You are right, of course. And apologizing would be a mistake. It suggets that you did something wrong. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So, the upshot of this little tempest in a pisspot seems to be that once > again, a photographer has caved in to the threat of legal action, even > knowing that he has done nothing wrong. > So far, I have not been able to find any citations, in either Canadian > criminal or civil law that seems to put me on the wrong side of the legal > fence. > > My understanding is that I would require a release if the images were being > used commercially, and that I would be on the wrong side of things had I > been told up front (even verbally) that the pictures were not to be used in > the manner I chose. > > Since I am not running a commercial website, was given no usage limitation > provisions at the time, nor signed any legalese by the Regina Shutterbugs > (including a membership form) which would bind me to their wishes, or the > wishes of the model, I'm not seeing where they have a legal base. > > The closest thing I have been able to find to something that would put me > on the wrong side is the breach of privacy statute, but it could only be > applied to this in an alternate universe. > > OTOH, as Bran noted, there is the hysteria surrounding privacy issues and > nudity that would work against me, as well, there is a strong political > movement in these parts regarding abuse of women, and I'm certain that this > would be argued as a form of abuse. > Interestingly, the lady had no issues with wandering around the house naked > in front of at least a dozen male photographers..... > > So, the Regina Shutterbugs come off looking, to me anyway, like a group of > retards, and the model, to me, a hysterical ninny who thinks nothing will be > done with pictures of her, other than perhaps taping them to the > photographers bedroom walls. > > Ah well, I had little use for them before, and have no use for them now. > > And Ann, I did not, nor will I, apologize to her. I refuse to admit I did > anything wrong here, and am still reserving the right to repost the images > if my lawyer thinks I am safe to do so. I really do believe that if people > don't take a stand against this miasma of horseshit that is creeping across > the land, then we will have no rights to do anything in a very few years. > > be well > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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