Tag: Guidelines

  • How to legally use images and content in your blog posts

    How to legally use images and content in your blog posts

    This is the forth and final post in this bloggers guide to copyright series. We’ve covered what Copyright, Creative Commons, Fair Use and Copyright Infringement mean, talked about tips for protecting content, writing copyright notices, stating terms of use and how to contact someone who used your content without permission. Today I’ll be talking about…

  • What you can do if someone steals your content

    What you can do if someone steals your content

    The previous two posts in this bloggers guide to copyright series was an overview of Copyright, Creative Commons, Plagiarism, Fair Use and Copyright Infringement and tips for protecting your content and writing a copyright notice. Today’s topic is what to do if you discover your content being used somewhere that you did not give your…

  • Tips for protecting your content + writing copyright notices

    Tips for protecting your content + writing copyright notices

    My last post in this bloggers guide to copyright series was an overview of Copyright, Creative Commons, Plagiarism, Fair Use and Copyright Infringement. Today I’m going to talk a little more about how to protect your blog content (articles, posts, images, etc) and the kind of notices you should display on your site to let…

  • Stay out of legal trouble as a blogger – get to know copyright law

    Stay out of legal trouble as a blogger – get to know copyright law

    How much do you know about copyright? Republishing a blog post or using someone else’s image isn’t 100% correct but you gave them credit so it’s okay, right? Wrong! I have noticed a lot more bloggers tweeting about their posts or images being stolen lately, it’s always very disheartening to have something you spent a…