Comments on: The Dangers of Offloading Images http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cbercarl http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-797768 cbercarl Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:23:12 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-797768 I have just read this very interesting article which I thank you for. I was wondering if sites like Flickr would be a good place to upload all my personal photos from IPhoto as a form of backup and an easy way to share with friends. Just a thought! Anyhow I have not had time to read all posts here so apologies if it has been mentioned already, but do you realize that AllYouCanUpload is not accepting anymore uploads and funny enough it redirects to Webshots which I was put off by after reading this article. They must be making a lot of money out of people. It's not often you get something for nothing in this world! I have just read this very interesting article which I thank you for.

I was wondering if sites like Flickr would be a good place to upload all my personal photos from IPhoto as a form of backup and an easy way to share with friends. Just a thought!

Anyhow I have not had time to read all posts here so apologies if it has been mentioned already, but do you realize that AllYouCanUpload is not accepting anymore uploads and funny enough it redirects to Webshots which I was put off by after reading this article.

They must be making a lot of money out of people. It’s not often you get something for nothing in this world!

]]> By: Janssen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-344191 Janssen Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:16:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-344191 Only outgoing transfer is what subscribers pay. For smaller amounts of bandwidth they charge something between $0.3 and $0.4 per GB. Yet for bigger amounts it comes around less than $0.2 per GB. I could read from their site that they provide individual discounts too. Since it seems like a startup and is located still only in Europe, I tend to think that they will lower the costs gradually. Only outgoing transfer is what subscribers pay. For smaller amounts of bandwidth they charge something between $0.3 and $0.4 per GB. Yet for bigger amounts it comes around less than $0.2 per GB. I could read from their site that they provide individual discounts too.

Since it seems like a startup and is located still only in Europe, I tend to think that they will lower the costs gradually.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-343754 Jonathan Bailey Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:07:58 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-343754 Jansseen: An interesting idea and one I was not familiar with. I worry some though because I don't see any mention of price other than the free trial. Do you know how much it costs? Jansseen: An interesting idea and one I was not familiar with. I worry some though because I don’t see any mention of price other than the free trial. Do you know how much it costs?

]]> By: Janssen http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-343565 Janssen Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:24:48 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-343565 SteadyOffload.com provides an innovative, subtle and convenient way to offload images. The whole mechanism there is quite different from ordinary photosharing sites. Instead of permanently uploading your images to another host, their cachebot crawls your site and mirrors the content in a temporary cache on their servers. All you have to do is include a little piece of 1K JavaScript in the head of HTML pages. The image remains stored on your server while it is being delivered from the SteadyOffload cache. The URL of the cached image on their server is very scrambled and is changing often, so you don't have to worry about hotlinking or copyright issues. It's definitely worth trying because it's not a photosharing site like Flickr or Photobucket but exactly a service for offloading static content. SteadyOffload.com provides an innovative, subtle and convenient way to offload images. The whole mechanism there is quite different from ordinary photosharing sites. Instead of permanently uploading your images to another host, their cachebot crawls your site and mirrors the content in a temporary cache on their servers. All you have to do is include a little piece of 1K JavaScript in the head of HTML pages. The image remains stored on your server while it is being delivered from the SteadyOffload cache. The URL of the cached image on their server is very scrambled and is changing often, so you don’t have to worry about hotlinking or copyright issues.

It’s definitely worth trying because it’s not a photosharing site like Flickr or Photobucket but exactly a service for offloading static content.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-342699 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:28:10 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-342699 Justine & Jennifer: If you use someone's copyright material and it is not considered a fair use, then it is a copyright infringement and you could be held liable for damages. If the damages are severe enough, it could even be a criminal case. Your best approach is to always ask for permission before using a work and only rely on fair use if you must. Gideon: That depends on the passage, the length of it and the way that you are using it. There are many variables upon which fair use relies. Most likely it would be fair use so long as you only took a small portion, attributed correctly and added your own commentary, criticism or other work around it. Christine: See answers above. They should give you what you need. Sipifi: Glad you liked the article! Justine & Jennifer: If you use someone’s copyright material and it is not considered a fair use, then it is a copyright infringement and you could be held liable for damages. If the damages are severe enough, it could even be a criminal case. Your best approach is to always ask for permission before using a work and only rely on fair use if you must.

Gideon: That depends on the passage, the length of it and the way that you are using it. There are many variables upon which fair use relies. Most likely it would be fair use so long as you only took a small portion, attributed correctly and added your own commentary, criticism or other work around it.

Christine: See answers above. They should give you what you need.

Sipifi: Glad you liked the article!

]]> By: Sipifi http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-341384 Sipifi Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:52:43 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-341384 Def worth the read. I'm putting a link this way. Def worth the read. I’m putting a link this way.

]]> By: Ashish Mohta http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-341196 Ashish Mohta Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:08:21 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-341196 Its always good to pay for it rather and keep thing s to yourself. There are issues even in case they ban your account for high usage you will loose evrything. I dont they they would give you back the images to yourself. I had been using the PB account but Now I am slowly moving it back to my host. Its better to be safe Its always good to pay for it rather and keep thing s to yourself.

There are issues even in case they ban your account for high usage you will loose evrything. I dont they they would give you back the images to yourself.

I had been using the PB account but Now I am slowly moving it back to my host. Its better to be safe

]]> By: christine,elmer,arturo http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340832 christine,elmer,arturo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:21:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340832 What can be the limitation upon using a copyrighted material? What can be the limitation upon using a copyrighted material?

]]> By: Reina Grace Maramba http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340825 Reina Grace Maramba Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:12:07 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340825 What if you copied an article and you change the other thoughts of that article,is it okay to do that kind of copying and reconstructing some of the content? What if you copied an article and you change the other thoughts of that article,is it okay to do that kind of copying and reconstructing some of the content?

]]> By: gideon http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340823 gideon Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:08:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340823 ->im a college student.i would like to ask a question.Cutting and pasting a passage from an online article is a fair use violation. I like to know your opinion,and why?. ->im a college student.i would like to ask a question.Cutting and pasting a passage from an online article is a fair use violation. I like to know your opinion,and why?.

]]> By: Jennifer dapon http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340805 Jennifer dapon Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340805 I am Jennifer Dapon and I have read about your article I would like to ask, "Is fair use a law? Are there any penalties once you violated it?" I am Jennifer Dapon and I have read about your article I would like to ask, “Is fair use a law? Are there any penalties once you violated it?”

]]> By: justine mei a. cruz http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340796 justine mei a. cruz Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:53:15 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340796 Hi! I am a college student and I've just read your article. I didn't know that there is such thing as fair use. :) I just want to ask if there are any punishments if I don't follow the guidelines in fair use and if there's any, what are these?? Thanks and may God Bless you!!(: Hi! I am a college student and I’ve just read your article. I didn’t know that there is such thing as fair use. :) I just want to ask if there are any punishments if I don’t follow the guidelines in fair use and if there’s any, what are these??
Thanks and may God Bless you!!(:

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340398 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:17:02 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340398 Anand: Welcome. I took a quick glance at the TOS and it seems more fair. It limits their rights to your work to "the purpose of displaying and distributing Google services" so that is at least somewhat reasonable. I don't see anything about termination, but given the statement above, it would seem to end when you remove your works from the site. James: Makes sense to me. It's probably the best strategy if you took the images. Barbara: Very welcome for the help! Please let me know if you have any questions! Anand: Welcome. I took a quick glance at the TOS and it seems more fair. It limits their rights to your work to “the purpose of displaying and distributing Google services” so that is at least somewhat reasonable.

I don’t see anything about termination, but given the statement above, it would seem to end when you remove your works from the site.

James: Makes sense to me. It’s probably the best strategy if you took the images.

Barbara: Very welcome for the help! Please let me know if you have any questions!

]]> By: Barbara Day http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-340001 Barbara Day Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:47:59 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-340001 Thanks for the useful description of online photo sharing and rights management. Will definitely direct clients to this post! Thanks for the useful description of online photo sharing and rights management. Will definitely direct clients to this post!

]]> By: james http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-339982 james Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:38:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-339982 Hmm - I'd rather pay for the bandwidth and keep lots of my low rez personal travel and life photos on my own site rather than another Hmm – I’d rather pay for the bandwidth and keep lots of my low rez personal travel and life photos on my own site rather than another

]]> By: Anand http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-339423 Anand Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:35:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-339423 Thanks Jonathan. I had taken it for granted that a blog on Blogger is all mine. I just guess I should have a second look at the TOS lest all my images disappear one fine day.. Thanks Jonathan. I had taken it for granted that a blog on Blogger is all mine. I just guess I should have a second look at the TOS lest all my images disappear one fine day..

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-339368 Jonathan Bailey Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:18:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-339368 Anand: It is an interesting method and it could be very good, but it would be better if you used a second paid hosting account, such as a throwaway GoDaddy account, to host the images. The reason is that I don't know what rights Blogger makes you surrender in images you upload there. Also, if your use of the images violates Blogspot's TOS, your account could be disabled and your images would stop working completely. If you'd like, I can wade through Blogger's TOS and see if I find anything. I won't be able to do it Wednesday as it is Mardi Gras here in New Orleans, but I can definitely give it a look if you'd like! Anand: It is an interesting method and it could be very good, but it would be better if you used a second paid hosting account, such as a throwaway GoDaddy account, to host the images. The reason is that I don’t know what rights Blogger makes you surrender in images you upload there.

Also, if your use of the images violates Blogspot’s TOS, your account could be disabled and your images would stop working completely.

If you’d like, I can wade through Blogger’s TOS and see if I find anything. I won’t be able to do it Wednesday as it is Mardi Gras here in New Orleans, but I can definitely give it a look if you’d like!

]]> By: Anand http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/comment-page-1/#comment-339322 Anand Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:06:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/02/04/the-dangers-of-offloading-images/#comment-339322 What I normally do(this includes even the image of my site logo, etc..) is host the images on one of my unused blogger blog and refer to that image URL. I don't publish these images on the blog, but simply host them and then use it on my website. Could you comment if this is a perfect way to stop losing my rights while also saving myself from hosting costs? What I normally do(this includes even the image of my site logo, etc..) is host the images on one of my unused blogger blog and refer to that image URL. I don’t publish these images on the blog, but simply host them and then use it on my website.

Could you comment if this is a perfect way to stop losing my rights while also saving myself from hosting costs?

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