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Brent Roos Barked at Me and I Barked Back

Posted by EavesdropWriter • 1 year ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS]
Topics: creative commons, images

You may know Roos as a rightwing blogger with a very large readership. I found a cool image on his site and used it in one of my posts. I also linked back to his post in mine. Before using it, I did an image search and it's all over the web. I couldn't determine the original artist.

What do you think of my response to his flame comment on my post? What would you have said?

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User Comments

7/02/08

DVS

I like it. Especially the 'Arsehat' thing...I may borrow that from you if it's ok...I know many mnay arsehats.

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1. 7/02/08
  
  EavesdropWriter
  
  Please do! I am a big fan of 'arsehat' and support any efforts to increase its circulation. Thanks for your take, btw.
7/02/08

DVS

In truth..he asked for it by being so petty. You gave it to him fair and square. It's all you could have done really.

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7/02/08

gentledove

yeah give him a punch

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7/02/08

helloitsme

What a wanker. He sure praises himself a lot on his blog. 240,000 readers? I find that hard to believe. I think your response was great. He was probably expecting an asskissed apology. He sounds like someone I would roll my eyes at.

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7/02/08

DrowseyMonkey

arsehat ... LOL love it. If I use that do I have to link back to your blog? I had people threaten to sue me when I used photos I found on the web ... even when I gave credit. Apparently that's not good enough, you have to get permission first from the owner. They gave me such a hard time it was unbelievable! It's not like I'm making money from the image ... oh well.

You know what's weirder. I don't even remember leaving that comment on your blog, LOL. But it was a good post. OMG ... I read too many blogs, that's the problem.

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1. 7/02/08
  
  helloitsme
  
  Yeah, copyrights are a slippery slope. But what's funny is that it seems this guy doesn't even own the photo. I think he did the same thing he's pissed at Eavesdropper for doing only he didn't even link a source like she did. If you click on her link to his post, there's no reference to the image owner. It's true, that image is published on other websites. I just saw it in a techie forum last week. I remember it because it's funny.