But I don’t expect them to stay that way.

I’m happy to report that my image that was being copied and used on 4 websites, a MySpace background, and a person’s Squidoo lenses has been corrected. 1 website actually shut down, as I commented on how many other images on the site were possible copyright infringements. I had 1 hold-out for an extended time, as they claimed they received the image from someone who informed them they had permission to use it! Another website had the gall to doctor the photo and insert a copyright statement from who they ‘thought’ they got it from. Who they ‘thought’ they got it from is an accomplished artist, but my image is not on that website. The accomplished artist had nothing to do with my image.

You know, if you do a search on google images, most likely, google has inserted a warning that goes something on the order of ‘may be copyrighted material’ before you click on the image to see it enlarged. I don’t think anyone pays attention, and could really give a crap, which makes it very difficult for the owner of a copyright, as they have to search and find the culprits.

I’m not happy to report that certain people at Squidoo still retain their status. I did notice that one actually got their ‘wings’ back. YEA.

There’s an old saying ‘Fool me once, shame on you’, ‘Fool me twice, shame on me’. A much better rule of life would be to follow Scripture:

KJ Ephesians 5:6-7 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. The ‘children of disobedience’ refers to those that are doing the deveiving.