@Silver – (this comment directed at you is an example of being rude and I think you need to figure out the difference between being professional as Patrick as been and being rude as I am towards you). Rude? Are you kidding me? Harvard – Low Down Work ethics? What planet are you on?

@Silver -> It was never my intention to be anything other than polite. I’m sorry you have taken offense.

You’ve been ridiculously rude, disrespectful and have made no effort to remedy your mistake.

This article is still right here, along with all the completely MISUSED, STILL MISCREDITED images.

Why are you explaining your talk? Who the fuck cares? You used other people’s images without permission. Why aren’t you doing anything about it?

You stole other people’s images. Not cool. The right thing would be to remove them, but you’re spineless enough to leave them right there, obviously lacking in respect or consideration towards the owners.

Thanks for giving the public a wonderful impression of your performance group and Harvard’s low-down work ethics.

I’d love to hear your account as to why these images are still here. Probably because you’re way too lazy and selfish to go to the trouble of contacting someone in the Herald and getting them to either remove the article or edit it.

I just went back to check and the articles and images I saved from other blogs got saved into the same folder I had marked for AlphaVille Herald articles and photos. So, @Marnix, @Alicia – > that’s my bad. Did not mean to mis-credit there. I will certainly alter the attribution in the future, though, I suspect I won’t be asked to present this talk again. But sincerely, apologies.

Also, quick word about context…I’m aware that I’m using a few images (and facts even…) out of context. The image of the bow and arrow wielding avatar, and the idea that chickens are different colors…the format of the talk was very strict: only 20 slides, and each slide advancing every 15 seconds. As such, I felt it helped the presentation to either a) simplify facts as in the case of the chicken colors, or b) use images that conveyed an idea rather than a fact (I am, after all, not a journalist). I suppose in the case of the bow and arrow, it would have been MORE appropriate to use an image of someone wielding a weapon NOT in SL, to make it clear the image was used as metaphor, not documentation.

I mean…the sort of blanket legal protection afforded by the wording of Title 17 for things of an academic nature is pretty nice in this case…but I’m not super interested in good practices because they’re LEGAL but because they contribute to a positive information culture. I think…thanks for responding, letting me know my gaffe.

“the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

This discussion falls into the criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, research and teaching categories, since it was scholarly research based on a news report, presented in a teaching setting, then released with permission for purposes of commentary and criticism. Doesn’t look like there’s room for claims of copyright infringement on any of the materials used. Maybe the presenter could, out of courtesy, provide credit for in future presentations, now that some of the material’s creators have been identified?

If my photos have appeared on the Herald before, this is the first I’ve heard of it, as I am not really a Herald reader. They have appeared in New World Notes, but always with credit, which is basically all I ask for. Although the photos are not priceless pieces of art, they are still mine.

I am not sure quite what the law is regarding intellectual property rights for images on the internet, and even whether it extends to images created within Second Life and whether the taker has the rights or Linden Labs do, but it would have been nice to at least have some mention of the blogs the pictures came from.

I also would have liked my image to have been used in context, rather than suggesting I am a griefer who goes around killing other people’s chickens.

There were two methods I used for gathering images. The first was Google Image search. That provided all of the random, outside-of-SL images which are attributed with URLs. The second method was using the images that were part of the chicken articles here on the Herald. Those are the ones without URLs, to which I was applying the “attributed to Alphaville…” disclaimer. So far as I could tell, there are no specific photo credit notes for those on this site. Am I mistaken?

There were a handful of other blogs I either found via search, or had Pixeleen point out to me, but I don’t believe I used images from them…I suppose I should double check.

@Alicia, @Shattered Howlett, @Banana – Specifically, am I using your images? Did I take credit for your photos? Or did the Herald?

Bottom line is, I actually take intellectual property pretty seriously. I sent both the images and the story to Pixeleen for approval before my presentation, and would love to know if there was more I could (should) have done. Thanks.