Reloading Swabeh: My Blogger's Third Year in Cyberspace

Okay, I got pretty much busy with work I completely forgot that last Wednesday (August 22) was by blog's third year in existence. I'd still recall how I started using this platform (and WordPress) to see what works for me. At that time, I just quit my work to do other things and prepare for my wedding that time. 

Though Ive been blogging since 2005 via friendster, I've grown somehow from just posting rants at work as well as my heartbreaks of my past relationships to posting anything that interests me and makes me wanna read it over and over again towards Multiply in 2007.

In 2009, with all the boredom that got into me again, I decided to level-up a bit and try those free-blogging sites like Blogger and WordPress. Why I chose Blogger, honestly, I have no idea yet I'm enjoying posting good things. But I still feel like I need more like my own domain (markpogi0121.com) but I just have to take it one step at a time.

Plus I'm not that savvy with programming codes so it would definitely take time to get the look and the feel I want for my blog. But with the help of the internet and Mr Google, I know I'd be able to speed-up and try update it more often.

Here's one change for now. I'll be changing my header as this would be the last time you see One Word: Swabeh! 

This would be the start of some changes in the years to come.

But first, Three Cheers to my Three Years here in the Blogger Platform. All the best and more to come. XD

Oh by thew way, if you wanted to help it improve, just let me know. ^_^

Copyright Law: 12 Dos and Dont's

Taken from Google

As I was browsing for interesting websites, I got this one from dailyblogtips.com and I gave it some time in reading it. I think I could share it to you guys but credit goes to the author.


Copyright Law: 12 Dos and Don’ts
by Daniel Scocco


As the blogging phenomenon expands, copyright concerns become quite important. Technology makes it really easy to copy, modify and share information, whether we talk about text, images, audio or video. The problem is that the vast majority of people do not have a clear understanding of the Copyright Law, which might result in illegal and costly mistakes. Below you will find 12 Do’s and Dont’s that will clarify what you can and what you can not do as an online publisher:

DO's


1. Do use material under public domain: you are free to use any work that is in public domain. This includes federal government documents, materials produced before 1923 and materials produced before 1977 without a copyright notice.

2. Do quote something you find interesting: the Copyright Act defines that short quotations for the purpose of criticism, commentary or news reporting are considered “fair use”. Notice that the quote should involve only a small portion of the work, and it should not replicate the “heart” of the material.

3. Do use facts and ideas: Copyright Law protects the expression of facts and ideas. That is the form, combination and structure of documents and not the facts themselves. You are free to use facts and ideas reported on articles or websites.

4. Do use other materials that are not subject to copyright: apart from facts and ideas there are many other classes of materials that can not be protected under the Copyright Law. Those materials include names, familiar symbols, listings of ingredients or contents, short phrases, titles, slogans and procedures (notice that some of those materials might be protected by trademark, though).

5. Do use a company name or logo if you are talking about it: trademarks should protect a company from people trying to use its name or logo to deceive customers. If you are criticizing or analyzing a company, however, you can use its name or logo under a “nominative fair use”.

6. Do use a company name on your domain: as mentioned on the previous item you can use a company’s name as long as you are not trying to deceive people that you speak on behalf of this company or that you are related to it in any way. This right applies to domain names. Someone could create a website to complain about a company, say Microsoft, and use a domain name that contains the name of this company, say microsoftsucks.com.

DON’Ts


7. Don’t assume that if you credit the author there is no copyright infringement: a lot of people wrongly think that if they credit the author of an article or image they are not violating the copyright law. You can only use copyrighted material if you have explicit permission from the author to do so (or if you make fair use of it, as explained before).

8. Don’t copy material just because it does not show a copyright message: the Copyright Law required a copyright notice to protect works until 1977. In 1978, however, the law changed and abolished the requirement for copyright notice. This means that every published work (be it on paper or digital media) automatically gets copyright protection, whether expressed with a notice or not.

9. Don’t equate Creative Commons with “free for grab”: while Creative Commons licenses are less restrictive then standard copyright they should not be interpreted a “free for grab”. In order to understand what you can or can not do with Creative Commons material you should check what kind of license it is using. Certain licenses will require you to credit the original author, while others will require that you release any modifications of the document under the same license.

10. Don’t copy material just because you are not making a commercial use: while making commercial use of copyrighted material might make it easier for the author to claim damages against you the commercial use per se is not a requirement for copyright infringement. Even if you are not making a commercial use of the material you are still infringing the law if you do not have a permission from the author.

11. Don’t assume that if you remove the copyrighted material you will be out of trouble: a lot of people copy images and text around the Internet thinking that in the worst of the cases they will receive a take down notice from the author and remove the material from the website. The removal of the copyrighted material will not remove the copyright infringement at all. Should the author decide to go after you in count you will be in trouble all the same.

12. Don’t copy material just because you can’t find a copyright holder: the fact that a copyright holder can not be identified does not imply that the material can be freely copied. Similarly if you locate the copyright holder, email him asking permission and receive no answer back you would still be infringing the law if you use the material.

This article was not written by a lawyer and it does not intend to constitute legal advice.

The Blogger's Manifesto

Whenever you blog, do you have any principles or guidelines that you follow? I guess its about time to learn a thing or two when it come to blogging.

The Blogger's Manifesto outlines the core values to implement for Best Blogging Practices. By following and applying these values in your own blog, you are helping us build a Nation of Bloggers committed to being the best and most honorable bloggers that they can be.

There are 7 items to consider when blogging a certain topic. Be it about food, travel, photography, home improvement, or any niche possible, you could simply follow these and you're all set. ^_^

Taken from their website.

I've shared the badge on my blog. I hope you do the same. ^_^

Until Further Notice...

 

Blogging will be put on hold for a while though I've been drafting a lot of topics I should be entering here. The reason why I haven't visiting my own blog is because of one thing... I'm going to settle down in 5 days. Yes, I have 5 more days to enjoy bachelorhood and its perks before I would immerse myself to a new chapter called marriage. I have been anticipating this for months now and I owe a lot of stories and reviews to the few visitors that pass by my blog.

For now, I'll simply enjoy my remaining days as a bachelor before saying goodbye to all single ladies out there. XD.

Uploading Time Again...

Well I have 25 sets of photos to upload today. That would be at least three weeks of shooting various subjects (both human and non-human). 

If you do have time, visit my other site at markpogi.multiply.com (btw, you have to be my contact to view some of the pictures ^_^).

Be back later ^_^

Still Learning

I just signed with both blogspot and wordpress to learn the art of blogging. Though ive been blogging for quite sometime now in multiply (http://markpogi.multiply.com/journal: only contacts can view this ^_^ ), both of these blogging sites seems alien to me. Probably in a sense that it has a lot of twists and turns and some pros and cons as well.

Probably it will take me a while (around 6-8 weeks) of constant blogging and getting to know both blogging sites before I would get used to them. I do like reading blogs from friends and strangers but I'm quite skeptical if I could keep up to them (in terms of using their respective sites) as well.

Worst comes to worst, I might choose between one of them, even I wanted to use both.

Testing (first timer here).

First time to make this piece of s**t and I'm not sure where it would lead me. But anyway, welcome.