Why do I live in Alaska? Because I can.
Alaska, the Madness! Bloggity Stories of the North Country
"Building Codes, Alaskans don't need no stinking Building Codes." Sourdough
Yes, I have wifi in my outhouse!
Technically, using an avatar from UP is infringement (you could always argue fair use, and that issue is so grey its hardly worth talking about), using an avatar from Willy Wonka is infringement. I'm covered by the DMCA, and it is highly unlikely someone is going to sue you personally, especially Disney. Disney, and media companies like it, generally don't want to have the news stories where they sue fans. The people that do sue are the people who sell photos (the stock photo places, corbis, gettyimages, etc), and they have software that scours the Internet looking for their work. So its like, that really nice landscape photograph. Like say the one in the forum header, that I bought from a stockphoto place. It isn't something you'd recognize as protected, just some photograph, but its owned by a big stock photo company and threatening people is their bread and butter.
I'm mostly concerned about the sexy picture issues. So we have to make sure to keep things rated G. The copyright issue, just use a little common sense. You're not going to be sued for reposting a meme that is all over the internet (and actually you're unlikely to get sued for anything you post, but it does create work for me responding to a DMCA complaint if it get it). But if you find some really nice nature photo you want to share, but you're not sure if it is protected, err on the side of caution and link to it.
Thanks Chris, If needed I have no issue changing my avatar!
I Wonder Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink what ever comes out?"
Why do I live in Alaska? Because I can.
Alaska, the Madness! Bloggity Stories of the North Country
"Building Codes, Alaskans don't need no stinking Building Codes." Sourdough
Yes, I have wifi in my outhouse!
Would my avatar be considered too sexy since I'm a superhero?
What's so crazy about standing toe-to-toe saying I am?
~Rocky Balboa
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
-General George S. Patton, Jr.
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holy moly....but I'm sorta scared to do a search like this....you know what "they" say, never google yourself...you won't sleep well for a LONG time
http://thefemalesurvivalist.blogspot.com
In the end you find no one wins, and the race was only with yourself.
I googled myself plenty of times and it's not that bad. They didn't have any of the serial killer convictions (overturned on appeal), stalking arrests (simple misunderstanding) or even the thingy about the SWAT standoff. All in all I thought I came out looking pretty good.
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