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August 19, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay
Well ... it's looking increasingly like we've managed to avoid a hurricane. Still Fay is a large, nasty, slow-moving tropical storm and it's bearing right down on us. So given that, we'll probably be closing the offices a bit early today as the outer bands of the storm begin to roll our way. It's also probable that the offices will be closed for most -- if not all -- of the day on Wednesday 8/20.
Not to worry, though. Late last week (when we first saw this coming) we doubled up our shifts here in an effort to get ahead and cover the worst case scenarios ... full blown hurricane, power outtages, days without being able to go to the office, etc. So as of right now we're about 2 days ahead at the top of the queue and by the time we turn off the lights today we should be at least another day ahead, which will allow us to spend the next day or so working from our home offices (assuming no power outtages) on the mid and lower queue ... gathering files, validating, and sending invoices, etc.
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August 17, 2008
A Copyright Law Refresher
This has come up a couple of times lately and so I wanted to add a quick note of clarification regarding the use of copyrighted images.
Ka-Blam Digital Printing complies with all US Copyright laws. This means (among other things) we will not knowingly print any copyrighted images without the permission of the copyright holder. If you are using artwork or photographs not created by you then you need the permission of the one who created them in order for us to print them. Now this doesn't mean that you need to send us a permission slip from your artistic collaborator. We trust that you've already made some sort of arrangement on that end. However it DOES mean that you cannot print a convention sketch or a commission from your favorite comic pro without his or her permission. Ownership of the physical artwork does not mean ownership of copyright. Unless specifically waived the creator of the artwork maintains the copyright.
Similarly, you cannot use photographs of celebrities or other public figures (unless you took the photos yourself) in your work. It doesn't matter that the person in the photo is legally considered a "public figure", nor does it matter if your comic is a work of satire. These things do not invalidate the copyright of the person who took the photo and/or of the company that paid for the photo to be taken.
Likewise, running a cocktail of photoshop filters over a copyrighted image does not somehow magically make the copyright on the original image go away. By this faulty logic one could scan an issue of Spiderman, change his costume colors from red and blue to brown, rename the book The Brown Recluse, and then avoid Marvel's copyright claim on the issue.
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August 15, 2008
Reminder: File location information
Just a reminder, folks ...
When you place a new order with us you MUST include the file location information in the notes field of the order. Any order missing that information runs the serious risk of missing their target ship-by date.
Also ... if you use a third party service such as a sendspace.com please keep your links active until you see that we have gotten the files. We've gotten a LOT better lately at retrieving files in a more timely manner, but occasionally links do expire before we're able to get to the files. So please be aware of your order status and keep the file links active for us. And btw, please don't PAY for file storage. Sendspace.com is free and we can recommend some others to you as well if needed.
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August 14, 2008
IndyPlanet Submission Area being Re-coded
Thomas is completely recoding the IndyPlanet Submission area of the Ka-Blam User Control Panel. So if you login and see something that looks a bit out of whack there -- don't panic. No need to send us a message informing us that it doesn't look right. Bear with us. The new and vastly improved IP submission and All New IP listing editing features -- that will allow you to change the wording of an exisiting IndyPlanet listing, upload new and/or replace graphics -- will be well worth the wait.
Also if you have a pending issue regarding an IP submission that didn't quite come through right, then please hang on for another day or so and see if the new code doesn't resolve the issue.
Our target date for completion is Monday August 18. We'll post here on the front page though when the new code is fully in place and functional.
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August 14, 2008
Technical Status Update
The print quality issues I spoke of in the last update have been completely resolved and everything is coming out beautifully.
But the jamming issues have YET to go away completely (it's maddeninlgy frustrating) which is why I've got the status of both machines listed at less 10. Another service call and more parts replacements are scheduled for this afternoon.
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