Posts Tagged ‘Electronic Frontier Foundation’
The End of SOPA?
I’ve been an exceedingly poor member of HASTAC this semester, but I did managed to put together a brief end-of-term link post on the apparent end of SOPA tonight, if you’re interested in the subject.
If We’re All Bad Then No One Has to Feel Bad
If you’d like to waste your Sunday the way I just wasted my Saturday, might I recommend VVVV from Humble Bundle 3? Proceeds go to the EFF, so if you think about it it’s practically charity.
URGENT UPDATE: Atom Zombie Smasher is also very fun.
Bloggers, Know Your Rights
The EFF has updated its legal guide for bloggers. Via Boing Boing.
When can I borrow someone’s images for my blog post?
Images are subject to the same copyright and fair use laws as written materials, so here too you’ll want to think about the fair use factors that might apply. Is the image used in a transformative way? Are you taking only what’s necessary to convey your point? A thumbnail (reduced-size) image, or a portion of a larger image is more likely to be fair use than taking an entire full-size image. If you want to go beyond fair use, look for Creative Commons licensed images.
I break this guideline all the time. I blog from the outskirts of the law.