music from our local singer then I got a notification which tells me that I need to remove the audio because of some #copyright issues. So what I'm doing now is I upload videos on Youtub
Adventures in Detective Work
All of us are aware of the fact that some cheaters are posting #stolen #photos on #tsu. I'm sure that no honest people want to support that by sharing those stolen posts, but sometimes it's hard to be sure if work really belongs to someone. Yester
Tsu's Response to Copyright Infringement
In my previous post I mentioned concerns about copyright infringement on Tsu. Now it's not the only social network to be plagued by people uploading content they don't own. It's just that when a site is supposed to be paying for original content, it does t
Tsu One Month Later: Rule-Breakers on the Rise
Tsu launched its platform this fall to a lot of fanfare over the fact that they were the site that cares about the content creator. They would respect people's ownership of their content, they would pay up to 90% of their ad revenue back to the people &nda
Are Facebook Memes Public Domain?
Image copyright is a big deal. Rights to use an image can cost any site – even a biggie – its chance to succeed, underneath a charge of piracy. It's just too, too much.So, when I – or anyone else – use a meme, it's with the understa
Not to be a raving maniac, but ... no recipes allowed at that other place!
I have a rule that I try to follow... no complaining about a site in an article on that site. Most times I'm able to just grit my teeth when a site puts out a dumb rule, and then move forward and continue writing there. And, in general, I try not to write
How Much Can I Legally Quote Without Violating Terms?
The answer to this question depends upon which terms you are talking about . In http://www.personapaper.com/article/13202-putting-quoted-text-in-our-posts , &bestwriter stated that she believed as long as a quote wasn't counted in the 500-character min
Concerns Over the New Image Credit
Having had my first encounter with the new image credit field in the post submission form, I'd like to say I'm a little concerned. I very much appreciate the fact that there's a clear explanation of what's required (specifically the link to the pa
Rewriting or Summarizing is Plagiarism
Did you know that “rewriting” or “summarizing” a news story is a form of plagiarism? It's true! Both in academia and in the writing world, “borrowing” another person's ideas is no different from copying their text word
