Maybe we're just a bunch of misPentaxinists.
We expect more of a big corporate entity that would hold us to the terms of
their legally written camera and lens warranties.
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:32:53 -0800
Last year Dario asked the list for a few Pentax Pics from the sixties. No
copyright nonsense, no legalese, no payment, promised or implied, etc.,
etc., yada yada yada, was discussed that I can remember. No one here
complained. No one was rude or upset. No one posted to the list that I
recall demanding more information. The result was that a few of us got our
pics printed in a nice Pentax magazine, got a couple of photo credits, and
a good time was had by all.
Maybe there's a difference between Dario, who represented a small
Pentax-oriented organization and Marco, who represents a somewhat larger
Pentax organization, but that, IMO, falls into the realm of "how many hairs
make up a moustache."
The whole thing is such crap ... the naysayers can argue all they want that
it's Pentax Canada's fault for screwing things up, but I think those who
felt that a different approach should have been taken, or who wanted more
information, and instead of addressing the situation like a "mensch"
behaved badly, ruined what might have been a good and fun thing for all
involved or who wanted to be involved.
Years ago I met a guy named Chuck who was a very successful real estate
developer. At the time I was selling some property in Napa, California.
It was a gorgeous, expensive piece of real estate with a beautiful, custom
built home on it. Very expensive. We made the deal in a very unusual way:
Chuck said he'd pay X amount of dollars contingent on a survey to clearly
define the property lines. We didn't write a contract, we just talked
about the deal in the car while driving to his hotel. I called the client,
told him the offer, and there was a verbal agreement. Chuck sent me some
$$, I opened escrow, and when the survey was done to his satisfaction, he
closed the deal.
Not everything has to be formal and overly legal. Sometimes a few people
can just agree on what they want to do, and go about the business at hand
like friends and people who trust one another. If you don't like the
format, then don't play. Go sign documents and make a big deal about
something else. It's just a couple of low-rez pics that Pentax wanted, and
the photog would get a nice on-screen credit, both with his or her name and
web site. Not a bad deal for the cost of an email, IMO.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 2/7/2006 2:37:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
>
> "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I think you should also recognise that the whole thing was badly
handled,
>
> I for one don't think it was badly handled. It was handled pretty much
> as I'd expect a casual photo display to be done, presented without
> promise of payment or request for copyrights, just for entertainment
> value and fun. Heck, one of the reasons I had no qualms about it from
> the word go was that there *wasn't* any legalese and "fine print"
> involved. Anyone who didn't want to participate could have simply
> ignored the whole thing.
>
>
> --
> Mark Roberts
> Photography and writing
> www.robertstech.com
