This thing called blogging & copyright issue.

I am trying to learn about this thing called blogging and am a bit slow at it. One has to be so careful what they say in a blog post. I don't think there is such a thing as an original idea anymore. And if you happen to come up with an idea you better research it thoroughly before writing about it because if you don't you might get called on a copyright violation. Don't get me wrong, I think everyone should have the first rights to their work. We are all working hard to make a living and many of us are selling, teaching, creating the same kinds of things.

I recently had an idea about a design. Began to work on it and discovered through research that someone else had already created a similar design. Stop the work, go back to the drawing board and try again. I'm almost afraid to write or design as I don't wish to infringe on anyone's copyright. I hope the world doesn't come to a place where just the use of two or three words together becomes a copyright issue. For example, I know of another business that uses the name Rye Printing. It is located in Rye, New York. My business is Rye Printing & Splash Designz. Rye Printing named because the original owners last name was Rye and then I added the Splash Designz when I purchased the business. And we are a long way from Rye, NY. I don't know which business came first but fortunately it has never been an issue. I get their email sometimes as their e-mail ends with ryeprinting.com and mine with ryeprint.com. I just forward it along to them and all is well.

But with that said, I'm going to continue to try this thing called blogging and hope that I don't infringe on anyone's copyright.