[Clipart] help us submit more cliparts!!!

[Jon Phillips]

totally. its why I did my stint at CC ;)

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Greg Bulmash <
oneminuteinspirations at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thing is OCAL *users* aren't covered by those DMCA safe harbor
> provisions. It's not user-uploaded to them. And claiming "but I got it
> from OCAL" doesn't protect you from the expenses of having to deal
> with a copyright troll looking to squeeze a settlement out of you. The
> joys of the American legal system, eh?
>
> That's why it's important to be very circumspect about the stuff
> that's uploaded and very public and detailed about when/why items are
> removed. If something's online for a few months before the DMCA notice
> comes in, the ripple effect can be huge. And even if OCAL doesn't get
> hurt, it's users can get slammed.
>
> Our government keeps passing IP laws that are more and more consumer
> unfriendly, giving copyright holders more and more rights to screw
> with people. Last month Lawrence Lessig co-authored an Op/Ed piece
> about an upcoming attempt by the Obama administration at passing crazy
> restrictive copyright laws through a backdoor.
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032502403.html
>
> Because OCAL users don't enjoy the same protections OCAL does, OCAL
> needs to be as careful as it can possibly be.
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> > Also, since our server is in the USA, and we take precautions and provide
> > delete mechanisms, we have the DMCA safe harbor provisions and a 24-72
> hour
> > window if we are ever served a DMCA take-down or cease and desist, to
> comply
> > or issue a counter-challenge. So, its great and we should contine to be
> > vigilant in removing bad cliparts, but we should not be afraid of running
> > our awesome project.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Man, that sucks! Blacklist guy! I just publicly blacklisted. Take that.
> >>
> >> Where's this package at? Who has it? If we can get our hands on and
> clean
> >> out the cliparts, then we are good to go on pushing towards 30K!
> >>
> >> Does anyone else have a big archive that can put us over the edge??? I
> >> want to get to 30K and have our remix functionality before we launch!!!
> >>
> >> We are real close.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Greg Bulmash
> >> <oneminuteinspirations at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Take Kamsart off that list, please. They're a bunch of lying cheats.
> >>> Their stuff isn't public domain. I've asked that they be removed
> >>> onlist before because of this. I'm getting sued for copyright
> >>> infringement over images I got from there.
> >>>
> >>> There are HUNDREDS of pieces on that site that George Riddick claims
> >>> are his copyrighted works, and if he catches people using them, he
> >>> demands thousands of dollars to settle the infringement claim. See
> >>> http://extortionletterinfo.com/imageline.htm for detailed information
> >>> on his tactics. If stuff from there gets on OCAL, it could cause
> >>> MASSIVE trouble for both OCAL and OCAL users.
> >>>
> >>> - Greg
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> >>> > Well, we aren't quite at 30K cliparts, but a quick way we can boost
> up
> >>> > to
> >>> > 30K is to add from external sources!
> >>> >
> >>> > http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/Clipart_Acquisition
> >>> >
> >>> > Its easy!
> >>> >
> >>> > 1. Find some source at that link like a PDF
> >>> > 1.5 confirm the source is actually released into the public domain
> for
> >>> > each
> >>> > image.
> >>> > 2. Open each page in Inkscape
> >>> > 3. extract out the good drawings already vector
> >>> > 4. save each one to a separate file, preferably with page number and
> >>> > source
> >>> > in the file name
> >>> > 5. When all done, upload to http://openclipart.org/multiuploadmaking
> >>> > sure
> >>> > to add the source url in the description
> >>> > 6. Use <strike>...</strike> to strike thru already uploaded clipart.
> >>> > Add a
> >>> > link to the clipart if applicable and/or the tag you used.
> >>> > 7. Keep on going!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > Its fun! Funnn!!!
> >>> >
> >>> > Brad, can you integrate this into an upcoming blog post please...
> >>> >
> >>> > Jon
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Jon Phillips
> >>> > http://rejon.org/
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> >>> > http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto
> >>> > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)
> >>> > +86.134.3957.2035 (china)
> >>> >
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> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jon Phillips
> >> http://rejon.org/
> >> http://fabricatorz.com/
> >> http://status.net/
> >> http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto
> >> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)
> >> +86.134.3957.2035 (china)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jon Phillips
> > http://rejon.org/
> > http://fabricatorz.com/
> > http://status.net/
> > http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto
> > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global)
> > +86.134.3957.2035 (china)
> >
>



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http://fabricatorz.com/
http://status.net/
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