Pictures of cats org copyright violations

Copycat - have you the right?
photo by isazappy

Note

It is my fervent wish to not be involved in any form of dispute with someone who is in breach of copyright. I like a quiet life. Please adhere to the laws of copyright.

If anyone visiting this site is looking for images to use for their site, please respect copyright. There are many millions of images created by photographers who have granted licenses under creative commons. This is a system whereby people can grant limited licenses for the use of images and text. Many images are good to excellent. Please explore that avenue. Try Flickr, for example. Or the other photo sites such as Photobucket or Webshots. The last two let people hot link to the image URL on their websites/servers. There are also many images on the Deviant Art website. These are three very large websites containing millions of images of cats. Please try these rather than breaching copyright here.

Please also remember that all images and text on the internet are copyrighted even if it doesn't say so. It is foolhardy to presume that an image without a copyright notice is free to take and use. This is incorrect.

Submissions - Pictures of cats org copyright violations

I love the submissions of visitors as they add a new dimension to the site. They are personal, interesting and often moving and the same can be said for the comments.

I have to reserve the right to amend, merge (rarely) and fine tune these submissions for many reasons:

• to optimise it better so that Google can find it
• to add photos
• to improve the formating
• to extend it so that it fits the page better...etc.

I also reserve the right to decide if the submission is deleted or not. Very rarely indeed a visitor asks that the post is deleted. A submission is made on the basis that I have sole right to decide if it is deleted or not. This is for practical reasons. Often people link to posts (including me in my work on the site) and to delete a submission would result in a broken link, which is something that Google does not like. We don't want to upset Google.

Other than the above a visitor has the right to print and use the submission as they wish. Although I would ask that if the submission is reused elsewhere on the internet that it is adjusted at least silightly so that it is not recognisable as a copy. The search engines don't like seeing straight copies as it is not good for the internet.

Thanks for visiting and sharing.

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