I’m not sure how the universe works for others, but mine usually seems filled with coincidence and chaos. Perhaps that is why my blog is so disorganized.
As I work on my class wiki project at wetpaint coincidence equals copyright and Chaos equals the majority of information and opinions I have seen or heard on copyright.
And then I found Sherpa, a site on fair use has very clear information about public domain photos. It cleared up the foggy edges about finding and using images legally and has links on copyright, using music, books and maps.
Perhaps I should include randomness as an operating force in my universe also. The random topics of my life, eventually form a pattern. Which brings me to Wordle, a java aplet tool that creates word clouds from text blocks or word lists.
Johnathan Feinberg created the toy with algorithms he wrote while on-the-clock at IBM and they allowed him to use it for his personal project.He allows wordle users to use the images they create in any way they want.
Feinberg’s credit page is the best example I have seen of acknowleding those who help. And coming full circle, I thought it was appropriate to bring this up during a week when the it seems copyright is a daily topic in the emails, surveys, blogs and wikis I’ve read.
