Recently I wrote a post for my blog at Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section, Please…Don’t Photograph My Crafts (without permission).  You may find this applies to the products you provide in your business.  In today’s electronic world, with small cameras, cell phone cameras, and other electronic devices for taking photos and posting them on the Internet, you need to be highly aware of who may be photographing you, your family, your business activities and your products.
Granted, some of this may lead to greater publicity (essentially free promotion) of your business.  However, don’t you want to be in control of what …read more

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Copyright infringement and plagiarism have become prominent issues on the Internet these days. Much of this occurs because bloggers and business owners, who have not been active in the writing world before, have little knowledge of what constitutes copyright infringement.
I’ve even had writers, in a class I was teaching, express surprise because everything on the Internet wasn’t public domain. You also have the problem of copyright laws in different countries.
Laura Spencer, at Business and Blogging, has a great post, with many resources about this topic. Check out Keeping It Legal – The Inside Scoop on …read more

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If a proposed law, H.R. 5889, The Orphan Works Bill of 2008 passes the U.S. House of Representatives or  S. 2913, The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008, passes the Senate, your images, photos, artistic work  and authored works could be in danger of becoming public property.  Apparently, the infringers just have to indicate they can’t find or couldn’t contact the owner and will have free use of much written and artistic work.
In a radical departure from existing copyright law and business practice, the U.S. Copyright Office has proposed that Congress grant such infringers freedom to ignore the rights of the author …read more