IMPORTANT! Do Not Use Images without Permission

[Karen]

You should never post someone else's images, from their sites, without permission. The woman who owns a Golden Retriever website is very upset, as people have been posting copyrighted material from her site on Pet Talk. Any Golden lovers, especially, please check that any images you use (for birthday greetings, signature graphics, etc.) do not come from her site.

She is angry, and the bandwidth used by people posting her site's code and images has cost her money. Please, if you think you have ever used images from her site, check your old posts and make sure to delete any references to her stuff.

The same is true for every image everyone posts. Make sure you have permission before you use anything you find on the web. Check the page it comes from for a copyright notice.

[Dogz]

This is a very good thread Karen. It will really keep people's 'heads up' when they are posting graphics for avatars etc. I will make sure to check the site before I post anyone's work.

[Karen]

Thanks, Dogz!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I'll check back in my earlier posts, to see if anything I posted is copyrighted. I hope she isn't too upset!

Thanks for posting this, Karen.

[Karen]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
I'll check back in my earlier posts, to see if anything I posted is copyrighted. I hope she isn't too upset!

Thanks for posting this, Karen.

She's pretty upset, so thank you for checking.

[Logan]

I love her site and could just get lost in it for hours as there is so much information there. But I have never copied anything from there. I'm sorry she is so upset, Karen. Are you able to figure out where the information is posted and remove it??

Good luck.

[Karen]

I removed the one she emailed me about, and all I could find.

[Russian Blue]

I had someone use my images of Nakita on another site claiming it was their pics. I posted a thread about it in Cat General back in the summer. It was a real eye opener, but I guess I shouldn't have been really surprised because of the amount of people who frequent the internet.

Here's the link:

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...hlight=warning

It can be really frustrating, especially in this new case with the Goldens where it is costing her money!!! Now when I post pics of Nakita, I usually I only post my 'poor quality' pics, rather than my best ones.

[ramanth]

I've never visited a Golden site, so I know I haven't borrowed any images.

But this is a good topic.

[catland]

Karen and Paul - is it acceptable to post links to other web sites or is that also something that we shouldn't be doing?

[trayi52]

I don't even know what Golden site is???

[micki76]

Originally posted by catland
Karen and Paul - is it acceptable to post links to other web sites or is that also something that we shouldn't be doing?

I think it’s ok to post a link. By doing that, you’re inviting people to visit a site. Everyone who has a site wants it to be visited. But if you post images directly from someone’s site, you are usually going to cost them money because you’re stealing their bandwidth.

If there’s a picture that you want to post on PT you should make sure that it’s not copyrighted and then download it to your computer or upload it to another site for hosting, like imagestation.

Please, correct me if I’m wrong Paul or Karen.

[Karen]

Originally posted by trayi52
I don't even know what Golden site is???

It's a site about Golden Retrievers.

Karen and Paul - is it acceptable to post links to other web sites or is that also something that we shouldn't be doing?

It is fine to post links to others' websites. That's what the Internet is all about! Just ask permission beforehand if you're not sure the person who runs the site would welcome it.

By all means, posts linkd to our site on others any time you want! You have my permission!

[EssTer]

I had some photos from internet in my avatar, but I changed it and now I have in watar just mine photos

I´m sorry, but can someone say me this golden´s address? I really want to visit it

[Amber]

Karen I have a question. I was going to pm you but I thought I should just post it. In the game "Fetch me a..." alot of us were gettig images on other sites. Is that Ok? Or should I go back and delete my pictures? Im not sure and I dont want even more people getting upset.