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Comment on A Legal “Get Around” When Reproducing Quotes and Poems That Are Triggering The Squidoo Duplicate Content Filter by Paul

Paul — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:37 +0000

Clever!

Comment on A Legal “Get Around” When Reproducing Quotes and Poems That Are Triggering The Squidoo Duplicate Content Filter by AJ

AJ — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:43:36 +0000

Zazzle and CafePress are VERY hot on image theft and so I am confident that whatever on there is legal. As far as licensing is concerned it is Cafepress that has the official license to use specific Hunger Games Images so I doubt there would be any problem with any affiliate using their images, providing the link goes to the product.

There’s also limits as to what images can be used – for example currently the license only covers the current Hunger Games film and does not apply to images that will be available when the second and third films are made. Those licenses are yet to be granted

It is the same with Zazzle, who even have a license from Disney and we all know how hot Disney are on their licensing

What everyone needs to be clear on is that they can only use these images if they link to the product page.

Comment on A Legal “Get Around” When Reproducing Quotes and Poems That Are Triggering The Squidoo Duplicate Content Filter by Kathryn Grace

Kathryn Grace — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:18:37 +0000

This is a good solution AJ, and a good idea. Thank you! I’m not terribly familiar with CafePress, Zazzle, and the like, but I wonder if it is possible to tell, before downloading their images, whether the posters there have a license to use content on their products.

For example, I can’t help wondering if the owners of The Hunger Games licenses would permit CafePress people to use their images and text on products without purchasing a license, which has got to be enormously expensive. How do we know for sure?

Comment on How To Credit An Image by Cynthia Ann Leighton

Cynthia Ann Leighton — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:24:39 +0000

Sharp! I like your lens. Good examples and good way to explain them. I agree, it’s a good thing to put a link for pictures in the public domain. That also gives an incentive! More public domain pictures will be provided when they link back to a body of your work. That let’s you sell other pictures.

Not a photo-artist but…

entrepreneur! and future squid’angel

blessings & thanks,
Cynthia

Comment on How To Credit An Image by AJ

AJ — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:20:18 +0000

Bev, I should have remembered that you know far more about Fair Use than I do Thank you so much for adding this and I will add this explanation to the lens – with a credit to you of course!.

Comment on How To Credit An Image by Bev Owens

Bev Owens — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:11:15 +0000

Great information on the common mistakes made on giving an image proper credit.

On the Fair Use license, my interpretation is that if you are using the image in a paragraph to help educate or give an example of something and you are not trying to sell the actual item in the image or the image that is a “Fair Use” rationale. For instance an original book cover of a book that was first published in 1950. That book is out of print, but it has been republished by another publisher with a new cover. You might be selling the new book in a different paragraph but you are not trying to sell the old book or the image of it.

This comes up a lot when writing about collectibles and there is a need to show what a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd issue of an item looks like. You aren’t selling the items but rather informing your readers of what to look for.

Comment on Lensmaster Susan52 In The Spotlight by AJ

AJ — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:05:06 +0000

I have to say that Susan is one of the people who I admire most on Squidoo and am inspired by in my personal life. I was so happy to hear that her home has now been rebuilt and that is back there now.

Comment on Lensmaster Susan52 In The Spotlight by Joan Adams

Joan Adams — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:26:15 +0000

You are so right, Bev! Susan graciously shared her battle and victory with cancer, and then last year shared her heartbreaking house fire – and through it all, again and again, day after day, her positive attitude is nothing short of inspiring. Oh that we all could learn from her courage.

We are blessed indeed to have lensmasters like Susan to lead us all – personally and in our lensmaking!

Comment on Happy 60th Birthday to Bev Owens! by lakeerieartists

lakeerieartists — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:16:22 +0000

Dear Bev, I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get here to wish you a birthday message on Squidlog. You are one of my favorite people, and I wish you the best not just on this birthday, but all the days afterward.

Comment on Tightening of the Filters on Squidoo by Mickie G

Mickie G — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:42:24 +0000

I have found may lenses lately that have duplicate content that are still appearing on Squidoo. In fact, I sent at least 3 content abuse notices this past weekend to HQ for pages that did not even have source links. Evidently the filter is not working very well.