Obama Uses Campaign Playbook to Promote Agenda on Social Media
President Barack Obama is turning to his 2008 playbook by leaning on social media to help push his agenda through a politically divided Congress and gear up for next year’s re-election campaign.
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Question by Jeff: Is it legal to add pictures of a TV Show on my Fan-Site.?
I have a Fan-site of a T.V show and I was wondering if Its legal to place pictures of the T.V show from google images on my site. I was also wondering if it would be legal if I took a picture of the T.V and then placed them on my site. Plaease explain what would be legal in this situation and waht wouldn’t.

Best answer:

Answer by Jeff B
I don’t think that you can do that legally without permission of the makers of the show otherwise it is a violation of the copyright.

Answer by tyrone
no its not leagal your going to get sued like a motherfucker if you do it

Answer by hallmike1
You should be able to use the pictures as long as you don’t charge anything for people to see them. Fan sites are allowed under the law as long as they are not for profit. If you are making money off this site you will owe royalties and could be sued.

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It’s time again for the ZL Studios podcast. This episode is sort of an extra long Christmas episode. It’s longer than usual basically because YouTube now supports unlimited uploads for some users, and I’m one of those users so my videos can be of unlimited length. This episode covers the usual ten articles of tech news. We talk about Samsung’s great number of Galaxy S phones which have been sold. What an iPad looks like when it’s been melted. The Android Market getting AT&T billing to go with the T-Mobile billing. HTC is going to have a new smartphone coming at CES 2011, the phone is probably going to be on Verizon, and it’s for sure going to be a 4G phone. Android won a very large trademark lawsuit. Google added to their Chrome OS machine destruction with a new web application where you can kill Cr-48 notebooks by talking to a bot. Dell is going to lower the price of their Streak’s to 0 January 10th 2010. Skype is going to have video chat available for iOS devices in January. Archos’s new e-reader, the 70b is up for pre order in Europe for a very low price. And Logitech will discontinue the production of their Revue Google TV machines until Google TV is more of a final operating system… For the rest of the show notes head on over to: gtmurl.com Blog: zlstudios.net
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Jackass 3.5 Trailer, April Fools Day Premiere Announced
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Brooke Greenberg (b. January 8, 1993) is, as of January 2010, a 17 year old girl who lives in Reisterstown, Maryland, which is a northern suburb of Baltimore. She is a very special little person, as she has not aged or changed physically, mentally, or emotionally in the past 14 years. I definitely can at least empathize with her situation, because I have high functioning autism, and well, socially and emotionally, I’m like a four or five year old myself (I get told this by friends and family a lot too). Little Brooke is 30 inches tall (she has grown 3 inches since last time WBAL did this report on her) and now weighs in at 16 lbs. Certainly nowhere near a typical 17 year old in height or weight. She lives with her parents and 3 wonderful sisters who love her very much. There is even a better video of her on Dateline NBC; if you google “Brooke Greenberg Dateline NBC”, you will find a 8 minute video that Dateline did on her in 2005 October. She is very cute and as her father Howard calls her, “the most sweetest and kindest person I know of”. Her pediatrician, Dr. Lawrence Pakula, who also studies about autism and Attention Deficit Disorder in children (both of which I have), mentions that people might think Brooke is perhaps a “handicapped 2 year old”, but would never think she was 17, if they didn’t know her. Brooke doesn’t speak, but that doesn’t mean she’s not smart. (For example, there have been autistic people who have gone to college who don’t speak at all and are …
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Browser Themes Make Your Computer More Fun

The Internet browser has long been the workhorse of surfing the web.  Like most workhorses, it’s not much to look at, but it gets the job done.  That’s all changing.  

The days of the boring gray browser are waning. Through a design element called a theme, or “skin,” your Internet browser can have virtually any look you want.  Whether it’s a beautiful beach scene, a pop-culture take on Hello Kitty or your favorite sports team, the choices are almost endless.  Options abound for adding themes to the leading Internet browsers: Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox and Chrome.  Even the Safari browser is opening up to extension options, which hints at a future that includes themes.

What this means for you, the end user, is the piece of software that takes you to Google, Facebook, Bing, Twitter and that you spend hours in front of no longer has to be a drab slab of software.  It can now be infused with a look and feel that you want.  Now, it has the potential to be cool.

The addition of a theme also doesn’t require a whole new browser. A theme falls under the “add-on” or “extension” category.   This is simply an addition to your existing browser.  Your preferences, settings, bookmarks and favorites all stay the same.  Plus, you’ve never had more options for a more stylish version through browser themes.

Let’s take a look.  Read below for your browser of choice and see the options that are available to you.

Short-Attention Span Synopsis:
•    For IE and Firefox: Go to http://thunderthemes.com for browser themes from top Internet sites, sports teams and more.  
•    For light themes on Firefox: Get the Personas Interactive extension at http://pages.brandthunder.com/btpersonas/download?ref=art then load up on your favorite Personas at http://getpersonas.com/gallery.
•    For Chrome, check out the artist themes at https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html.

Internet Explorer
If you use Microsoft Windows, you’re familiar with the big blue “E” that takes you to the Internet.  Since it wrestled market dominance from Netscape back in the day, IE has been the most used browser for surfing the web.  While IE doesn’t have the massive marketplace of extensions some other browsers offer, it does have its share of choice.  

There are two primary paths for finding themes compatible with IE.  The first is to go to the IE Add-ons Gallery at http://ieaddons.com.  At the site, Microsoft offers “optimized” versions of IE8, their latest version of the Internet Explorer.  These optimized versions come enhanced with additional functionality and/or graphics tailored to a specific company or site.  For example, you can download the Amazon optimized version of IE8 and it’s integrated with shopping features that Amazon fans will appreciate.  Or, you can download the CollegeHumor version of IE8 that includes a theme plus top categories from this leading humor web site.

If you’re not interested in downloading and installing an entirely new version of IE, you can search for the term “theme” in the search box at the IE Add-ons Gallery.  The returned results are all add-ons created specifically for IE.  Just download the file and install it.  You’ll find a new skin applied to your browser along with some extras related to the theme.  Your options are from leading news and information sites like The Daily Beast or WeatherBug, to sports organizations like the Indianapolis Colts or Duke University Athletics.

Brand Thunder, a leading builder of interactive browser themes, provides many of the standalone themes.  You can view their IE themes within the IE Add-ons Gallery, or you can go to their own theme gallery at http://thunderthemes.com.  At the Thunder Themes gallery, be sure to click on the Internet Explorer link to filter the gallery to only the IE themes available.

Firefox Themes and Personas
Firefox is the clear leader in what many call alternative browsers.  It’s grown to 25 – 30% market share and offers a wealth of customization options.  Many theme options are available within its Add-ons site (http://addons.mozilla.org/themes) and through it’s own Personas extension.  A Firefox theme allows changes to the background image in the browser chrome (the area with the navigation buttons and the URL address bar) plus new navigation buttons and other style elements.  

A Persona, by contrast, is a light theme that only changes the image in the browser chrome and background to browser tabs.  The other functional elements in the browser, like the navigation buttons, remain unchanged.  Personas were built into the browser with Firefox 3.6.  If you’re using 3.6, the best way to experience it is by going to http://getpersonas.com/gallery and hovering over one of the thumbnail images.  You’ll instantly see how the theme looks in your browser.  If you like it, click “Wear this Persona” and it’s immediately installed.

Because of the ease of adding a theme to the Firefox browser, users who value this personalization capability have flocked to the browser.  Unfortunately, while Firefox was making it easier for users to theme their browser, they also ended up constraining the user by limiting the number of Personas that can be installed in Firefox.  Brand Thunder has removed these limits and added some preference settings to help improve the user experience with Personas.  Their extension is called Personas Interactive and is available for free at http://pages.brandthunder.com/btpersonas/download?ref=art.

Brand Thunder also hosts a wide range of interactive browser themes for Firefox featuring top-tier brands.  Interactive browser themes means the product goes beyond just offering a new look to the browser.  It often includes functionality and content to bring a robust experience related to the theme.  This can range from the entire theme changing to match your local weather conditions, to a multimedia sidebar with videos and games, to breaking news in a toolbar news ticker.  It’s all geared toward an immersive experience around the brand featured in the theme.  

Brand is used in the broadest sense of the word and includes professional sports, colleges and universities, news and information sites, television and music offerings, plus a whole lot more.  Their entire offering of Firefox themes can be found at http://thunderthemes.com.

Google Chrome Themes
Google’s Chrome is the newest browser on the market and the latest to offer a selection of themes.  There is no preview option like Personas offers, and the number of choices is relatively small.  However, Google did approach some leading designers to offer themes and there is some beautiful work on display at https://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en/themes/index.html.  Clicking the thumbnail image will offer a screen shot of what the entire theme will look like or selecting the “Apply theme” button will immediately install it.  

Google Chrome has a user interface that minimizes the navigation elements of the browser.  By minimizing this space, the available real estate for the theme and the visual impact is also reduced – until you open a new tab.   

The new tab is where the themes for Google Chrome shine.  Google utilizes the full page for the visual experience and it can be quite extraordinary.  It also has a navigation system of new tabs that present users with tile-sized images of their most frequently used web sites.  The theme designs must work around this grid of sites on the new tab and most do so admirably.

Theme Away
As you can see, there’s no reason to live with a boring browser ever again.  The options to personalize and customize your browsing experience have never been easier.  Get started with a more stylish Internet today.

Question by Jeff: Is it legal to add pictures of a TV Show on my Fan-Site.?
I have a Fan-site of a T.V show and I was wondering if Its legal to place pictures of the T.V show from google images on my site. I was also wondering if it would be legal if I took a picture of the T.V and then placed them on my site. Plaease explain what would be legal in this situation and waht wouldn’t.

Best answer:

Answer by Klaudia
If you copied it and it allowed you to copy their pictures then I think its okay**just a guess** because one time I saw a SAME picture on Yahoo! and Google. But I’m just **guessing**

Answer by dual_reality
Possible….any and all material is copyrighted…but if your site is not disparaging to the show…or your not profiting from it…..it may be overlooked

Answer by tyrone
i think youll be safe aslong as your not running a buisness and trying to make money off it

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