This is not about being a "prude" or any such similar thing. This person, gender aside, accepted MONEY to pose nude for a gaggle of photographers. She sould know that:
(1.) Film was being exposed! (2.) Prints were to be made! (3.) The photographers OWN the copyrights to their OWN photos. (4.) ANY expectation of privacy of ANY form went out the window when the model took MONEY and got nude in front of the cameras. (5.) The photographers, regardless of level of proficiency or of commercial status have a right to be proud of their work and to display it for others to see, to share in their pride in their work. (6.) The only "rights" the model might retain are commercial. Any expectation as to retaining any modecum of modesty regarding this is UNREALISTIC, regardless of whatever she may have thought at the time and regardless of how she "feels" now! Now, as to her desires not to have the photographers display THEIR work and share their pride in the development of THEIR art, she can ask all she wants, even make "demands". Nevertheles, legal ears should be deaf to such demands. William Robb is entirely within his rights and has done NOTHING wrong. As I said before, it's time for folks to accept the natural consequencies of their choices and stop whining. You may say, "Bob, you're an insensitive SOB!" I would reply, "Damned right! ...except I assure you there is legal proof that my mother is human!" Regards, Bob... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. From: "ann sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. >> > 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? -- 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.
