Misconceptions
Interesting reaction to yesterday's posting on photo theft: a long and winding essay on teledyn.com in which the author claims that the whole copyright thing is childish and I am a "blind and naive" bad guy who shouldn't "sit at the table" of blogworld.
There are a few misconceptions though: A, if you attack someone, make sure you at least spell his name right. Haiko is not Heiko, and Heiko has nothing to do with it. B, if you lump together everything from loading a page into your browser and citing a webpage to freeloading, you do your case no good. And C, the whole thing is not about fair use at all. I thought this was obvious. So to be clear:
I am perfectly fine with fair use. It is important. If you use preview versions of my photos to link to or to cite my website, absolutely great. I even encourage you to do so. That's what blogs are made for. No need to feel intimidated. Just to weigh your words.
