~ Bee Happy ~

Yeap, I'm happy. I just got off the phone with my son. Makes me laugh.. makes me cry.. happy tears. He made my day as he does so often, and he doesn't even realize it. Again, I hope everyone has a great day... filled with love, happiness, and the strength to embrace good memories of loved ones who can't be with us on this day.

Bee Happy....... yes be happy even if AOL is messing up. I've heard folks are disappearing off of buddy lists, even tho they are not blocked. Journals acting up and not showing up. Comments disappearing... emails disappearing.... ahhhh be happy anyway it's just AOL.

I am happy... but will admit there is something that has been popping up more and more. I was emailed not to long ago about snags and why I don't do many. Well, the truth be known. I'm tired of folks snagging, altering by resizing or stopping animation. By tagging and then adding their sig line to the graphic. Sharing as though it is their work, or sharing and then acting as though they do not know where they got it. Maybe they don't... maybe they snagged it from someplace else. I just know that I've been following the licensing rule and adding my information only to see it claimed by someone else. I pay for the right. How dare someone take it upon themselves to basically steal and claim as their own with my license information. Many of you know my work, as well as others that follow this rule. I would hope that if you see something like this done you will not take advantage but rather ignore the offers or the urge to use. This is the only way these 'thieves' will stop. Same goes for those that take my personal pictures/collages. I ask rather clearly that they not be taken, let alone taken and tagged to be shared with others and have a stamp/signature of someone else. It is happening more and more, and frankly as much as I don't want to go private.............. I watch as my counter goes up by 40-50 after an entry but I have 10-15 comments. Not that I expect folks to always comment, though it's nice.... something is stinky here. Now, I'm not giving an opinion on whether it's right or wrong to have a license. That is up to the tagger. What I am saying is I do pay for the right to use the tubes, the scraps, and I am willing to share, but not so someone else can claim it. I would hope folks would understand. I am seeing it more and more, not just with my work, but many. Please help put a stop to it if you see it. I and everyone else would appreciate it.

Ok........ done ranting.... off to Bee Happy........ dinner has been decided.. Bar-b-que burgers... YUM!!!

hugs

Tags: snags and tags, license

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#36 Comment from lilysparadise
5/14/08 2:09 AM | Permalink

Haven't emailed for awhile, but today I did and aol was kind of acting weird. I love to see your talent with your tags and pictures. I just enjoy your work, and I know that others do, as well. Glad you had a great Mother's Day. Your family sure looked like they enjoyed themselves. (((HUGS)))
Always, Rose~*
#35 Comment from rbrown6172
5/13/08 12:03 PM | Permalink

uhmmm...if ya go private, please include me. :) i enjoy your journal, your pix, and your graphics, though i don't always comment.
gina
#34 Comment from queeniemart
5/12/08 8:30 PM | Permalink

Private is wonderful, you keep out the snakes.
Your work is so unique that i know if i saw it anywhere with some thieves sig on it i would still know it was yours. I am sorry this is happening to you.
AOL has really been a mess latey too. Ugh.
LOVE YOU
#33 Comment from chevyz71gurl74
5/12/08 5:27 PM | Permalink

Glad your son made you day =)

Mmm...bbq burgers...hope you enjoyed.

I don't blame you Donna, if i put all my time and effort
into making tags i wouldn't want them ripped apart either...and
others claiming them as their own...it's just not right!

Hugs
Terri
#32 Comment from jmoqueen
5/12/08 4:39 PM | Permalink

i do completely agree if you have done the work on the tag then you deserve the credit and you have paid for it xx I wish people would stop doing that coz they will ruin it for the rest of us. Glad you managed to speak to your son

Jenny

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