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If I start a news/review blog, what are the rights to use images from other sources?

Based on fair use, the use of something for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting is not an infringement of copyright.

I would have ads on my blog, but only on the side, the blog itself will be free for all to read.

Am I allowed to use photos/images from other blog sites or news websites? I realise most blogs that do reviews and/or news reporting seem to be using any image found anywhere…

What are the rules on this?

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1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 31, 2010 at 11:57 am

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Credible News Sources

Recently, Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC news show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, cited Fox News as the “worst persons in the world.” He claimed that the Fox News Channel is blatant right-wing propaganda. He also noted that President Obama, in a recent TV interview (the same interview, incidentally, as the now-notorious fly-swatting incident, in which, according to news reports on MSNBC, NBC, CBS, CNN and elsewhere, the President demonstrates his “remarkable fly-swatting skills”) claimed that there was at least one news channel dedicated to undermining his administration at all costs. Olbermann suggests that the President was referring to Fox News.

Back in the day when the Republicans controlled both houses as well as the Presidency, a period that might well go down in history as a modern-day Dark Ages or Reign of Terror, the Fox News channel was considered to be the bastion of credible news. So much so that all other news agencies were too afraid even to question their authority.

Fox News, owned by Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., had started on the premise that conventional news sources like CNN and network news operated on a principle of a subtle left-wing cultural bias resulting from the educational and social milieu of their journalists. The solution that Fox News apparently proposed was to dedicate a news channel to supposedly “fair and balanced” news coverage. “Fair and balanced” became their watchword, but it soon proved to be ironic. Over time, their supposedly objective news coverage has been exposed as right-wing propaganda that was pretty blatantly pandering to the Bush administration while they were in power.

This brings us to MSNBC’s news lineup. MSNBC is a news channel that is produced as a joint venture, as the name suggests, between Microsoft (the monolithic software giant founded by Bill Gates) and NBC. Their lineup of news shows supposedly offers us the alternative to Fox News, but, as implied by Keith Olbermann, what they are really offering us is left-wing propaganda that panders to the Obama administration.

The tragic consequence of all this government pandering and institutional propaganda is that the number-one casualty in mainstream news coverage is credibility. Where are the Woodwards and Bernsteins of today, with their stunning exposés of corruption in high places? Definitely not at either Fox News or MSNBC.

Perhaps the answer to where we can find credible news sources lies with CNN—still bland and presenting the façade of objectivity while concealing a subtle left-wing bias—who now, apparently, resorts to blogs, Twitter feeds and Facebook posts to supplement their on-site correspondent reports. CNN even encourages you to submit amateur videos via the “iReport” section on their website, which allows them to feature the videos on their news shows after a process of vetting and verification. In fact, in the ongoing Iranian uprisings, where mainstream journalists are being banned and extradited by the authoritarian Iranian regime, western news sources are having to rely on Twitter feeds, blogs and amateur video from Iranian citizens as their news sources.

This brings us to the argument that mainstream news organizations have recently been making against the Blogsphere, especially in the wake of such recent films as State of Play, directed by Kevin Macdonald, namely that the Blogsphere is composed primarily of amateurs who are out of their depth, whereas if you are looking for cutting-edge Woodward-and-Bernstein style in-depth reporting, you will find it only at the major news organizations who have the skills and resources at their disposal to support that kind of news coverage.

The reality—at least two of the so-called major news organizations are dedicated to producing partisan propaganda that pretty shamelessly panders to politicians while the third is increasingly resorting to the Blogsphere to provide its news sources. As for Woodward and Bernstein, they are both retired and writing books for a living.

The moral of the story appears to be, therefore, that if you are looking for cutting-edge journalism, skip the news networks and, instead, check out the Blogsphere!

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 16, 2010 at 6:40 pm

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Major League Baseball News Sources – Blogs, Forums, And Websites

It is always a great thing for us to find something that we are interested with for sports buff like me, I think that it is safe to say that the internet is one great source of sports updates, news, rumors, stats etc I think that for a big baseball enthusiast like me, I would always try and get some fresh news to dish out with my evenly baseball addict friends.

So, I always log on to the internet to get such knowledge and share insights and commentaries on the latest in the world of baseball. Here are some simple steps on how to find great baseball news and updates in the internet:

• Log On – First of, you need to log on and make sure you have an internet connection to start things off.

• Search for Websites – Well the next thing is for you to search a website that would cater your baseball needs. You can go to news websites as well, but my tip is to search for websites that specifically give you your favorite team or player for instant update and news.

• Read Blogs – Well, one of the most complete source of baseball stuff are blogs. They give you updates, rumors, scandals, stats and any news that has something to do with baseball, finding baseball blogs such as http://www.majorleagueblogging.com/ can be a bright idea for you and when you do read it you’ll be surprised with the information it delivers.

• Joining Forums – I am a member of various forums that discusses general sports and of course baseball, having to join a forum would likely give you some in depth insights from baseball fanatics just like you and you’ll get to have the chance to dish out your own opinion and comments about a certain topic or you can start your own topic and let you read other people’s baseball thoughts.

• Checking Fantasy League – Well you can also check fantasy baseball leagues if you are in to stats and numbers, do you want to know more about homeruns, base hits, base stolen, pitcher’s win or loss record etc. then this is your area. You can also find a lot of interesting stuff in fantasy leagues.

Well, those are just my tips for you to get the best baseball news and updates that would surely get you going. Being a sports buff is something to love. Having to know the latest about players, transactions to discuss with your friends and to relate is a good enough experience for me. Of course watching sports networks for more news as well is good, picking up my weekly and monthly dose of sports magazine is also an option but the internet is updated everyday, it’ll give you the new stuff and the in depth analysis as well.

So, I think that checking the internet for more things about baseball will really get you going, consider this as a big option to really give you different sides of stories, updated coverage and also videos that will surely give you satisfactory on highlights, interviews and recaps.

Jeffrey Gross is the founder and one of the authors at the Internets Most popular Major League Baseball News Blog Come by and check out the most up to date fan insights and baseball news, make sure to visit often. This is a MLB Fan News Blog Website like no other on the Internet!


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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 7, 2010 at 11:20 am

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Trusted Sources of the Latest Webmaster News

Trusted sources of the latest webmaster news are very important to every online business owner. That stems from the needs of all online businesses – traffic. And no one can deny the fact that the three major search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN) own the majority of the traffic. So search engines are a major traffic source. That is why everyone wants to be updated on the latest search engine news.

You can find the latest search engine news from many sources. But the problem is, there are so many webmaster news sources out there on the Internet that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for anyone to figure out which are the reliable sources. Herein lies the danger.

As an online business owner, your survival depends on the traffic. And if you read the wrong information, or follow the wrong advice and/or recommendations, you may be doing more harm than good to your site. And you know what that means? It means your site is in danger of being penalized by the search engines. So no more traffic, and no more sales for you. So how do you know which are the trusted sources, and which are the less reliable sources?

There are many ways you can determine whether the news sources are reliable or not. The first way to find out, is to judge from the overall quality of the webmaster site you are visiting. The quality of the site often says a lot about the commitment and dedication of the people running these sites. And if the general quality is outstanding, you can come to expect quality news as well.

Secondly, the best webmaster news sites have many different types of content to serve the needs of the modern day webmaster. For example, there should be a webmaster forum, expert blogs, SEO articles, online marketing tutorials and so on. Such content tends to attract many like minded individuals to the webmaster community. As part of the community, many choose to share freely. So you can even expect to find lots of useful information and tips on a variety of webmaster related topics.

And thirdly, you can always tell whether a site can be trusted or not simply by running some tests yourself. In other words, don’t be so gullible and believe everything that the content on the website recommends. Rather, try things out for yourself.

This is where a webmaster community can show its true value. When you start testing things out, discuss them with other members of the community. See if they encounter similar results as you. That way, everyone learns. And you can easily test out any information available from any news sources.

When you do find high quality webmaster sites, bookmark these sites. You can always go back later to post articles, comments, or simply do some light reading. If the information offered is really top notch, you may even want to consider subscribing to their RSS feeds. This will allow you to keep in touch with as many trusted sources of the latest webmaster news as you want.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - March 6, 2010 at 2:52 pm

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