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If you're a writer, you need to know your copyrights -- and your copyright myths.

Copyright myths are surprisingly abundant, even among writers, publishers, and other wordsmiths. They tend to be based either on out-of-date facts, or simple confusion with somewhat different concepts. In this article, we'll take a close look at five myths about the magical copyright, and reveal the truth about each.

Be careful when posting your pictures on photo sharing sites -- they all have subtly different privacy policies, which you can run afoul of if you're not careful.

In Part I of this article, we provided an example of how the differences in the privacy policies maintained by various photo sharing sites can trip up the unwary. In our case, we were surprised to discover the SmugMug account for our new site, Photo Sharing Nuggets, indexed on Google; we'd thought it was private.

Other sites handle the privacy issue differently, and there's enough variation from one to another that you have to tread very carefully. In this half of the article, we'll briefly discuss the privacy policies of other popular photo sharing sites.

Have you looked carefully at the privacy policies on your favorite photo sharing sites? They may not exactly be what you'd expect.

Privacy policies are an accepted part of the Internet experience these days. Of course, there are those who believe you shouldn't be uptight about privacy if you're willing to participate in something as public as the World Wide Web, especially if you're going to post photographs. We happen to disagree.

Just because you're willing to share your artistry with the world doesn't mean you should be fair game for every scammer and marketer out there. In this two-part article, we'll offer some advice on the current state of photo sharing privacy on the Web, and how to maintain yours -- starting with a personal example.