I sent a few images. I told himm they could freely use these for INTERNAL purposes - for slide shows and presentations at business conventions, and they could publish these exclusivelye for promoting Pentax euipment, provided my name is mentioned as the author along with the image.
I don't care that much about copy right - my images aren't that interssting anyway - as long as they are not used for any other purposes than promoting Pentax equipment. I probably won't sell less images for that reason- Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. februar 2006 18:15 Til: [email protected] Emne: re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix Aaron, I'm not beating you up over this... please believe that. I understand what Pentax Canada does, they do however represent Pentax (the company that produces cameras and photography equipment). I just don't get how you're jumping to the conclusion that "you assume they intended to steal people's images or do something different from what they said". When did I say that? I never assumed that all. I did require more information, however. Lets face it. The whole thing was handled somewhat unofficially. In this day and age of legalese, things appear unusual when we *don't see it*. I'm not pointing fingers at you. You did exactly what I would have done in the same circumstances and Frank was passing the message along. I would assume that anyone truly interested in submitting photos, including myself would be thankful, and I am. In the end what I don't understand is the about-face that was taken. Why not just delete and ignore the e-mails from the jackasses and continue to engage those who responded in a sincere and civil manner? Tom C. >From: "Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix >Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 11:56:00 -0500 > >Tom, Pentax Canada, like Pentax USA, produce nothing. They import and >re-sell cameras atincreasingly poorer margins. > >If you had read the e-mails, you'd know why they canned it. They were >disgusting. > >They were looking for goodwill and attempting to engage their customer base >in a friendly, grassroots way, and for their troubles they were called >things that would make Harvey Keitel blush. > >Why you assume they intended to steal people's images or do something >different from what they said because there wasn't a legalese paragraph at >the end of the message is beyond me. > >As I said, this is on my shoulders -- my bad advice led them here. Please >stop beating me up over this. > >-Aaron > >-----Original Message----- > >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subj: re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix >Date: Tue Feb 7, 2006 11:36 am >Size: 2K >To: [email protected] > >Godfrey, > >I stated in my original post, that I had lost the original message. After >reading your copy of it, I find that I insinuated nothing at all. The words >"more trouble than it is worth" are hardly kind words for a business to use >in any context when their customers are involved. Additionally I find it >odd >to the extreme that a company whose business is producing and selling >products that allow people to engage in photography would have *any* >trouble >in having a coherent policy and procedure regarding copyrights of submitted >photo. Likely any inquiries and perceived negativity would have been >minimized if complete information was presented up front. > > >Tom C. > > > > > > > >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: PDML <[email protected]> > >Subject: re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix > >Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:47:35 -0800 > > > >Rather than present an insinuation about Pentax Canada's business > >practices by posting interpretations of the note, here is the text of >the > >message sent to me on Saturday: > > > >Begin forwarded message: > > > >>From: Marco Veltri > >>Date: February 3, 2006 6:20:40 AM PST > >>Subject: RE: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix > >> > >> > >> Hello, > >> Due to the negative response on the forums and all the questions > >>people > >>kept asking about copyright the powers that be have decided that we >will > >>use > >>other sources to find images. We received great images but due to the > >>problems it has been decided that it is more trouble that it is worth. > >>Thank > >>you to all the people who sent in images. There were about 10 people >who > >>sent in images and I will be contacting them individually with this > >>message. > >> > >>Again, thanks to all who sent in images. > >> > > > >Marco was very responsive when I corresponded with him, I submitted a > >gallery of 20 images for him to select from and he wrote back to thank >me > >within an hour. It sounds like his project for the marketing department > >foundered due to a perceived negativism expressed in people's responses. > > > >I'd have cut it short as well. > > > >Godfrey > > > > >
