I wouldn’t believe it either. The infamous update bug that plagues Illustrator CS3 (read about it here) seems to have been fixed by the latest leopard update. To be honest, I haven’t the foggiest clue as to why or how, but I do know that after I rebooted, the Adobe Updater showed up.

I figured, ‘eh, why not,’ assuming it would just crash when it got to Illustrator. But as I was getting back to working on some photos, I noticed the absence of the crash notice.

I checked, and it worked. I was astonished. 

But wait, that was only updated to 13.0.1. The latest is 13.0.2.

Since I was getting adventurous and hopeful – off I went to try and update again. I waited, hoped, did my sacrifices, etc…. Worked like a charm.

It runs/launches much faster, too. Did this work for anyone else? Does anyone have an explanation?

I get a lot of questions about Fair Use, mostly in the context of using movie clips to illustrate ideas. I finally got around to looking up what is on the books for copyright law and found this:

In section 107 - 

1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

 

2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

 

3) amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

 

4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

 

The distinction between “fair use” and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.

It seems pretty generous, and I think that it is vague enough to give us some real room to use media to teach. Not bad at all. Usually copyright law drives me nuts.

So I gave the presentation to a class about this site and the gallery. Much to my surprise, there was a lot more interest than I was expecting, and I want to make this more helpful. I have some software resources on a page and plan to add more, but if there is any specific information that someone (presumably a classmate or a church) would like, please leave a comment telling me what y’all need.