From: Kate Mahoney (kateb@paradise.net.nz)
Date: 10/26/03-04:40:45 AM Z
Absolutely outrageous!!!!! "Hi, I'd like to use your vision for free to make
money!!!!!!"
Send him a lawyer's letter :)
Kate Mahoney
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Bailey" <jon@jonathan-bailey.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: Comments please
> Greetings,
>
> I'm posting to the list an email I received this morning. In the body of
> the email was one of my images, presumably a jpg that this person (I've
> withheld his name) cut and pasted from my website, and the following
letter:
>
> "Hi my name is XXXX XXXX and I am the owner of a small graphic design
> company. I would like to use the picture below on my wall as inspiration
for
> myself and my designers. I am looking to blow it up to the size of the
wall
> and use a decoupage technique on it. Basically like one big mural. I am
> originally from the Boston area and found this picture in particular to be
> very inspiring. Honestly I was hoping I could use the picture in good
faith
> as I do not have a lot of money right now. Please let me know what I need
to
> do to get a high res picture. I do not want to use this for any
advertising
> purposes and it will only be on display in our office."
>
> End quotation.
>
> Has anyone else on the list ever received a letter like this?? I think
it's
> a pretty outrageous letter - for a variety of reasons....
>
> Your thoughts are welcome.
>
> Best - Jon
> www.jonathan-bailey.com
> Tenants Harbor, Maine
>
>
>
>
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