----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style
> William Robb wrote: > >>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 >> >> >> >> > Bill , how long ago did you take these photos? I've missed some of the > debate about this. But there is a difference between parading around in > front of a group of men nude > and seeing photos of yourself in cyberspace. Posing for a camera club > is like posing for a class of art students. > you are photoing to hone your skills. I do think you should have asked > her permission if that were possible > before putting on the web. She might have loved it and been > flattered... otoh, maybe she was really hurtinn fort > cash and just did it to help pay the rent. I'm not a prude, I don't > think, but I do think anyone who paints or photographs > someone in the buff should not show them ANYWHERE without the express > permission of the model. > > OTOH, if she is the one - herself - that started the legal stuff rolling > I would say that was pretty nasty -- she could > have simply called you and said please take those photos of me down. > Over litigating is not something I approve of, > but if you really are causing this girl pain by having it on the web, > why not be big about it and take down the shot? > Hi Ann, I think it was 2 1/2-3 years ago that I shot those. It was not a camera club workshop, it was a juried contest that I had to pay to enter, one which I happened to place both first and second myself with the two shots I entered, and a picture I printed for another fellow was third. You know me personally, when I'm not writing emails, I'm a pretty reasonable person. Whats got my shorts on tight is the immediate threat of siccing the lawyers on me. Had the demand been made as a request, there would have been no issue, the pictures would have come down, and probably I would have apologized for the misunderstanding. 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.
