Hello everyone.
It has been brought to my attention that several articles from this blog have been used on Facebook.
This blog is intended to share Merthyr’s History and is free for everyone to enjoy, and I am more than happy for anyone to use articles from the blog, but it would be nice if you could:
a) acknowledge where the article came from
b) acknowledge the original author of the blog
A number of people have worked hard researching the article they have written, so it would be nice if they could be acknowledged.
Also, and more importantly, a number of articles on this blog have been transcribed from other sources – without fail I have sought permission from the the original authors to use their work. A few times, my request has been denied (and on one occasion I was threatened with legal action if I used the article in question), but 99% of the time, authors are happy to share their work. If you see an article that was from another source, therefore, please ask permission of the original author before copying it.
I don’t want to sound petty or anything, but a lot of the stuff I use is copyrighted, and I have had to seek permission to use it. Worse case scenario – the copyright holders may sue, and have this blog and the Facebook page where the article is copied taken down. None of us want that to happen.
All I’m asking is – please be careful, and please acknowledge sources.
Lecture over!!!
Thanks