Mr. Nolan's Presentation and Legal Photo Use

I liked Mr. Nolan's presentation today about the use of search engines and the validity of websites. What suprised me was that I didn't know that even with a .gov/.org/.edu tag at the end of a website link, it does not automatically make the website credible. I guess I have always had good luck in finding credible websites, but now I will definetely be more careful. Something new that I found out was that mass media sites are more likely to be found at the top of a results page from a search engine, rather than the more scholarly websites. That really intrigued me because it simply means that those websites won a "popularity contest" of sorts, and the more studious and "nerdy" websites are found on the lower ranks of the search engine.

In concern with the article, I'm surprised that the father had to go through so many managers and lawyers and other professionals to argue his case against the magazine for rights of a photo of his son. They gave his $4000 as a form of an apology, but not a direct apology itself, which was rather rude of them, I think. Unfortunately, people who work in customer services nowadays are not really friendly, so for him to have to go through all that work without an apology would be upsetting to anyone.