Comments on: Play Nice with Images http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aaliyah http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images/comment-page-1#comment-508 Aaliyah Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:41:59 +0000 http://hyggehouse.com/?p=194#comment-508 this is such a great photo, i love dogs and their sense of "checking things out" with immediate input to the mouth this is such a great photo, i love dogs and their sense of “checking things out” with immediate input to the mouth

]]> By: french toast girl http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images/comment-page-1#comment-496 french toast girl Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:15:21 +0000 http://hyggehouse.com/?p=194#comment-496 Hear, hear! Thanks, Alex, I've been meaning to write about this myself as I've just found another wave of my illustrations used for people's avatars, myspace accounts, and websites, and not one of them requested permission. I'm still amazed at how many people don't know (or consider) the first thing about copyright or the rights of the artist. You've explained it well; I will definitely be pointing to your article. ♥ Hear, hear! Thanks, Alex, I’ve been meaning to write about this myself as I’ve just found another wave of my illustrations used for people’s avatars, myspace accounts, and websites, and not one of them requested permission. I’m still amazed at how many people don’t know (or consider) the first thing about copyright or the rights of the artist.

You’ve explained it well; I will definitely be pointing to your article. ♥

]]> By: Hygge House http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images/comment-page-1#comment-485 Hygge House Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:50 +0000 http://hyggehouse.com/?p=194#comment-485 Kathryn that's a great point and something I learned the hard way about 10 years ago. I had a really popular personal site, linked to another image using the other persons source (like <img src="http://anotherpersonssite.com/image.jpg"> ) and about a week later got an email saying that because I had pulled so much bandwidth, they were slapped with a $300 extra bill. I ended up paying this and it was an expensive lesson to learn. I had no idea at the time about this sort of thing or using images either. Kathryn that’s a great point and something I learned the hard way about 10 years ago. I had a really popular personal site, linked to another image using the other persons source (like ) and about a week later got an email saying that because I had pulled so much bandwidth, they were slapped with a $300 extra bill.

I ended up paying this and it was an expensive lesson to learn. I had no idea at the time about this sort of thing or using images either.

]]> By: laurel sauls http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images/comment-page-1#comment-483 laurel sauls Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:07:19 +0000 http://hyggehouse.com/?p=194#comment-483 A friend, who is a photographer, just recently explained this to me. I had no idea! I thought that as long as you linked to the artist, and didn't try to claim it as your own, it was fine. I am guessing that there are a lot of people like me, who just didn't understand the ramifications of it all. Now I search under "creative commons" pics on Flickr. Not as many choices, but at least then I am not inadvertently stealing someone else's work! Yikes! A friend, who is a photographer, just recently explained this to me. I had no idea! I thought that as long as you linked to the artist, and didn’t try to claim it as your own, it was fine. I am guessing that there are a lot of people like me, who just didn’t understand the ramifications of it all. Now I search under “creative commons” pics on Flickr. Not as many choices, but at least then I am not inadvertently stealing someone else’s work! Yikes!

]]> By: kathryn http://hyggehouse.com/everyday/playing-nice-with-images/comment-page-1#comment-482 kathryn Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:51:39 +0000 http://hyggehouse.com/?p=194#comment-482 linking to an image on someone else's server can be bad etiquette. it means that all traffic to your site will tax their server and thus count against their bandwidth at their host. photo sharing sites like flickr, or big commerce sites, are obviously made to handle lots of requests, but someone's little independent web page may not be. so i would encourage folks to consider the source before pulling images directly into their page. many times the considerate course of action really is to copy the photo to your own server, and link back to the original. that way you are not putting the weight of your entire readership on someone else's resources. linking to an image on someone else’s server can be bad etiquette. it means that all traffic to your site will tax their server and thus count against their bandwidth at their host. photo sharing sites like flickr, or big commerce sites, are obviously made to handle lots of requests, but someone’s little independent web page may not be. so i would encourage folks to consider the source before pulling images directly into their page. many times the considerate course of action really is to copy the photo to your own server, and link back to the original. that way you are not putting the weight of your entire readership on someone else’s resources.

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