Are you wondering about how copyright affects your blog? How can you find images to use on your site while respecting the photographer’s copyright? Curious about how much trouble you could find yourself in if you use an image without permission?
Photographer and blogger Aaron Hockley will discuss Copyright for Bloggers at this month’s meeting. With many years of experience as both a photographer and a blogger, you’ll learn:
- A quick overview of US copyright law
- How copyright affects the use of images and other media on a blog
- What could happen if one uses an image without proper licensing
- Options for finding free and low-cost images for use on a blog
- What can one do if they find someone else is using their content
without permission?
The presentation will likely run about 30 minutes with time for questions and answers as well.
Aaron Hockley is a Vancouver, Washington photographer and blogger who spends a lot of time thinking and writing about the intersection of those two activities. He has presented at BlogWorld & New Media Expo, several WordCamps, and other user groups and panels throughout the Northwest.
Note: Aaron’s not a lawyer, and this session is not intended as legal advice.
Portland WordPress Meetup 
Hi – I will not be able to be there for the meeting this evening. But PCC CLIMB is offering a few Summer Classes that I thought people may be interested in. Let me know if you have any questions about these or any other classes that CLIMB offers.
Have a great meeting!
John Buesseler
john.buesseler@pcc.edu
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Simple DIY Websites with WordPress
Learn WordPress to quickly and easily build a professional website for yourself, no prior experience necessary! Start with WP’s famous 5 minute installation, then learn to set up, customize and administer a blog or website for your small business or for your personal use. Helpful experience: Comfortable with computer office applications and the internet.
CRN: 34271
Willow Creek Center / WCC / 214
06:30 PM-08:30 PM TuTh
12-Jul-2011 thru 21-Jul-2011
Instructor: Michael C Botsko
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Programming WordPress
Learn how to customize a WordPress website to look and function exactly as you want it to. This class covers using template tags, post loops, and other methods to create custom themes and templates. Experience with WordPress and familiarity with HTML/CSS and PhP/ MySQL is helpful.
CRN: 34305
Willow Creek Center / WCC / 214
06:30 PM-08:30 PM TuTh
26-Jul-2011 thru 18-Aug-2011
Instructor: Michael C Botsko
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SEO & Marketing your Website
Designed for the non-technical person, learn about internet marketing using Google. Topics include Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and internet visibility, natural and paid search, Google tools, and how to get listed in the Google Local/Maps results. Should be comfortable with computers and the internet.
CRN: 34323
SE Center / TABOR / 118
08:00 AM-12:00 PM Sa
09-Jul-2011 thru 16-Jul-2011
Instructor: John Ellis
If you missed the session, Aaron graciously allowed me to record the meeting, provided that I made it available to the group.
I have posted the opening 10 minute Portland WorCamp update at
http://www.nontraditionalsuccess.com/portland-wordcamp-2011-june-update/
(just right click and save on the opening link on the page
and then the rest of the hour and a half segment on copyright, images and blogging can be found at
http://www.nontraditionalsuccess.com/image-copyright-law-ignorance-is-no-excuse/
Hope the recordings prove useful to anyone who missed the meeting.
MalcoLm
Thanks so much for making these available. I missed it and was so delighted to know I didn’t miss anything – LOL! No, that with these I wouldn’t miss a second. Thanks!
Apparently the comment box didn’t like me putting both urls in one comment, so I’ll post them separately.
Link one – Aaron Hockley gave a concise update on the state of the Portland WordCamp coming in September.
You can download the recording here.
http://www.nontraditionalsuccess.com/portland-wordcamp-2011-june-update/
The main part of the meeting ran about an hour and a half. It was fascinating and my thanks go out to Aaron for letting me make this recording available to the group.
The recording is broken into 2 mp3s, both about 45 minutes long. They can both be downloaded at
http://www.nontraditionalsuccess.com/image-copyright-law-ignorance-is-no-excuse/