tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post6435819587031350386..comments2024-03-25T03:59:31.089+00:00Comments on Behind The Barred Window: It Never Rains, It Just Pours and Pours and Pours... Oh... And a Couple of New LinksToyntanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-15708829792580956622011-02-23T15:03:08.504+00:002011-02-23T15:03:08.504+00:00Hi Rex!
That's always a risk - and of course ...Hi Rex!<br /><br />That's always a risk - and of course I'd rather you didn't. But the point I was making is that I doubt there is one blog out there that is not guilty of some kind of copyright infringement, if one were to delve deep enough. <br /><br />I mean, I have scanned in the odd reader’s letters page from old spanking mags and posted up some scanned in by others. And there is this defence termed ‘fair usage’, though it all sounds a little contentious. But I think there is a big difference – morally at least - between scanning and posting a small fragment or an image to share with others, particularly if it serves also to publicise the source - ie it for informative purposes – and posting up a work or article, say, in its entirety. For example, there are several blogs out there publishing entire storeys taken from Janus, Blushes, Whispers and the like (I am in the process of adding a couple of such sites to my blog role now in fact.) I think it is even worse, morally, when someone comes along, changes an artist’s signature to their own on an artwork and literally just steals it by taking credit for someone else’s work. <br /> <br />Anyway, it’s all sorted out now and gradually all those rogue illustrations of Hobbs’ but resigned and appropriated by ‘Thorn’ are being mopped up from the web. So ‘nuff said, I think. (As Stan Lee used to sign off in Marvel comics – I bet that’s just infringed a trademark or something.) Excelsior!<br /> Now… enough about copyright already! <br /><br />By the way, Rex; I hate to display my ignorance but what is an ION Book Saver?Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-42987367011495981592011-02-23T12:26:32.973+00:002011-02-23T12:26:32.973+00:00when you say "that just about everything up o...when you say "that just about everything up on the net on blogs that has been scanned in will be infringing someone's copyright."<br /><br />Yes, of course. That is because they have stolen someone elses work. You scan someone elses work then you are infringing their copyright. And you know it.<br /><br />You yourself are now doing some original art work with your artist in the USA. And you are writing original stories for your book. You know how much time and effort is needed.<br /><br />So, I get a copy of your book, use the new ION Book Saver ($149) and scan your book in and sell it as an ebook or post it up for free download.<br /><br />According to the Madmonkey that would be perfectly acceptable. I wonder how much original work Madmonkey has produced?<br /><br />RexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-48983168991833795912011-02-22T18:46:09.220+00:002011-02-22T18:46:09.220+00:00Hi 'Anonymous'!
I think that's kind o...Hi 'Anonymous'!<br /><br />I think that's kind of what I said. But it is all sorted out now in any case. But I understand where that kind of stance that Madmonkkey has stems from in that just about everything up on the net on blogs that has been scanned in will be infringing someone's copyright. <br /><br />But there is more to it in this particular case, though that you wont know about. There is a long running dispute going on over the plagiarism of an artists work at stake. <br /><br />Namely that the work of an artist going by the name of Hobbs has had his work stolen in effect by an individual signing himself 'Thorn' who has, as far as I can gather, simply replaced the signature of the true artist with his own monica - definitely not the done thing. <br /><br />Anyway, as I say; it's all sorted out now, perhaps it's time to move on from this correspondence. <br /><br />Hopefully I'll be posting up something new tomorrow to get you all talking.Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-30816602462419860982011-02-22T18:05:01.499+00:002011-02-22T18:05:01.499+00:00Madmonkey is talking bollocks.
Just because it is...Madmonkey is talking bollocks.<br /><br />Just because it is easy to steal other people work doesn't mean it is right, legal or moral. <br /><br />Regarding the Thorn pix, the complainent needs to give the URL of the page the images are on.<br /><br />And they need to do that to Blogger.com if they want to have a valid complaint.<br /><br />They mightget the site taken down but all they can sue you for is the money that you may have made from using the images -- which I would assume is a little less than 1p.<br /><br />If you want to take pix from other sites, just ask the owner. It is simple curtesy and I'll bet you won't get refused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-86334968706545440972011-02-22T10:03:45.180+00:002011-02-22T10:03:45.180+00:00Hi Orage! I’m not sure about sexusblog.com. I’d n...Hi Orage! I’m not sure about sexusblog.com. I’d never heard of them so I just took a quick peek using the usual search terms that I’d use in Google. It would be nice to run a parallel version there (or elsewhere) and it would seem a good fall-back if Google does start to crack down harder on Blogger spanking blogs but sexusblog seems all a little too ‘commercially hardcore’ for my tastes. But thanks for telling me about it; I’ll look into it a little deeper when I have more time. <br /><br />As for those ‘suicidal measures’ you mention: I was panicking a little at the time and what with the noise in the café I was in - and the pain in my knee and foot – I wasn’t exactly thinking straight. Also I took a quick look around on the net for advice and came across a report of a company that, as the major part of their business model, looks for sites hosting large or complete chunks of text - news reports for example – buying up the copyright of that material before going on to sue the site owner and seeking to profit from the damages received. (At least such was their plan, but a judge in the ‘States seems to have put a halt to that, throwing the case out of court – but I read that bit much later.) Not knowing whom I were dealing with (is that good grammar?) and having read that, I’m afraid my mind went a little numb.Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-16606681237284860332011-02-22T05:08:24.323+00:002011-02-22T05:08:24.323+00:00You might ask the owner of the new blog britishspa...You might ask the owner of the new blog britishspankingmags called Jeremy since I have a strong suspicion he's Dmitry from the former blog.<br /><br />You might also consider transfering your blog to sexusblog.com. with due previous notice to your readers.<br /><br />I can't see why you should contemplate such suicidal measures as delineated in your paragraph "Anyway for those interested..."Oragenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-14235035119677970352011-02-21T23:44:53.757+00:002011-02-21T23:44:53.757+00:00Well not really, Madmonkey; that’s a common miscon...Well not really, Madmonkey; that’s a common misconception. You see, legally copyright still holds as regards redistribution, use etc. In this case the copyright owner has quite legitimately objected to the use of a couple of illustrations on this blog which I have now located and removed, solving the problem to the copyright owners satisfaction.<br /><br />I have to say, though, that this whole copyright thing is a minefield that practically the whole blogging community (probably) has stumbled in to, to some degree or other. I mean; practically everyone pinches images off each other’s blogs and often without much thought as to the origin. What worries me is how much trouble is being stored up for the future when the come to tame the copyright Wild West that is the internet.Toyntanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964511433148028640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970502759702586204.post-59655699790899144352011-02-21T22:50:39.551+00:002011-02-21T22:50:39.551+00:00Yeah, I don't understand people that post thin...Yeah, I don't understand people that post things on the internet and then try and keep people from posting them other places. If you put intentionally something on the internet I believe you are effectively giving it away and should recognize this.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076431696634810536noreply@blogger.com