Video of the Delta Queen Moving Once Again, Under Tow. Thank God.

Well, I don't want folks to post copy written photos here! Yes, Facebook has open pages, but they are so graphically oriented that they crash on dial up connections. I can't even get to my own Facebook page! Occasionally I can get the page to load, so once in a while I get a glimpse, as I finally did tonight.
The internet has become so high-speed oriented that I do oftentimes consider just getting off the internet until better service reaches my home area. So far steamboats. org works fins, but folks don't seem to post here much anymore, and the Model T Club Forum works well too, so I hang on.
Back to the DQ--How many more miles?? When she Steamed to Chattanooga, she traveled via the coastal waterway, sounds like she will avoid that this trip??

*Photos/Copyright/Social Media*
Morning, Steamboating colleagues,
Thanks to Phillip for the effort with links etc., but Carmen is on the mark RE: copyright on social media [FACEBOOK] and other sites leading to BIG problems legal. I just had fiberoptic run into the house here in Cincinnati after a two year wait with it working great.

Anything you write on paper down to a simple grocery list or receipt from fast food outlets can be considered a legal copyright document in a court of law. Same goes for photos on ANY web or social media site. Usually with steamboat history etc., our colleagues here are courteous, free in sharing their photos, graphics, stories. Seems to me a number of years back one of the DELTA QUEEN owining companies [Don't ask me now at this late date] made 'noises' about ANY and ALL photos taken of the boat being put on web or social media. These cases hard to prove or bring to resolution but who needs the headaches--but some will pursue cases to their fullest. I hear horror stories RE: copyright and social media from the now retired dean of the law school here at the University of Cincinnati now in private consultation work.

As member/librarian of the Literary Club of Cincinnati [Founded 1849] I have to be very careful with any request for papers, books written by past/present members. If for historical, legal, literary research I am always check the materials for controls. I've even had to phone out of state to surviving heirs or families to double check, receive permission before sharing copies with scholars, writers, researchers. We just never know when or where a photo, writing, posting on a web or even FACEBOOK is going to pop up at the wrong moment for the wrong purpose.

Be careful...very careful...of anything proclaimed "Official" or "leader of such and such." Self-proclaimed "Official" can involve people in headaches they never dreamed legally and financially unless they are certified and empowered or registered. Also never follow any proclaimed "leader." Many who write, publish, photograph, protect their work with the recognized (C). Many cases come down to having the party prove they are registered. 'Logos' also protected under copyright with stringent limitations if any. Even the much-used "Steamboatin'" has and is under copyright. We discussed this a while back here tracing what we 'thought' was the origin of the term "Steamboatin.' Likewise there is no such thing as 'International Copyright' unless the claimant is under a country adhearing to the Geneva Convention for copyright. These issues now being studied as we speak. As our late Alan Bates used to say, "Let the complaining party take the time and money to prosecute." Granted postings on Steamboats.org have dropped off drastically due to people switching over to FACEBOOK etc. Be advised legal and business eyes scan any postings on FACEBOOK they can. Well, again, what do I know?

R. Dale Flick
Coal Haven Landing, Ohio River, Cincinnati

Yes, David, she will avoid the ICW and the Tenn-Tom/Tombigbee River by going this way. Far fewer locks, no open water, etc. In addition, she'll have a good current helping her downstream once she gets to the Ohio River. As far as viewing FB pics, do you have a smartphone (IPhone or Android)? That would be an easier way to view the pics, though in a smaller format. If you have a public library close by, you might try that for viewing as well. Surely they have a fiberoptic connection.

Yes Dale, the minute Carmen mentioned copyrights, I immediately recognized the error of my thinking. I've had my own work "stolen" so do respect others' creative properties. Can't say I was hurt financially by the steal, but it was disconcerting to see my art work on a T-Shirt sponsored by a major brewing company. (Well, and a compliment too, thinking that they thought well enough of it to use it).
Bob, No smart phone here, I do have a flip phone (Scotty beam me up, they're on to me!), but it doesn't work for miles around my home. Believe it or not, there are areas even in California that do not have cell coverage, nor any "modern communications connections." We do have forests, mountains, wildlife, relative quiet, and for that we pay a price (and the California government taxes us annually for "fire protection."--I just paid mine). Oh, and half the time my GPS can't find a signal up here!
I have an 8 year old laptop that I'm trying to clear out (photos I need on it, but it crashes when I put in a thumb drive) so I can use it when I'm downtown and have wi-fi available to me. If I can't clear it out, I may have to buy a new one! It now takes 15 minutes to get Firefox up and running, I think because the hard drive is almost full. This week I will be working in Placerville in a more remote location than where I live, but the guy's house is on top of a hill & he has high-speed internet, so I will be able to see photos for a few days!! YES!!
Kind of way off-topic here, but I think if more folks realized how much Facebook (and Google) tracks of your internet usages--AND sells that info, it would be much less popular; but then privacy in today's world is pretty much an illusion!