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Intervention: GMOs, Are We Scared Enough Yet?

Submitted by David Cardinal on Thu, 05/06/2010 - 11:51

If you’ve become worried about our food after watching Food, Inc. or reading Michael Pollan, or our planet after watching An Inconvenient Truth or the natural disaster du jour on the evening news, then like me you might have thought you had your biohazard bases covered. After accounting for these looming issues I was happy to relegate the risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to the dusty corner where I pile up my back issues of National Geographic and Scientific American…

Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet
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Royalty Free Stock: A Cautionary Tale

Submitted by David Cardinal on Sat, 10/03/2009 - 13:07

It's no secret that traditional stock photographers (and presumably their agencies) are not fans of royalty free stock photos. These low cost images can be purchased for just about any use and then re-used royalty free. It often seems like no one is listening any more when the caution is raised that the licensed image will no longer be unique or special since it is likely to be found almost anywhere anyone else also wants to license it. Or of course they could have gone to the trouble of finding actual coal users and coal industry employees (there are certainly plenty) and done a photo shoot.

Well, the chickens came home to roost this week... Read more »

David Cardinal Biography


Photo by Robert Cardinal

David Cardinal is a veteran travel and nature photographer who specializes in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia as well as North American mammals and birds.

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Copyright Registration Made Easy

by James Cavanaugh for nikondigital.org, March 2006

Copyright law in the United States grants copyright to the creator (photographer, illustrator, writer, artist, etc.) at the moment of creation. Under the Copyright law’s intent, full legal protection is also granted at that moment. However, the law’s intent and the realities of the legal system leave creators without any real protection unless they take the additional step of registering their work with the United States Copyright Office. Read more »

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