tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post3889484906035677960..comments2024-03-29T07:01:21.278-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Coming Down on Both Sides of Fair UseJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-77879175604355990162012-08-21T11:49:27.481-04:002012-08-21T11:49:27.481-04:00I love your knitting, KB. I used to crochet, but n...I love your knitting, KB. I used to crochet, but never learned to knit.<br /><br />I so wanted to include some of Norman Rockwell's pictures with my blog last week. I could have taken photos of the paintings from the book I own that I was referring to, but I knew that was not allowed. What pictures that are not my own, I get from a free art site connected with Microsoft. I'll have to try some of those others mentioned.<br /><br />Kaye, it's still called Odyssey of the Mind. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-2594273342290927862012-08-21T09:35:20.913-04:002012-08-21T09:35:20.913-04:00I do have some sympathy for that international spo...I do have some sympathy for that international sporting event which shall remain nameless. After knitting could be mistaken for.. .white water kayaking? Um... pole vaulting? Just give me a moment. It will come to me.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-26482885208454690132012-08-21T09:23:10.128-04:002012-08-21T09:23:10.128-04:00The Olympics people are rabid. Sometimes I picture...The Olympics people are rabid. Sometimes I picture the ancient Greeks coming back from 2000 years ago to sue the present-day committee!<br /><br />Years ago, when my kids were little, I helped out with a thing we called Olymp^@s of the Mind (so they won't see this)and they made us change the name of that--a public school program for the betterment of children! We changed it to Odyssey of the Mind, figuring Homer wasn't around any more. The program still goes on, and I think under that second name.<br /><br />KB, your knitting rocks!Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-88829660313828241862012-08-21T09:14:24.794-04:002012-08-21T09:14:24.794-04:00I agree with Jim, if you don't know don't ...I agree with Jim, if you don't know don't use it. It may be second or third generation stuff with all the ownership info stripped. Copyright and Trademarks are two different things but they are both in place to keep other people from using your stuff. The reason for all the knitting photos was not to push knitting but to use photos that I know for a fact I own, becasue no one else knits lobsters in handcuffs.KB Ingleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089951663907060127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-10326546791956368282012-08-21T08:55:28.598-04:002012-08-21T08:55:28.598-04:00KB, I love your knitted figures, especially the co...KB, I love your knitted figures, especially the corpse. I used to belong to Ravelry and am familiar with the Ravelry Olympics (perhaps it's okay to put it that way). It's rather like the Susan Komen people, who sue everyone who tries to use "anything for the cure" or pink anything. They've sued nonprofits and teenagers trying to raise money for their mothers' cancer treatment. Very ugly.<br /><br />Ravelry wasn't trying to compete with the Olympics. Actually, I think it was the Yarn Harlot who first started the knitting olympics stuff--as a fundraiser for charity.<br /><br />Oh well, we live in a litigious world. I do think those were trademark issues, however, not copyright.<br /><br />Copyright is, of course, an issue that must be dear to a writer's or artist's heart. There are, as Jim pointed out, a number of sites for free images where all you must do is register and abide by the rules. And there are bit-torrent (pirate) sites where people scan in books almost as soon as they're published so others can download them without paying for them. Because they think the people who write and publish them are greedy for wanting to make any money from them.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-30210471232750630282012-08-21T08:42:33.690-04:002012-08-21T08:42:33.690-04:00Lately, I've been embedding videos from YouTub...Lately, I've been embedding videos from YouTube into blog posts. They're free. If people don't want you to use them, they don't allow embedding. <br /><br />If I need an image of a specific equestrian activity that's not in my own photo collection, I buy stock photos from iStockphoto.com.<br /><br />The free sites usually don't have what I need. Here are ways to find free photos, but you'll probably have to contact the photographer for permission:<br /><br />Flickr's Creative Commons search http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ <br /><br />http://search.creativecommons.org/<br />Rhonda Lanehttp://www.thehorseyset.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58246544196995387252012-08-21T08:38:50.465-04:002012-08-21T08:38:50.465-04:00Wikipedia commons is another possible sources alth...Wikipedia commons is another possible sources although you may have to use attributions depending on the image. What do you mean we aren't famous? Ramona reads us!Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-25949614412978337692012-08-21T08:20:08.595-04:002012-08-21T08:20:08.595-04:00The simple rule with photos is the same as for wri...The simple rule with photos is the same as for writing: someone created it and they own it. Therefore assume it has copyright protection unless you are told otherwise.<br /><br />Through a blog by Caitlin Muir (I can't remember where she was writing) I discovered two great sites for usable digital photos.<br /><br />http://www.everystockphoto.com/ is a search engine for free photos.<br /><br />http://www.sxc.hu/ is another site that provides access to free photos.<br /><br />In both cases free does not mean you can just use the photographs anyway you want. There are several alternative license agreements. Some provide full access. Others indicate that you cannot alter the photo. Often you have to give attribution. (A caption "photo by shanklaker from Flickr" would suffice.) So you need to pay attention to the agreements, but it is not onerous.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-83697556422880949902012-08-21T07:51:31.245-04:002012-08-21T07:51:31.245-04:00Your knitting projects are unique, KB. The problem...Your knitting projects are unique, KB. The problem I have with online photos--if the photos aren't marked in some way indicating that someone owns them, how do we know? In writing, the copyright is in the front of the book--black and white--no problem. Of the all the Google images, usually only a handful are marked with ownership rights. Without those marks, the assumption is that they can be used to illustrate a point. It feels like entrapment when there isn't any way to know, and then someone comes back at you for using them. I don't have an answer to your question, but if there are any lawyers out there who have definitive advise, please let us know.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-57630796498737424282012-08-21T07:46:13.566-04:002012-08-21T07:46:13.566-04:00Interesting, KB. I have taken to using no images a...Interesting, KB. I have taken to using no images at all on my blog posts. Easier that way. I'm sorry about the Rav(Can I say that here?)olympics changing the name, but what a fantastic idea.<br /><br />Love the little knitted corpse! (I only used one ! in this comment, you will note.)Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.com