The Creator and his Pictures

Once upon a time there was a blog with lots of pictures.  There were pictures of oceans, President Lincoln, and of evolution.  Many people traveled from afar to look at these pictures because they were wonderful.  One day a man came to the blog and became very angry.  No one knew why and the creator of the blog seems worried.  The creator has spent a lot of time and effort in putting all of his pictures together and information by the pictures for people to read.  Many days and nights had gone by without seeing the angry man.  However a few weeks later the creator saw the angry man standing outside his blog.  Before the creator knew what was happening he was being taken to jail.  The creator did not know what had happened and was very confused.  One of his attorneys, Mayerly, told him about copyright laws.  She said, “A copy right is the ownership of a person’s work, and without asking you have violated the law.”  This had the creator worried, but he was sure he had gone through every channel to make sure he had understood the copyright laws.  “No,” he said, “I asked and got clearance for every picture I used on my blog.”  The attorney seemed stunned but went along with the creator and asked a police officer to go check out the new information.  The police officer, Jeanell, seemed to understand the creators dismay.  She explained how a fair use law was put into place and how teachers were allowed to use some information for educational purposes.  The creator seemed to be cheering up and told the attorney and police officer how his teacher, Peter, used to explain all of these laws to him.  He had told him to be careful using videos and materials outside the normal curriculum.  Peter had told him about the Fair Use act and he had tried his best to make sure he had gotten permission.  After a week of waiting, the creator finally had a trial.  The judge seemed very nice, her name was Jessica.  The judge asked the creator If he had anything to say.  The creator replied, “All of my material is licensed under Creative Commons License.”  The judge turned and looked at him and said, “Do you realize the angry man has the rights to his work, no matter the form, giving the owner the rights to copy and no one else?”  The creator explained the definition of fair use and told the judge he had gone through every channel.  After a few hours of the trial the judge decided the creator was a GOOD AND HONEST MAN so he let him go.  The angry man seemed disgruntled but okay with the hearing and understanding the laws better.  The creator decided to always ask permission from then on just to be on the safe side.  And he lived happily ever after.