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THE FORUM
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Member Activities / Events / Re: "Lurker Come Out Week" This means you!
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on: 17-Oct-11, 10:48:37 PM
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Hmm, this went over well! Got like 4 people out of 502 to come out! OY, I tried! And a very good try it was! As someone suggested, many nesting season lurkers have probably already gone into hibernation. Maybe a coming out week in April will be more productive.
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Other Nature Related Information / Raptor Web Cams / Re: Norfolk Eagles in their new nest
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on: 07-Oct-11, 02:01:19 PM
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When cross posting a picture (like the bat one) you should always credit the photographer, if known, and the website where you found it, if not. I usually try to post both. Most photographers are OK with that as long as credit is given. The problem the Norfolk photographers are having is people saving, sharing, printing and even selling the pictures as their own. That's why they've started putting their names in huge letters across the photos and have asked us to view them on the Norfolk forum or the individual photographer's website. Technically you shouldn't even save someone's picture without their permission, but most people are OK with that if you are only using it for your own personal viewing pleasure. But it can get to be a slippery slope. Youch! I'll remember that! Thanks Lots of interesting and informative stuff on the web concerning copyright and copyright infringement. For example: http://webnet77.com/webstuff/copyright.htmlhttp://copyright.gov/title17/http://copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.htmlI think the photos Donna uses in her posts qualify as being "...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting..." and would fall under Fair Use Limitations ( http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107). I agree that non-owned photos used is this context should give credit to the owner. And probably better to quote just a highlight of a copyrighted article, then link to the original post. While I respect Dumperskitty's decision not to provide direct links to copyrighted material, I don't think such links are legally or ethically prohibited. http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Intellectual_Freedom_Issues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=25306 My 2 cents.
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Penguin out of order
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on: 07-Sep-11, 12:50:56 PM
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From: http://www.ourfarsouth.org/Track-Happy-Feet.aspx Happy Feet's progress 7 September 2011 Our bird has made a gain of 22 kms further toward home over the last 24 hours, a good performance pushing pretty much southward. More pertinently he’s also put an additional 6kms between him and the sandy beaches of Campbell island overnight. He seems to be swimming between 2-3 kph today, a bit slower than yesterday – this includes an hour when he seemed to get distracted and put on no distance at all. Wonder what’s caught his interest?
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