UH! lol... Well.. that fixed that problem. Guess she needs to get a camera and start working! :)
________________________________ From: Larissa Symbouras <[email protected]> To: C.J. Benware <[email protected]> Cc: Lisa <[email protected]>; Facepainthq <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 18, 2009 2:24:14 AM Subject: Re: FPHQ Re: More stolen photos Well, it seems that NONE of the paintings on her site were hers, because they're ALL down now. On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:16 PM, C.J. Benware <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm sorry, but new or not, stealing is stealing. It's one thing to borrow the >images to practice with, but she is USING those photos as examples of her >work, which they are NOT! There is a lot wrong with that. To solicit payment >for work that she is incapable of doing (let's face it, if she could duplicate >them, she would've done so) is not only false advertising, but also a slap in >the face to the artist she's stealing from. I would NEVER take another >person's work and put it on my site. When I put an image on my site, I am >telling the general public "look at the creativity I can unleash on your >kids!", I would look pretty stupid advertising a Mark Reid cat face when I am >not at that skill level yet! What she is doing is sullying the art of face >painting. I've had parents actually surprised that I can recreate the faces >that are on my flyers and business cards. Why? Because they've gotten so used >to the false advertising and thinking they're paying good money for top of the line pizza when in fact they're getting frozen Totino's pizza rolls. > >Sorry about the food analogy...I'm hungry and dinner's still baking. > >I'm not interested in giving this woman any break because there is no way that >anyone who's doing this professionally can know that it's wrong to take >another person's image and use it for monetary gain. We hear about it in the >news all the time, unless she just arrived on planet yesterday, there's no way >she doesn't know it's wrong. I think that she's banking on the odds of the >artist finding her site and looking in her gallery being in her favor. If she >were a part of the network of face painters she'd know that many recognize >other painters work (and sometimes children). My blood would run cold AND I'd >go for the jugular if I ever came across a site where someone has posted a >picture of MY children in their gallery. But that's me, I have superb rabid >mom potential! > >Jeanette > > > > > > > > Face Painting > Creative Expression for Any Occasion! > www.imaginsatic-facepainting.com > > >--- @ WiseStamp Signature. Get it now > > > >On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Lisa <[email protected]> wrote: > >The orange cat at the top and pink cat are more like what she does, the others >are obviously not hers. I can even see different copyrights on some. :( >Unbelievable. I'm hoping you'll recognize who's these are and let her know. >>http://www.aliciatappdesigns.com/face.htm >> >>~Lisa >> >> >> > >> > -- www.LarissaSymbouras.com www.LarissaSymbouras.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." This is a PG-13 forum dedicated to the discussion of Face Painting and Body Art. This group is provided for the benefit of all and as such is not moderated. Our goal is to promote open and unrestricted communication between people interested in face painting and body art. We hope that you will be courteous to others and try to stay on topic. You are free to offer products or services related to face painting as well. Please address concerns with the original poster before contacting the management. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fpba-assn -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
