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Dear community:

Your collective voices have been heard. I have re-enabled the image posting feature for everyone.

HOWEVER, there are certain conditions to post images, though:

• ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FROM Facebook, whether they have their profiles set to "public" or not, unless it's YOU.
• If the image is copyrighted, either A) don't post it at all, or B) type the reason why you consider your use of the image to fall under the "Fair Use" provision of copyright law.
• ABSOLUTELY NO REAL-LIFE PHOTOS of anyone who posts to either this board or MD&D, unless it's YOU, PARODY OR OTHERWISE.

In my heart of hearts, I truly believe that this arrangement will best serve our needs while simultaneously A) reducing the potential for another DMCA takedown notice, and B) better fostering a message board culture that the community (in general) wishes will take hold.

If someone violates these guidelines, I have enabled a feature wherein I can disable his or her image posting privileges while leaving them enabled for everyone else.

AS BEFORE, this announcement does NOT constitute an invitation to immediately "push the envelope" by posting borderline violatory (is that a word?) images in order to test the moderators' limits. Thank you.

I'm totally good with this. Thanks!

I'm sorry. The board has jumped the shark.

No. The segway has jumped the shark:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi ... /img/1.jpg

["Hotlink" to copyrighted image deleted. Click on the above link to view the photo.]

V/R
Dr. Cameron

Shades--

Please pin thread.

Thanks!

If I find an image on Google, how can I tell if it's copyrighted?

Hello Mr. Thews,

Unless you know otherwise, assume they are copyrighted. While it is possible that the copyright may have expired or the image been put into the public domain by the copyright holder, assuming that is the case is a really bad idea because you have psychotics out there that will attempt to use that as an excuse to get this board shut down.

There is no magic way to find out who owns the copyright, but looking for contact information on the website where you found the image is a good starting point.

If you want to find images that you can use, then look at the advanced search on Flickr - it allows you to filter images by the license they are published under. Look for the Creative Commons section at the end: http://flickr.com/search/advanced/

V/R
Dr. CameronWhatever

Spurven Ten Sing wrote:I'm sorry. The board has jumped the shark.

Yeah it's pretty lame-o. Ban Joseph. Save the world.

Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hello Mr. Thews,

Unless you know otherwise, assume they are copyrighted. V/R

Dr. CameronWhatever

That means the forces of Satan and the Electronic Recording Industry have won in advance. Let us shout the slogan of "for non commercial personal usage to promote freedom of speech" and storm this Bastille.