William Robb wrote: >----- 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 > That's all I wanted to hear, dear :)
Of course, it a base canard that you are reasonable off list, but w'ell let that go HAR! ann > > -- 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.
