Comments on: Does Your Blog Need A Terms of Use & Copyright Notice?

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By: Maggie A

Maggie A — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:54:17 +0000

I never considered any of the legalities of blogging until recently when Michelle Phan was being sued for copyrights issues. I'm so glad I always have this website to turn to with matters like these because I know there will always be an answer. xo Maggie A LOVEMAVIN.COM

By: tricia hall

tricia hall — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:54:14 +0000

In reply to The Shoe Diva. thanks for the copyscape info!

By: The Shoe Diva

The Shoe Diva — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:26:21 +0000

After working on the back side of my blog for most of the weekend, I wholeheartedly agree that everything about blogging is not fun but it must be done. As far as finding out who at least is using your text (Sarah’s question) over the weekend I also found out about something called Copyscape. It can be found at www.copyscape.com and you put your web address in the little box & it will show you all over the web where your words may have been copied. If I find something that does the same for images I will come back & let you all know. I will be honest, when I was a new blogger, I figured if it was on the internet as an image, I could use it. Now that I know better, I tend to try to take my own pictures or use the ones provided by my affiliate managers. Hope this helps at least protect your text.

By: snowblackblog

snowblackblog — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:45:11 +0000

To be honest, it is rather difficult to copyright images. Only on one occasion have I caught someone using my image as their blog banner (without even crediting me) and I told them to take it off. But God knows which site they got that image from, and so on and so forth. It’s like a domino effect. You can’t catch them all. I had an admin even block me from their fashion group when I told her to at least link my pictures to my blog if she was going to use them. There is way too much to deal with when it comes to blogging. I would much rather focus on bigger copyright infringements (i.e using my image on a billboard or advertising) than give myself a headache chasing thousands of people on the world wide web.

By: Chaucee from Streets and Stripes

Chaucee from Streets and Stripes — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:01:35 +0000

This is something I definitely need to get going on. My blog has a ton of my own original photography and I’ve had troubles in the past with it being stolen. I’ll have to draft up a terms ASAP.

By: taylordavies

taylordavies — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:16:40 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Real Life. Thank you for the comment Sarah! You're right, and I made an update in the post to reflect your input. Best of luck with law school!

By: Sarah's Real Life

Sarah's Real Life — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:25:18 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Real Life. P.S. This info is based on what I've learned as a law student in intellectual property, but I'm not licensed to practice, so this is not legal advice. Check back with me in a year or two...but I'll be charging then :)

By: Sarah's Real Life

Sarah's Real Life — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:21:56 +0000

This is useful information, but I think you need to make it clear that just because you DON'T have a copyright notice doesn't mean you're not protected by copyright law. Once I hit "submit comment," even this comment is protected by copyright regardless of whether I put a notice at the bottom. Also, adding a copyright notice doesn't magically prevent people from copying your work and pasting it somewhere else without reference. That's something I kind of wonder about...How would I know if someone out there has taken my pictures or text and used it somewhere else? And if I did find it, what would I do about it? Sarah's Real Life