Notice to all websites, and multimedia.......

If you are Using our Content? It is copyrighted material, and as such you need to give us the credit We deserve and need?

       This page will be used to cite legal warning to other websites on the net! We no longer allow others to republish any of our articles, and at this time we are asking that pursuant to our policy and procedures, that any instances of articles, timelines, opinions and various images, all over the internet, on many sites, be brought into compliance or removed. The problem, as these articles, and other pieces of our intellectual property, are copyrighted, and others are now starting to use them in commercial ventures, against its source. 

   Webmasters are taking articles and images, etc., doing small changes to the text and dropping them into their sites, which requires a deliberate action on their part to simply use copyrighted material as their own. Thus, the finished articles & images may have the same text but the formatting is very, different. While initially we wanted an open site that all could use, especially the education systems that were linked into the site, but now, there are those who are using our site to profit from our work!  

Therefore, the policy of this website has now changed from an open source to a closed source, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Educational sites, students and teachers are exempt from this policy change and your access to this site will remain unrestricted. Sites such as Wiki, and any site that has our permision to carry our content, or has given us the credit as required are also exempt!

The method of gaining a large number of incoming links, "I give you something (an article, i.e., content) and you give me something (a link back to my site) has been abused and is now discontinued. From this point forward, All articles and images must be linked to, they are not to be pulled off the site in any way. Do so and you risk legal action against you and your site. 

If your site is currently using our content, and wishes to continued to do so, starting on 05-01-2009, you have 90 days to contact us via phone for a verbal ok, and we will email you written permission from us to continue to display images and text. However, this will only occur if you are prepared to link to us and give credit to the site for the images and information. 

We don't mind people using our content, as long as you ask! All you need to do is drop us an email or Call @ 504-756-9456

If you can't do this, then don't use it! If we catch you, you will receive a letter of notice and settlement. So far we have collected over $3125 in fines, don't you be next!!!!

After all, we place considerable time, money and effort into acquiring the content we place on our website. We actually go into the field, libraries, and archives, do interviews, and track down info and people. It's only right, that we expect, and demand , the credit that should go along with the usage of our material. We also pay for the bandwidth you use when you steal from us as well!  Since simply asking for this was not sinking in, we're making money from it now!

 We do the background research, attend meetings, conduct interviews, and work hard to bring you the content we present. For accuracy, we verify rumors and other media stories we hear before we publish the facts.

That is why we started this site. To bring to you to others,  happenings during the year, that practically no one knew about. Others were barely scratching the surface. That's why we started this site to bring as much news as possible, to the public and help the krewes and other organizations survive and thrive. They can still do that with more publicity, and your support.

Today we are still the only website that brings the most news, all real news, about the people, groups, and general conditions that will and do effect the celebration of Carnival and Mardi Gras Day each season, in and around New Orleans, and soon Mobile.  There's still a lot of news out there that's not getting to the carnival goers. Our sole job is to get all the news, and get very in-depth knowledge on all subjects and to be just one more good source for news, history and in-depth features on Mardi Gras / Carnival."

To all other sites, don't steal our content, style and ideas. Just because we announce we're going to do something soon, isn't a green light to you to rush and do it first. I really need to tell some of you this, especially the big websites out there, but when you rush things, often you get the idea wrong! Then perform it badly! 

If you use our content, all we ask, is that you please, link to the content,  and at least give us the credit for digging up the info. Don't take it! Failing that, we'll soon have to stop this process all together. We wanted a clean and open site, we were hoping that we could count on you to help us keep that way, for the last time, please don't steal......Ask!