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Why Photographers Shouldn't Hate Creative Commons
Posted By Jim Pickerell On June 29, 2010 @ 8:20 am In Legal Matters | 5 Comments
Most professional photographers are adamantly opposed to Creative Commons licenses [2], which encourage free uses of images. But in at least one important way, I think Creative Commons is a good thing for image sellers.
With widespread use, Creative Commons is establishing in the minds of users the very important copyright law principle that "All Rights [are] Reserved" by the creator or copyright holder of any work, and that it is left to the creator to specify who has what rights to make what uses of the work and at what cost.
Creative Commons defines six levels [3] that grant limited free uses to content found on the Web. All but one of the six Creative Commons licenses involve some type of restriction, and even the last requires credit be given.
Educating the "Right Click and Save" Crowd
How does this help image sellers?
There is widespread misunderstanding as to what rights people have to use anything found on the Web, including images. Because Creative Commons images are perceived as being "free," the standard is broadly accepted and promoted by the Internet community.
But Creative Commons does more than promote the idea of giving away content. It also promotes the notion of reserving rights, as well as that anyone who wishes to use an image they did not create must obtain some type of license for its use.
The fact that there are six different variations of a Creative Commons license also establishes that the allowed free use is based entirely on the nature of the use — some uses are allowed, while others are not.
Those who charge fees for uses of their images are a very small segment of the Internet community. As such, this group has always had a difficult time getting their message of "compensation for use" accepted by the community at large.
With Creative Commons, a much larger and more diverse community is saying: "Yes, you can use my images for free, for certain specified uses, but there are limits, and I must be compensated at least by credit."
This makes it far more difficult for the "right click and save" crowd to argue that they know nothing about usage rights. As more creators recognize that it is wise to put some limits on how their images can be used without their knowledge, more and more people will become aware of what is expected whenever they want to use an image they find online.
Five Licensing Options
Creative Commons helps photographers by teaching people that when they think about using images, they need a license of some kind, and that there are a whole range of available options.
As of today, licensing options include:
5 Comments To "Why Photographers Shouldn't Hate Creative Commons"
#1 Comment By Jonathan Worth On June 29, 2010 @ 9:58 am
Great post Jim, CC Licensing has helped/empowered me for sure.
First and foremost the language used to describe what I'm signing up to, is in simple human English rather than arcane lawyer speak.
I currently use a license that's in keeping with what I'd aways thought reasonable at http:/jonathanworth.com . Use my images on your fan-site or as a screensaver, just attribute (AT) them to me, don't use them commercially (NC) and don't make derivative versions (ND).
That last point I'm now thinking I'll change as I kind of want kids to mash up my stuff when I photograph their heros (so long as I'm linked, attributed and they're using the same license or Sharing Alike [SA]).
#2 Comment By Paul Melcher On June 29, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
What you are saying here is that the pro industry has failed to come up with a proper license language and thus the CC had to jump in.
problem is : the pro never had to find a language to license images for free. It's not their business.
Now, you say, freeloaders are easily going from free to paying thanks to the CC ?
Do you have numbers to back what you are saying ?
Have you figured out how links are going to pay your bills ?
because CC is not teaching people there is limits to a free license, they are teaching people that images are free and you don't even have to ask.
Have you really investigated who is behind CC and what their motivations are ?
#3 Comment By Donald E Giannatti On June 30, 2010 @ 1:21 am
"With widespread use, Creative Commons is establishing in the minds of users the very important copyright law principle that "All Rights [are] Reserved" by the creator or copyright holder of any work, and that it is left to the creator to specify who has what rights to make what uses of the work and at what cost."
What information, statistics, or studies have you seen that would back up this claim? It is the basis for your article, but I cannot find any information on a study, or research that would show this to be an accepted conclusion.
It sounds plausible, to a point. I would have to first assume, or at least accept that people 'want' to be educated in relationship to rights of artists. I am really having some problems with that conclusion.
"Those who charge fees for uses of their images are a very small segment of the Internet community. As such, this group has always had a difficult time getting their message of "compensation for use" accepted by the community at large."
Well, that may be true, but it certainly doesn't mean that we let the 'I want it for free so give it to me and shut up" crowd. Like this guy... who seems to be a prominent person...
I would love to think that feeling good about this CC thing would make a difference, but I do not think it will work out that well for those who create images. And digging a little into who is behind it, and why... well.
Good luck and all. I just want to own my own stuff. Kinda old fashioned about that.
#4 Comment By Matthew Dutile On June 30, 2010 @ 2:10 am
"Educating the "Right Click and Save" Crowd"
IMO you're putting far too much faith in the general Internet community to not only WANT to be educated, but to find the resources to actually be educated. It's rarely something that happens passively. Furthermore, I think the general acumen of the vast majority of Internet users is synonymous with anything BUT education heh. Five minutes on YouTube kinda proves that.
But don't consider me a crotchety person stuck in my ways on this, because I'm not. I'm young and open to finding plenty of ways to sharing as much as I can of myself, but CC is not the right way to do it. Just one guys opinion.
#5 Comment By Craig M On August 10, 2010 @ 10:28 am
You should spend some time over at Burns Auto Parts Jim.
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CERES, CA - Police officers in Ceres have warned drivers to use extreme caution at night, after about 10 motorists hit concrete blocks deliberately place in the road over the past four months.
The latest occurrence was Friday night when a motorist hit a piece of concrete in the middle lane of Mitchell Road around 10 p.m.
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Few of us oldies, who have spent decades working with horses would disagree with that BFF has just posted. Experience good and bad is the only way to learn about such a complex creature as a horse. Acquiring that experience takes years and lots of patience and it would seem that impatience is more prevalent in the modern way of living than patience.
It is sad that in an era when there are so many tools to aid learning that folks don't make full use of them. I have about 125 horsey books on my library shelf. However when recently thinking of how to publish a book of my own, I realised that it would be better to make a DVD or perhaps create a web site which contains, text to be read, links to explain the technical jargon, coloured still photos and coloured videos complete with a sound commentary. I suspect even then that few youngster would take the time to view the work.
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Pregnant Reese Witherspoon Is Still in the Hospital: Is Everything OK With Her Baby?
Reese Witherspoon still has a few weeks to go before her third child makes his or her debut, but according to Radar Online, the end of the actress's pregnancy has had its fair share of complications.
The site reports that Reese — who was rushed to an L.A. hospital Wednesday — will have to spend at least a few more nights under the observation of her doctors. The docs are apparently concerned that Reese's baby may make an early entrance into the world, so they're doing everything they can to prevent that from happening.
As a source close to the situation revealed, "Doctors are keen on keeping her from going into an early labor so the baby's development will go to full term."
And while Reese is reportedly taking the news in stride, her husband (and first-time father) Jim Toth is worried for his wife and "hasn't left her side."
"Jim is really worried about the baby. He's a first-time father so this is all really new to him and he just wants everything to be OK," the source continued.
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Locals compete at New England outdoor track meet
The curtain fell on the 2009 outdoor track and field season Saturday in Burlington, Vt., where Forecaster Country runners, jumpers and throwers competed at the New England championships.
Greely's Mark McCauley came in fifth in the boys' 800 (1 minute, 55.83 seconds). Teammate James LePage came in 16th in the 800 (1:58.78). Greely's Logan Price was 19th in the two-mile (9:45.96).
NYA's Henry Sterling, of four-time Class C state champ North Yarmouth Academy, finished seventh in the mile (4:17.32). Teammate Sam Fear was 21st in the javelin (163-4).
Tom Winger, of Class B state champion Falmouth, placed sixth in the long jump (21 feet, 7 inches) and 13th in the triple jump (42-8.5). Teammate Will Wegener was 13th in the 400 (51.30 seconds). Alec Dunn came in 21st in the 110 hurdles (16 seconds). Kellen MacDonald was 24th in the 110 hurdles (16.18).
In the relays, Greely's 3,200 team (LePage, Andy Fitch, Price and McCauley) was 12th (8:11.59).
Falmouth's 1,600 team (MacDonald, Dunn, Wegener and Gabe Hoffman-Johnson) finished 16th (3:28.33). The Yachtsmen's 400 squad (Tom Winger, Dunn, Michael Gardner and Hoffman-Johnson) placed 20th (44.87).
On the girls' side, Greely's Hannah Werneth led the way with a seventh-place showing in the shot put (37-11.25). Teammate Katherine Harrington placed 17th in the discus (100-2).
Yarmouth's Haley Knaub was eighth in the javelin (128-0).
Falmouth's Kate Sparks finished 17th in the shot put (33-11).
NYA's Hannah Bewsey tied for 15th in the high jump (5 feet). Teammate Maeve Stier competed in that event, but didn't score. NYA's Alison Carpenter came in 30th in the 400 (1:03.87).
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TEMPE, Ariz. - The University of Georgia softball team dropped a 2-0 decision to Regional Host and fifth-seeded Arizona State on Saturday, May 18, at Farrington Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Georgia is now 39-20 on the season, while Arizona State improves to 47-10.
Chelsea Wilkinson took the loss for the Bulldogs to fall to 8-5 on the year. She allowed two runs on six hits in the complete-game performance. Dallas Escobedo threw a complete-game one hitter to improve to 27-4 on the year. She allowed just one hit and struck out 11 in the win.
Kaylee Puailoa gave the Bulldogs their first base runner of the game when she drew a one-out walk. She moved to second on a groundout to second, but pinch runner Maya Branch was left stranded as the final batter was caught looking.
After Wilkinson retired the first eight batters in order, Bailey Wigness and Alix Johnson strung together back-to-back singles to put runners at first and second with two outs in the bottom of the third. Cheyenne Coyle then doubled home Wigness to give the Sun Devils a 1-0 lead, but Branch threw out Johnson at home to end the inning.
Wilkinson settled in and retired four of the next six batters she faced, keeping the potent Arizona State offense at bay for the next two innings.
Anna Swafford broke up Escobedo's no hitter with a two-out single to short in the top of the sixth. She was left stranded after Wigness came up with a catch in foul territory down the left field line for the final out of the inning.
ASU made it a 2-0 game in the bottom of the sixth when Amber Freeman hit a solo home run to left center field.
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By Katie Nugent
Special to goholycross.com
"The things that I will miss most about basketball really have nothing to do with basketball at all," senior co-captain Bethany O'Dell says when she looks back on her four years as a guard on the Holy Cross women's basketball team. "It's the friendships and the silly little moments shared in the locker room and on long bus trips that I will never forget."
During her time at Holy Cross, O'Dell has formed a tight bond with her teammates. With five graduating seniors on the team this season, this class is especially close. "It will be really weird next year when the season starts and you won't have your teammates by your side," O'Dell says as she imagines herself a year from now.
Beyond the academic rigor and the competitive basketball program that attracted her to Holy Cross originally, O'Dell's first meeting with the girls on the team during her official visit made her realize that this was the place she wanted to be. Within a matter of hours of arriving on the Holy Cross campus, she knew that these were the girls she wanted as a support system. "I didn't feel the same way about other schools as I did about Holy Cross," said O'Dell.
While the energy that head coach Bill Gibbons brings to every practice and game also drew O'Dell to Holy Cross, he has taught her much more about being a person off the court than being a player on the court over her four years. To Gibbons, helping out in the community and showing respect to all come first. "He has instilled the idea that you cannot take anything for granted in all of us - we're playing at the best school and we have great friends and we really need to be thankful for that," says O'Dell of her head coach.
With Gibbons' teachings, O'Dell has proven her dedication to the Holy Cross campus and beyond through serving on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee at Holy Cross as well as dedicating her time to tutoring third graders at Woodland Academy in Worcester once a week.
In return for all of the support she has been given from her teammates and coach, O'Dell has been an incredible leader on the hardwood. "It's Bethany's tremendous work ethic, passion for the game, and relentless intensity that makes her a great leader on our team," said Gibbons of the senior co-captain. O'Dell's perfect balance of fun and intensity has led the team to success. "I just remind my teammates to have fun out there, but to come focused and ready to play," she says.
After a disappointing end to last season with a first round loss in the Patriot League tournament, O'Dell feels like she has a lot to prove during her senior season. Knowing that last year is gone, the possibilities on the court this season really fire her up. "I just think about how big of a disappointment last season was and this year being my last year, all I want to do is get my teammates going."
O'Dell will leave a legacy of achievement at Holy Cross. Her accomplishments are too many to all be mentioned here, but include many Patriot League Player of the Week awards. During her freshman year, she was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year and has been named to the second team All-Patriot League her freshman, sophomore and junior years. Going into her fourth year, she has already made her mark in the record books as Holy Cross' all-time three-point leader with 244 three-pointers. Bethany is also averaging over 14 points a game, scoring a total of 1,104 points in her first three seasons.
Her freshman year still stands out as her most memorable season. Placed as the number eight seed at the start of the tournament, Holy Cross triumphed to become Patriot League Champions, earning a spot in the NCAA tournament. The team was down by 10 at halftime of the championship game, but had come too far in the tournament to lose in the championship. "I still remember it clearly," O'Dell says. "We came together and decided that there was no way we were losing that game." After struggling through a season nagged by multiple team injuries, winning the game was a huge accomplishment.
After the Patriot League Championship, it was time to go to the Big Dance, where Holy Cross was matched up against Duke University. Although the Crusaders fell to the Blue Devils in the first round game, O'Dell posted 19 points and will always remember the experience she describes as "unreal" and "unbelievable."
Throughout her four year journey, O'Dell has had her parents, Dale and Sandra, and two younger siblings, Ashley and Ryan, cheering her on. She is extremely grateful for the sacrifices her parents had to make to drive her to practices, tournaments and games. "My parents got me a hoop when I was only two years old, but I don't think they had any idea that it would turn into what it has become for me," said O'Dell.
Growing up, her sister Ashley played the role of teammate and her brother Ryan played the role of number one fan. Ashley has followed in Bethany's footsteps and is currently a freshman varsity basketball player at Southern Connecticut State University. Her brother, Ryan, is currently a junior in high school excelling at football, hockey and baseball. "We always call each other before each of our games," O'Dell says of siblings Ashley and Ryan. "They are a huge part of my support system along with my parents."
As O'Dell embarks on her senior season, she says, "We are just going to try our best and enjoy our last year here." O'Dell hopes to have a winning season, to dominate the Patriot League and to get back into the NCAA tournament come March. Gibbons agrees, as he says he would "like nothing more than for her and her classmates to leave Holy Cross with 'bookend' Patriot League championships and Big Dance trips."
At this point in time, O'Dell cannot imagine her life away from Holy Cross after four special years here. "It's just a great feeling, that sense of community on campus, and I'm going to miss that a lot." Even life after Holy Cross will include playing basketball in some capacity, whether its just shooting hoops in the yard or coaching AAU, as O'Dell "can't see [herself] venturing too far away from it."
After graduation from Holy Cross, O'Dell plans to attend graduate school for a master's degree in communications. She hopes to stay close to her home, in Lincoln, R.I., as she has realized in her four years away from home that being around family is the most important thing. While she is at graduate school, she would like to work as a graduate assistant for the women's basketball team or an intern in the sports information department.
Coach Gibbons is proud of senior co-captain and sees her accomplishing great things in the future. "What she has accomplished on the court, in the classroom and in the community has been exemplary." "She is a terrific role model."


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A young woman and middle-aged man died and a teenager was injured after a pickup truck lost control and struck a tree in rural Colleton County today.
The wreck was reported about 12:20 p.m. on Oregon Road, near White Hall Road, in the southern end of the county, Colleton County Fire and Rescue Director Barry McRoy said.
McRoy said a full-size 1999 Ford-F250 ran off the road and struck a tree, splitting the truck in two. Both passengers in the cab died at the scene. A 13-year-old riding in the bed of the truck was thrown from the wreck and escaped with minor injuries, McRoy said.
The female driver, 17, of Green Pond, was wearing a seat belt, but the male passenger, 40, of Walterboro, was not, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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Firefighters and paramedics used hydraulic tools to free the victims who were trapped in the cab of the pickup truck. The state Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.×
An adult male passenger and the teenage female driver were killed when the pickup truck hit a tree. A teenage boy riding in the bed of the pickup truck was thrown from the vehicle and received minor injuries.×
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A commoning electrical connector 2 includes multiple insulation displacement terminals 30 mounted in a molded electrical connector housing 10. The connector 2 can be used to common wires 4 in automotive wiring harnesses and provides a low profile package for mounting wires in a confined space, such as in an automobile headliner. The terminated connector 2 can be adhesively bonded to a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. The molded housing 10 also includes wire retention members 14 on exterior faces of side walls so that the housing 10 can be molded without side pulls. Wires are laced in a termination fixture 60, and the connector 2 aligned by fixture posts 70 and alignment holes 22 on the connector, which is then pushed onto the termination fixture 60 to terminate wires 4 in insulation displacement slots 32.
1. An electrical connector for use in commoning wires and for mounting the wires on a substructure, the electrical connector comprising:
a molded housing including a cavity formed by an interior surface of at least one wall with channels extending through the wall for insertion of the wires;
at least one insulation displacement terminal mounted in the cavity and secured to the molded housing, each insulation displacement terminal including multiple wire receiving slots aligned with the channels extending though the walls, each insulation displacement terminal comprising means for commoning at least two wires; and,
wire retention members molded as part of the housing, and extending outwardly from an exterior surface of the wall on each side of each said channels the wire retention members having tangs aligned with the channels and inclined in an insertion direction of the wires to form a restricted opening between the tangs of adjacent ones of said wire retention members.
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12. A low profile electrical connector for commoning wires and adapted for mounting on a substrate, the connector comprising:
a one-piece molded housing including:
a mounting surface for mounting the housing on a substrate,
a cavity defined by an interior surface of at least one wall and a base with channels extending through the wall, the cavity extending into the mounting surface, and
wire retention members molded as part of the housing, each entire wire retention member extending outwardly from an exterior surface of the wall on each side of each said channel, the wire retention members having tangs aligned with the channels and inclined in an insertion direction of the wires to form a restricted opening between the tangs of adjacent ones of said wire retention members; and
at least one insulation displacement terminal mounted in the cavity and secured to the base of the cavity, each insulation displacement terminal including multiple wire receiving slots extending toward the mounting surface and aligned with the channels extending through the walls, each insulation displacement terminal comprising means for commoning at least two wires.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a connecting block or wire retaining block for mechanically securing wires to a substructure and for interconnecting corresponding wires. This invention is also related to the installation of electrical wiring systems in motor vehicles, for the example the installation of wiring harnesses in the headliner of an automobile.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Installation of wire harness in motor vehicles is often complicated by the need to place the wire harnesses within a confined space. One example is the installation of wire harnesses along the roof or ceiling of an automobile.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,547,391 discloses an electrical connector in which wires can be terminated to insulation displacement terminal having multiple wire receiving slots. One use of an electrical connector of this type is to mount wires in wiring harnesses in the headliner of an automobile. Individual wires are laced into a first temporary wire retaining section of the electrical connector. After a number of wires are laced into position in first temporary wire restraining sections aligned with corresponding wire receiving slots, all of the wires may be subsequently mass terminated to connector terminals with multiple wire receiving slots. Once the wires, and wiring harnesses, are terminated to the connector, the connector can then be mounted on a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. Snap latches on a connector of this type can be snapped into engagement with locking means on the substructure or headliner to mount the terminated connector.
There are several practical problems to the use of a prior art electrical connector of this type to mount a plurality of wires, often in cumbersome wiring harnesses, on a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. Lacing the wires into the connector prior to mass termination means that the connector, with multiple wiring harnesses attached, must be mounted into a mass termination tool. The terminated connector must then be removed from the termination fixture and then mounted to the headliner, which means that the connector must be manipulated into position with wires and wiring harnesses draped from the terminated connector. If the connector is snapped to the substructure, the connector will protrude from the substructure. Inclusion of snap locks into the substructure will also add height to the substructure, and the resultant assembly will be relatively thick, especially in the vicinity of the terminated electrical connector. It will then be difficult to position the relatively bulky structure in a confined space, and structures such as automobile headliners should preferably be as thin as possible to fit within as small a space as possible. Practical implementation of an assembly of this type also requires the use of a separate spring retainer clip, and the assembly must be mounted in a separate pan that is in turn mounted in the headliner.
Another approach to assembling a wiring harness in the ceiling of an automobile is discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,887,939. In that approach harness connectors and harness clips, referred to as cramps, are snapped into holes in a roof module prior to assembly of the roof module into the automobile ceiling. Bonding tape is also used to secure the harness to the ceiling. The use of doubled sided adhesive tape to secure a wiring harness in a roof module or ceiling is also discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,852,096. Typically bonding tape is used as part of an on-line assembly of the wires or wiring harnesses in an automobile. However, offline assembly of the wiring harness to the headliner or similar substructure would be preferable.
An electrical connector according to this invention is used to common wires and to mount the wires on a substructure, such as an automotive headliner. The electrical connector includes a molded housing with a cavity formed by side walls with channels extending through the side wall. One or more insulation displacement terminals are mounted in the cavity and secured to the molded housing. Each insulation displacement terminal includes multiple wire receiving slots aligned with the channels extending though the walls. Each insulation displacement terminal commons multiple wires received within its wire receiving slots. Wire retention members are molded as part of the housing on an exterior surface of the side walls. Each wire retention member is positioned to prevent extraction of a wire from the wire receiving slot and from the channel after the wire has been terminated to the insulation displacement terminal.
Such a connector can be used as part of an assembly to mount wires in a plurality of wire harnesses to the surface of a substructure, such as an automobile headliner. As used in this manner, the electrical connector can include a plurality of insulation displacement terminals mounted end to end within the cavity in the molded housing. Each insulation displacement terminal includes a plurality of wire receiving slots exposed on an open face of the molded housing bounded in part by side walls of the cavity. A connector-receiving trough is located on a surface of the substructure to which the wire harnesses are to be mounted. The connector receiving trough is dimensioned to receive the molded housing and forms a reservoir for containing an adhesive, such as a holt melt adhesive, to secure the electrical connector to the substructure.
A method of mounting wiring harnesses on a substructure and of commoning wires in separate wiring harness includes several steps. Individual wires in multiple wiring harnesses are mounted in a termination fixture with a series of grooves in which the individual wires are mounted. The electrical connector, with multiple insulation displacement terminals, is mounted with terminal slots in alignment with a respective one of the grooves on the termination fixture. Wires in aligned wire receiving slots are terminated by compressing the termination fixture relative to the electrical connector. Adhesive is applied between the electrical connector, with wires terminated therein, and the substructure to adhesively secure the electrical connector to the substructure and to mount the electrical connector to the substructure, such as an automobile headliner.
FIG. 1 is an exploded three-dimensional view of an electrical connector. Multicontact terminals are shown exploded from the molded housing in which they are mounted.
FIG. 2 is a three dimensional view of the electrical connector of FIG. 1, showing two wires assembled in the electrical connector.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the electrical connector showing the alignment of terminal slots with wire receiving channels flanked by wire retaining members.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the electrical connector shown in FIGS. 1-3.
FIG. 5 is a partial side view of one end of the electrical connector shown in FIGS. 1-4.
FIG. 6 is a partial section view showing two multiple connector terminals mounted in cavity 11.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the electrical connector mounted to a substructure.
FIG. 8 is a side view showing the extent to which the electrical connector protrudes above the substructure. Terminated wires in the connector have been omitted for clarity.
FIG. 9 is a three dimensional view of a mass termination tool employed to mass terminate wires to the insulation displacement electrical connector shown in FIGS. 1-8.
FIG. 10 is a top view of the mass termination tool shown in FIG. 9.
FIG. 11 is a section view taken along the section lines 11—11 in FIG. 10.
FIG. 12 is a view of an alternated embodiment of this invention that can snapped into a trench on a substructure, such as an automobile headliner.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged three dimensional view of one of the insulation displacement terminals used in the embodiments of this invention.
The electrical connector or wire commoning block 2, comprising the preferred embodiment of this invention, is intended to provide a compact device in which a number of wires 4 can be terminated and commoned to other corresponding wires. One example configuration, a fifteen position connector, has a length of approximately 66-70 mm., a height of approximately 6-7 mm. and a width of approximately 14 mm. Wires 4 can also be easily mass terminated to the insulation displacement terminals 30 without excessive manipulation of the wire harnesses and the individual wires. The terminated connector 2 and the wires 4 can also be easily mounted on a substructure 50, such as an automotive headliner.
The electrical connector 2 includes a molded housing 10 with at least one multi-contact terminal 30 mounted in a housing cavity 11. Normally each connector 2 will have two or more separate terminals 30 mounted end to end in the housing cavity 11. Wire receiving slots 32 are aligned with channels 12 in opposite side walls 26, 28 in the molded housing.
The molded housing 10 comprises a one piece member that is molded from a conventional thermoplastic material, although other materials, such as a thermoset plastic could also be employed. The housing 10 can also be molded using simple straight action mold tooling and nor side pulls or undercuts are required. The housing cavity 11 extends between opposite ends of the housing 10 and has one open face. Opposed housing side walls 26 and 28 and a base wall 24 surround the cavity 11 on three sides. Opposite ends of the cavity 11 are closed.
Aligned channels 12 extend through the opposite side walls 26 and 28. In the representative embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-4, fifteen channels 12 are divided into three groups of five. The five channels 12, in each of the three groups are evenly spaced on centerlines of approximately 3.75 mm. in this example. Interior channels in each group are separated from a channel in the next group by a slightly greater distance to provide space for termination alignment means, which will be subsequently discussed in greater detail. Wire retention members 14 are located on opposite sides of each of the channel. Each wire retention member 14, between a pair of channels 12, includes a pair of tangs 16 extending from an intervening flat surface 15 facing toward the open face of the connector 2. These wire retention members 14 have inclined surfaces to permit insertion of a wire 4, but the tangs 16 grip the fully inserted wire to prevent extraction of the wire 4. A central rib 18 extends upwardly from the distal end of each wire retention member to strengthen the wire retention member 14 and wire retention tangs or tines 16 and to isolate wires 4 in adjacent channels 12. In the preferred embodiment, each entire wire retention member 14 extends outwardly from the exterior face of the wall 26 or 28 on which the retention member 14 is located. Wire retention members 14, exposed in this manner, can be molded by opposed faces of opposed straight action mold halves, and no undercutting or side pulls are necessary to form the wire retention members 14.
The molded housing 10 also includes end flange ledges 20 protruding form opposite ends of the main housing body. These ledges 20 have flat surfaces along the open end of the housing 10. These flat surfaces on the end ledges 20 are in substantially the same plane as the flat surfaces 15 on the distal ends of the wire retention members 14. Together these flat surfaces form a segmented ledge that surrounds the open face of the housing cavity 11. This segment ledge provides additional surface area along which the electrical connector 2 can be adhesively bonded to the substructure, as will be subsequently discussed in more detail.
Separate multi-contact terminals 30, each having multiple wire receiving slots 32 are mounted in the housing cavity 11 by mounting tabs 29 that extend through mounting openings 38 that extend though the terminal base 34. Each terminal 30 is a U-shaped member having two terminal walls 36 extending upwardly from the terminal base 34. The terminal walls 36 are formed by coplanar tines that extend upwards from the terminal base 34, with wire receiving slots 32 thus being formed between adjacent tines. These slotted terminals form a gas tight connection with the conductive core of each wire 4 inserted laterally of its axis into a wire receiving slot 32. The terminals 30 can be secured to the mounting tabs or posts 29 by deforming the plastic posts extending through the openings 38. The posts can be deformed by heat staking, by ultrasonic means, or they can be deformed by a simple mechanical impact.
Each terminal 30 commons multiple wires that are terminated in wire receiving slots 32 in the same terminal. A terminal having five wire receiving slots 32 could common at least five wires having the same function. For instance, ground wires in five separate wiring harnesses could be commoned in an insulation displacement terminal 30 having five wire receiving slots. A commoning electrical connector having three separate terminals could common groups of wires having three different functions. In the preferred embodiments, the wire receiving slots 32 are positioned on the same wire to wire centerlines, even in separate terminals 30, when each of the wires to be terminated are the same gauge. Thus the terminals 30 can all be fabricated from a continuous strip of stamped and formed terminals by separating the continuous strip into individual terminals having three, four, five or any desired number of wire receiving slots in a given terminal. As previously mentioned, the separate groups of wire channel 12 are separated by a space sufficient to receive an alignment pin. Therefore the separation between an end slot in one terminal will be greater than the slot to slot separation within the same terminal, at least for the representative embodiments depicted herein.
In addition to comprising means for commoning multiple wires or multiple wires in different wire harnesses, the electrical connector 2 also comprises means for mounting the wires or wire harnessed to a substructure 50, such as an automobile headliner. FIGS. 7 and 8 illustrate the low profile of this wire mounting means. After the wires 4 are terminated within wire receiving slots 32 in a prescribed configuration, the commoning connector 2 is adhesively bonded to a substructure 50, a portion of which is depicted in FIGS. 7 and 8.
In the preferred embodiment, the substructure 50 includes a trench 52 or a recessed area that serves as a reservoir for an adhesive or bonding agent, such as a conventional hot melt adhesive. To mount the connector 2 with wires 4 commoned therein, the connector 2 is pressed into the adhesive mass 54 contained within the trench 52. The open face of the cavity 11 and the top of the wire retention members 14 are pressed into the adhesive material leaving the housing base wall 24 exposed, as shown in FIG. 8. The hot melt adhesive 54, or other bonding agent can flow into the housing cavity 11 and around the outside of the connector 2 and the wires 4. The hot melt adhesive 54 will then secure the electrical connector 2 and the wires 4 to the substructure 50 and will further isolate the connection between the wires 4 and the terminals 30 in the wire receiving slots 32 making this connection even more gas tight. The adhesive will also reduce vibration and noise and provide additional insulation surrounding the wires and terminals.
Since the trench 52 is recessed into the substructure 50, the height of the mounted electrical connector 2 and wires 4 will be significantly less than the height of the connector 2. This assembly is therefore easily adapted for use in a confined space where the total height of the assembly will be a critical consideration. An automobile headliner assembly is one of those instances in which space, and the height of any protrusions is important. This commoning block or connector 2 could also be used in other areas such as in motor vehicle doors or on the rear deck of an automobile.
Although the commoning block will normally be positioned within a recess or trough, to reduce the overall height of the assembly, the commoning block can also be attached on the contour of the headliner or substructure where there is adequate space. The commoning block 2 can thus be located where access to the wires to be commoned is most convenient. Since the commoning block 2 is adhesively bonded, it is not necessary to snap or secure the block 2 to a pan or other structure that must be fabricated from a relatively high density plastic. The commoning block 2 can be mounted on a structure fabricated from a foam or low density plastic further reducing the cost of the completed assembly.
Not only should the completed assembly have a low installed profile, but termination of the wires 4 to the electrical connector 2 should also be as simple as possible. This connector 2 can be used with a mass termination tool 60, shown in FIGS. 9-11 to simplify termination of wires 4 to the terminals 30. The template 60 includes wire receiving grooves 62 located on the same spacing as the corresponding wire receiving slots 32 and the channels 12. Individual wires are laced into appropriate grooves 62 to position the wires 4 for mass termination in the electrical connector 2. The wires are individually laced into grooves 62, and if multiple wire harnesses are to be terminated, wires in separate wire harness can be separated and laced into appropriate grooves in the termination tool or fixture. Individual wire harnesses can then be handled one at a time, prior to the insertion of wires into the electrical connector 2. Use of a termination fixture to allow separate handling of the wire harnesses simplifies the installation procedure.
After all wires 4 are positioned within grooves 62 in termination fixture 60, an electrical connector 2 can be mounted on the termination fixture 60, above the wires 4. The termination fixture includes grooves 64 that provide clearance for the two terminal walls 36. Outer grooves 66 are dimensioned to permit insertion of the four walls of the molded housing 10, that surround the cavity 11. The outer grooves 66 are also wide enough to receive the wire retention members 14. Ribs 68 between the terminal grooves 64 provide space for ejectors to remove the terminated connector or commoning block 2 from the termination fixture 60.
The termination fixture 60 also includes two alignment pins 70 that protrude above the top surface of the termination fixture. These alignment posts 70 will fit through the two alignment holes 22 on the base 24 of the molded housing 10. The connector 2 will then be positioned with the wires 4 to be terminated resting on the inclined surfaces of the wire retention members 14. After the electrical connector 2 is positioned on the termination fixture 60, with wires 4 in alignment with wire receiving slots 32, the electrical connector or commoning block 2 will be pressed toward the termination fixture 60 with the housing walls entering the slots 66 and the terminals entering further into the slots 64. The wires 4 will then be pushed into the wire receiving slots 32 to terminate the wires 4. The wire retention members 14 will grip the wires 4, with the tangs 16 gripping the wire insulation, so that the electrical connector 2, with the wires 4 attached can be removed from the termination fixture 60. The electrical connector 2 then becomes part of the wiring or harness assembly, and the electrical connector 2 can be adhesively bonded to the substructure 50 in the manner discussed previously.
Although adhesive bonding is an efficient method of securing the electrical connector 2 to the substructure, alternative means of mounting a terminated electrical connector are permissible. A second embodiment, shown in FIG. 12, shows a configuration in which the electrical connector 102 is snapped into a recess 152 on a substructure 150. The connector 102 includes conventional snap latches 120 along the sides of the housing 110. These latches 120 engage the bottom edges 154 of the trench or recess mounting recess 152, which serve as latching shoulders. The connector 102 also shows that other wire retention members can be used on some embodiments of this electrical connector. Wire retention barbs 114 are located within each channel 112. These barbs 114 will retain wires within wire receiving slots, but latching barbs 114 do introduce certain complications. Wire retention barbs 114 located within channels 112 increase the height of connector housing 110 compared to connector housing 10 or the previous embodiment. Barbs 114 either require side pulls when the connector housing 110 is molded or otherwise introduce complexity into the mold and the molded connector housing 110. Therefore, although a connector 102, with barbs 114, is suitable for certain aspects of this invention, it is believed that the wire retention members 14 are less expensive to mold.
Modifications other than those illustrated in FIG. 12 can be introduced into the preferred embodiment of FIGS. 1-8 by one of ordinary skill in the art. Some of these modifications may be incompatible with certain aspects of this invention, but may still be conform to other aspects of this invention. Therefore the invention is not defined by the representative embodiments depicted herein, but are set forth in the following claims.
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Dining on a Budget | Main Street Pizza
By Edmund Tijerina : December 19, 2013 : Updated: December 20, 2013 10:30am
Photo By Photos by Kin Man Hui / San Antonio Express-NewsWhite pizza doesn't have a familiar red sauce, but the version at Main Street Pizza & Pasta excels.
Thick and chewy focaccia might not be a textbook version of the classic, but it sure is tasty. Try dipping it in the house-made marinara.
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1906 N. Main Ave. at West Dewey Place, 210-732-8861, mainstreetsa. com
Hours: 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday
Price range: Appetizers, 99 cents-$8.99; salads, $2.49-$6.99; pizzas, $2.99 (9-inch cheese)-$19.99 (extra large Main St. Combo); pasta, $5.99-$9.99; subs, $3.99-$6.99; specialties (stromboli, calzones), $5.75; lunch specials, $5.99-$6.99.
Hit: White pizza
Miss: Mushy croutons
Lighter choice: Tossed salad, grilled chicken salad
Noteworthy: Party trays available.
SAN ANTONO — If you're craving a white pizza, get over to Main Street Pizza & Pasta and try one.
The white pizza, a New York pizzeria staple, combines creamy ricotta, lots of garlic, sometimes mozzarella, and plenty of herbs. It's a beautiful combination of flavor and texture, but it's rarely done well in San Antonio, so finding a good version inspires happiness.
This restaurant, a favorite with college students and those who work just north of downtown, produces one of the best white pizzas in town. That alone makes this place worth a visit.
The basic pepperoni pizza has a crunchy crust that folds easily and has good flavor, but it's not on the level of the white pizza. It's a greasy pizza, and that's part of its charm. Back when I had the metabolism of a college student who ran several miles each day, I could — and did — polish off plenty of pizzas like that.
The dough for the crust seems similar to that used for the foccacia served with main dishes. It's thick, chewy and addictive.
That bread goes great with the housemade marinara sauce, rich with little chunks of tomatoes and onions. Just tear off a hunk of bread, dip and enjoy.
Meatballs, with sauce alone or with pasta, are nicely seasoned, but seem to have too much filler and came out a little bready.
On a salad, the croutons felt spongy, like they stayed on salads that held in the refrigerator. If the croutons were crisp, these would have been excellent.
Another meat-seeking member of our party was tempted by the tenderloin dinner, and it was a serviceable pork loin, but the slightly al dente spaghetti with marinara that accompanied it was more satisfying.
If you have room or there are enough people in your group, try some fried mushrooms. They have a bit of dried chile in them and a batter that stays crunchy, which elevate them far above the often-mediocre versions of the bar classic. They're good enough to eat plain or dip in some marinara.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Senior Nick Delio and sophomore Chris Russo are both tied for 10th while the Cal State Northridge men's golf team is alone in eighth place after two rounds of the OGIO Santa Barbara Intercollegiate at Sandpiper G.C.
The Matadors carded a team round of 303 in the opening round but bounced back to post a score of 296 in the afternoon round. CSUN (599) trails team-leading Oregon (561) by 38 shots but are just one stroke out of the top-five in the 16-team field.
"We struggled a little bit today, but guys played better than their scores indicated," said head coach Jim Bracken. "The course played tough and the rough was long but everyone had to play in it so no excuses. The guys feel good and they know they're capable of playing good golf."
Individually, teammates Delio and Russo are tied for 10th with four other golfers at two over-par 146. Delio, looking to bounce back from his first rough tournament of the year at Cal State Fullerton, opened Monday with a two over-par round of 74 but posted an even-par 72 in the afternoon. Russo opened with a four over-par 76 but closed with a blistering two under-par 70. The six players trail Oregon players Jack Dukeminier and Robbie Ziegler who are tied at five under-par 139.
Arthur Chung is tied for 44th at (+10) 154 after rounds of 78-76, Satch Herrmann is tied for 54th at (+12) 156 after rounds of 75-81 and Matt Siporin is tied for 61st at (+13) 157 after rounds of 79-78.
Freshman Ryan Green, competing individually, is tied for 74th at (+16) 160 after carding rounds of 76-84.
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The rest of the property contains a modern lounge area, a large fitness center spread out on two floors, and a full spa that includes a hammam and various hydrotherapy treatments such as Scottish and Vichy showers, a flotation chamber, and Kneipp bath. The lounge is the only place on the property where Wi-Fi (free) is available. It also has a computer for guest use. The idea is to get guests away from their daily routine, and this includes disconnecting from the modern world to get in touch with the natural surroundings.
About 20 minutes from Juan Santamaria International Airport, near the Central Valley town of Alajuela
Asclepios is right outside the town of Alajuela, along a quiet two-lane road. It fronts a ravine with coffee and sugarcane plantations on the opposite side. There's not much around in the way of finding anything to do on foot, but the point of this place is relaxation, after all.
It's about a 20-minute drive from San Jose's international airport to the surrounding countryside where Asclepios is.
Tech-free rooms with private outdoor space
There are only 12 rooms here, and each one feels like a work of art and has unique artistic flourishes pertaining to its theme. Rooms on the ground floor have eastern spiritual themes, and rooms on the second floor have minimalist style and have names relating to Greek mythology. All rooms have walk-in showers, and the Eros Suite (where George Clooney stayed) has a soaking tub and a four-poster bed. Guests should keep in mind that the rooms are tech-free -- no TVs or Internet.
It's all about the spa here, though the outdoor pool is fantastic, too.
The upper-middle-range Asclepios bills itself as a wellness center rather than a hotel, though it successfully incorporates elements of both. Located in the hills near the Central Valley town of Alajuela, it's conveniently close to the airport but worlds away from the hustle and bustle of downtown San Jose. A full spa, fitness center, outdoor pool, and organic restaurant all lie on spacious grounds amidst a lush landscape. Every one of its 12 comfortable and stylish rooms has a different theme, and all overlook hillsides planted with coffee and sugarcane. Guests looking for a spa retreat on comfortable grounds will find it here -- but there's not much else around the property.
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Valley veteran named Arizona Small Business Person of Year
PHOENIX -- Cynthia Reed's road to business success began after she finished her service with the U.S. Army and had her first child.
She wanted a better work-life balance so she quit her corporate job, turned a bedroom into an office and started a one-woman consulting firm.
"Most people did roll their eyes at me and they thought I was a big dreamer and I was," she laughed, "And it's worked out quite well."
Today, the president and CEO of Mesa-based Miracorp oversees more than 120 people who provide administrative and management services to the federal government. In naming Reed as Arizona's Small Business Person of the Year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) said Reed represents well the man small business owners who are risk takers and innovators.
"There's nobody out there in the small business world that doesn't give it ridiculous hours and effort and think of it in their sleep," said Reed.
Community commitment is also important to Reed. Among other things, she provides diapers and car seats to new mothers as they leave the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix and supports a basketball program for teenagers living in group homes.
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An 18-year-old man was arrested on four counts of auto burglary early Wednesday after police found him with two stereos, four stereo faceplates and a backpack with other stolen items.
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Innocent Thieves Making It Hard for Stock Photographers
Posted By Rohn Engh On May 27, 2008 @ 6:10 am In Stock Art and Photography | 7 Comments
In the "for every action there's a reaction" department, the Internet is showing us how technology can backfire. And in the department of "it giveth and it taketh away," unknowing copyright infringers are gobbling up "free" photos from the Internet for their personal and commercial use.
Photographers don't need to fear that reputable editorial photo buyers, magazines and book publishers, will attempt to "pirate" their images and not pay properly for them. The ethics of the editorial industry, and the pressures of maintaining reputation and, indeed, one's job, help keep everyone honest. However, once an image has appeared in a publication, calendar, or other print media or Web use, a different danger raises its head, and is becoming increasingly troublesome.
Let me make an analogy. Have you ever read the book, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations? It's a collection of quotes by famous, and sometimes infamous, people. The collection was first compiled in 1855, is now in its 17th edition, and includes everyone from Shakespeare to Jerry Seinfeld.
Are the quotes accurate? In many cases, probably not. Scholars today, for one example, still argue over who really wrote sayings and phrases attributed to Shakespeare. And as for Seinfeld, he'll be the first to say, "Did I say that…. . Really?"
Stock photos are like "quotes." Once they leave home, and travel the Internet, they are fair game. All bets are off. After awhile we're not sure who the author — the photographer — really is.
Feathers in the Wind
All information on the Internet is like feathers in the wind. And this includes stock photos. In more and more cases, just where the information originally came from is anybody's guess. Whom it can be attributed to is in danger of being lost the moment it hits the road. Photographers currently are at the mercy of chance — they can only hope their credit line won't be separated from the photo itself.
As stock photographers, we have all unknowingly been drawn into a new realm of "collected works": The Internet. Today, it's becoming increasingly difficult to trace the original author of creative works displayed on the Internet — just as difficult as tracing the real author of a quote in the next edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Actually, maybe there won't be a next (18th) edition of Bartlett's, because the Internet has made us all wary of its imprecision.
The same holds true for our stock photos. This points to the real problem for us. We tend to apply last century legal remedies to new millennium Internet problems.
A photographer can prove, yes, that he or she owns the copyright of a picture, but if the alleged infringer can prove the image is readily available on the Internet with no copyright notice attached, attempting to collect damages would prove costly (attorney and court fees) to the photographer. And more than likely wouldn't be successful. The infringer would be designated as an "innocent infringer" by the court.
And to complicate matters, would a copyright attorney take on a case if it weren't airtight? Rarely. Sections 106A and 107 of the Copyright Law say that fair use of a copyrighted work is open to much interpretation — which means in most every case, the infringer is going to get off scot-free.
The Image Connection
The Internet not only expands the possibility of someone "stealing" your image but also promulgates the danger exponentially. A friend, Dwight Kuhn, describes his experience this way:
Someone in a government agency copied one of my images from its first publication in Smithsonian Magazine and used it on their government website. Another division of the same organization copied a different photo (calendar photo with copyright notice) and also published it on their website. Both images were placed in the public domain — free for anyone to use. Sometime after that, they got placed on Wikipedia … and from there, published in different websites around the world.
Same thing happened with a weasel photo first published as a double page spread in National Wildlife. Someone copied it and it too was listed as in the public domain on Wikipedia. So far I've gotten 75 groups to delete this image from their websites (some commercial uses). There are dozens more places using this photo that I know about, and I cannot get any response to my requests for them to delete the photos. And who knows how many other places the image has been used?
This whole issue is a big problem. I cannot tell you how much work has been involved trying to get these images under control, all because of one person starting the whole problem.
Does this mean we should cease licensing our images to editorial and commercial buyers? Should we cease placing our images on the Internet?
The Internet is the only game in town. Photographers are creative people. I've heard of interesting schemes to confront this dilemma. One photographer teams together with an attorney and splits the difference when they get a court judgment from an infringer (with deep pockets) for misuse of a picture.
Other photographers and stock agencies use commercial "seek and find, and sue" organizations such as PicScout, a visual content monitoring provider.
Another photographer promises impecunious infringers such as non-profit agencies a "no-reprisal" if the infringer places the photographer's name and Web site address in prominent view along with the image.
The reality is that this problem is not going to go away. The ease now with which photos can be uploaded to the Internet, the advances in image-scanning technology, the ever increasing numbers of Internet users unschooled in the essentials of copyright law — all make stock photos vulnerable to being picked and used on one site, then another, then another, then mistakenly considered public domain when they appear so far down a chain of placements that they are hopelessly separated from any identification to the copyright holder.
What are some of your ideas for dealing with this issue?
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7 Comments To "Innocent Thieves Making It Hard for Stock Photographers"
#1 Comment By Rohn On May 27, 2008 @ 11:40 am
I should add that he ultimate dream would be to include metadata, sort of a barcode to ride along with each digital image. Organizations such as PACA and CEPIC, and other companies connected with stock photography have begun to research this aspect of how the metadata of digital photos can provide precise and reliable information about each image, plus describe it properly without causing ambiguity and misunderstandings among photobuyers.
#2 Comment By jasonb On May 27, 2008 @ 3:11 pm
This from the say guy who said to take Library of Congress images ( not public domain) in license them..Funny
#3 Comment By Scott B On May 27, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
In fairness to Rohn, he had included a footnote to his article that I neglected to include, which addresses government-acquired images. Specifically, Rohn states:
"Unless certain provisions are previously made, photos acquired by federal and state government organizations, such as a Bureau for Economic Development, or federal or state Tourism Department, fall into public domain. The images, in effect, become royalty-free. That's why it's not a good idea to lease your images to government agencies, unless unambiguous stipulations (favorable to you) can be made."
That means that Dwight's experience may not be the best example out there from a legal point of view, but it expresses the frustrations shared by many photographers. I can't speak specifically to the Library of Congress images you reference.
#4 Comment By jasonb On May 27, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
Royalty free and public domain are not the same thing. Acquired and licensed are also not a same thing either. Cepic and PACA are not the PLUS coalition either.
Finally, the library of Congress images on Flickr are NOT public Domain but rather copyright unknown, also not the same.
Nevertheless, he told his readers to take those images from Flick and license them and today complains of other stealing images...mmmm..
#5 Comment By drsPIX On May 27, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
A commercial website used one of my images of a friend of his, in violation of my agreement. He claimed bitterly and was abusive when I asked him to take it down (unless we could come to some other agreement.).
When the image was gone, I checked his web source code and found he had only commented out the HTML. The image file was still on his web server!
#6 Comment By Rohn Engh On May 28, 2008 @ 10:01 am
My point in this article (and it's an uncomfortable one to talk about)is to raise awareness of the gap that is growing between what was protection for analog images in past years and what we can expect in the future regards protection for digital photography on the Internet. Yes, we have to be aware that "innocent infringers†aren't going to go away. We all know that "if you build a bigger lock, someone will build a bigger hammer.â€
One possible safety net is the software that is being developed that can effectively imbed the copyright holder's name and contact information into an image. Such software is being discussed next week in Malta at the CEPIC conference.
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#7 Comment By Guy Ivie On January 5, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
"Innocent thief?" No such animal. The mere fact that something is on the Internet doesn't mean it's available for anyone to take and reuse in any fashion, particularly when it involves making money for the thief. The real problem is the attitude that "I can take whatever I want and do whatever I want with it." Guess there are millions of people out whose parents never taught them not to take things that don't belong to them! As Rohn pointed out above, a bigger 'lock' just incites someone to build a bigger 'hammer' to break it... because there are always people who think it's okay to take something that doesn't belong them. Attached metadata doesn't help because it's possible to copy the pixels of an image without copying the metadata embedded in the file. Now if metadata were steganographically embedded in the image pixels...
I post on Flickr to share images with friends. I do put a copyright notice on the images and in the metadata, but I've decided not to be overly concerned about image theft primarily because photography is not how I make my living. That doesn't mean I won't be making some phone calls and sending some e-mails if I see one of my images show up in calendar for sale at Amazon.com, though!
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FAST's Stock Growth
The company with the greatest stock price appreciation, nearly 39,000 per cent, over that period is a seller of nuts and bolts and washers and thousands of other little things that hold our world together and helps others make things. That company is Fastenal and its ticker is FAST. Along the way, they've also paid out a decent share of their earnings to shareholders, a return that isn't included in that whopping 39,000 per cent gain.
As they say, past results are no guarantee of future performance. When I'm ready to plunk down dear cash on an investment I do try to think about the future.
Stock Market Darlings Worth the Risk?
Do I want to invest in a technology company when I know that technologies, and consumer appetites for technologies, are evolving at an ever-faster rate? Do I want to invest in a company whose future success is dependent upon inventing and rolling out two or three really successful new products each year? Do I want to invest in a company that, by the very nature of its success, invites competition from other behemoths in highly competitive markets? Do I want to invest in a company that, because of its successful marketing in the past, invites government scrutiny at every turn?
Or do I want to invest in a company that doesn't need to re-invent the wheel every year? Do I want to invest in a company that competes in a niche that doesn't attract much serious competition – who have you ever heard of that's said they want to start a company selling nuts and bolts? Do I want to invest in a company whose product is absolutely essential to the building of pretty much everything we build?
Slow and Steady For Me
On balance, I'm a nuts and bolts guy when it comes to investing. I'll never catch an Apple or a Google at the beginning or at a bottom. The thought of investing in a situation that depends upon technologies that I probably can't ever understand or consumer tastes that are not predictable doesn't excite me. Way too risky for me. I'll never be able to tell my Apple or Google or Facebook story at a cocktail party. But I might have a chance to tell my Fastenal story.
I'm reminded of the fabled race between the tortoise and the hare. Sometimes the tortoise is a FAST kind of company.


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