Thank’s John

Hi John,

Thanks for the advice. I will be reviewing my blog posts as soon as I am done replying to your comment.

Again, thanks and keep up the great contributions. ‘Til next time.

JR, you can link to other posts that have useful information, or that you need to cite as a source of information.

You shouldn’t take text verbatim from other sites: it can be copyright infringement, which is against the law. If you’ve done that, go change it now and put it in your own words.

Toni, you can usually use images produced/created by the U.S. government. You will need to get permission from manufacturers, and if they don’t reply, you can’t use their pics.

I have been looking for a formal way of asking permission to use an image, if ever I come across, that I may use for my blog. Thanks for having this available for everyone. I got the idea of great post with a little flavor of adding an image or images that may attribute directly or indirectly with the work that I have done or I will be doing in the future. But don’t know where to start and this one really showed the ropes. Just a question thought, how about if I have done a post on my blog that by accident have added words that may be found to other posts? Or if I want to add acknowledgements about inspirations of my blog to a specific blog or article that I have come across. How to go about that?

Thanks,
JR

Dear Christie:

A royalty is money paid to the monopoly rights holder, who very is not the person who created the work.

Attribution is something else entirely. If someone else write the words or took the photo or painted the picture that you are using, the classy thing to do is to credit the creator. I make a point of attribution, even if the work is in the public domain. Incorrectly attributing a work, like another blogger taking credit for your work, would be plagiarism.

Copyright infringement is not stealing, it’s copyright infringement.

I stumbled onto your site. Glad I did.

I have been researching this topic and I disagree with your statement “If they created it, they have the copyright automatically.” In most cases this is true but just because I took a photo does not necessarily make it a true copyright of mine.

Attorney Dianne Brinson states:

“Before you take that photo, you may need permission for the following: Photographing buildings, works of art, or other copyrighted items; Photographing people; Photographing on public or private property. In this short article, attorney Dianne Brinson briefly discusses when permission may be required. (From htttp://www.photosecrets.com/photography-law-permission-do-i-need-permission ) The comment by TJ McDowell that said “If you took a picture, you own it.” may not necessarily be true.

A few questions: I have been using Microsoft Office royalty free images. Do I still need to give credit for those, even if they are listed as royalty free?

Also- when someone steals a photo from your site and you get the back link, what can you do about it?

I’ve also had a few bloggers pull my posts and post them on their site, and then tell me after the fact. It feels kinda wrong.

I appreciate your thoughts.