Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/28

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Subject: [Leica] use of photo without permission
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Thu Apr 28 18:43:45 2005

How did they get the photo? What were the circumstances?

Ric Carter


On Apr 28, 2005, at 5:50 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> From: brad daly <brad@bradbrad.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] use of photo without permission
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
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> it's a local alt-weekly.  they struggle financially, and $200 would
> probably mean they'd have to go without paychecks.  i really don't want
> revenge, but i would appreciate it if they'd show enough respect at
> least to ask my permission.  the editor is a friend of mine, which
> makes it a little awkward, but i think they should understand that they
> can't just use my pictures at will just because i'm a friend.
>
> --brad
>
>
> On 28 Apr 2005, at 4:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Brad,
>>
>> Definitely. I would send them a bill. Depending on the circulation and
>> the nature of publication (and the size of the photo) it should be for
>> somewhere between $200 and whatever. Make the bill look very
>> professional and official.
>
>
> --
> brad daly