There is a fat, old
woman wearing my awesome
shoes, hat, and clothing!
Bloggers Beware of photo copyright! July 21, 2012
WordPress encourages use of photos on every blog post. They won’t use your blog in their featured section without a photo, as a matter of fact. This means that lots of bloggers grab photos from wherever and put them onto their blog without too much consideration about where the images came from. Because they don’t make money from their blog, aren’t selling the image, or credit the source, they think they’re safe.
You may notice that my blog has very few photos. This means that I will not become a featured blogger, but hopefully it means I won’t get sued for using material that doesn’t belong to me. I have endeavoured to use only my own photos, public domain photos (OLD), or book covers on reviews which I am trusting are fair use.
However, a lot of bloggers are out there innocently using images, blithely unaware that they are infringing on copyright. Roni Loren was one. She used a photo, and was sued over it. Here is her very interesting blog post about what she learned. Thanks Roni for helping us to know what the dangers are. I will now check through my blog and make sure there isn’t anything there that slipped through my paranoia filters in a moment of laziness!
Shawn L. Bird 
waving dad June 8, 2011
Tags: parenting, photos, postaday2011, wave at the bus
I love two things about http://waveatthebus.blogspot.com
First, I love the sense of fun and creativity that Dale Price has shown waking up every morning to wave at his son’s schoolbus as it goes past their house.
Secondly, I like that his son is 15/16, not 5 or 6. I love any parent who loves his/her teen age kid enough to be willing to embarass them by goofy fun. It’s teaching him something. You can be cool, or you can be a little wacky. Coolness is just aloofness. A little wackiness adds a lot to a day to whomever is touched by it.
Rain Price will never forget this year and neither will any of the other kids on his bus. In years to come they’ll be smiling and discussing their favorite costume. The joy will travel forward in time.
While the website is worth a visit if you want to get a really good look, you can see the whole year’s worth of wackiness here. Which is your favorite?
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