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Subject: [Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free!
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 14:55:57 -0800
References: <7b295ab6-8412-2589-e2fa-fdf0d51aea8a@gmail.com> <4B9A2C7F-FDBF-4100-94AE-0A5F9B8F0B28@icloud.com>

Hi George, :-)
Fantastic response! LOVE IT! :-)
cheers,
ted

-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
Of George Lottermoser
Sent: December-10-16 2:06 PM
To: Group Users Leica
Subject: Re: [Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free!


> On Dec 10, 2016, at 3:00 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at 
> gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> LUG:  I just received the following "flickrmail" request to publish one of 
> my photographs in a calendar.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5265537626/
> For free, of course.  Here's the note I received"
> 
>   "We have seen your touching photograph shown in the link below, and
>   would love to include it in our Prayer & Meditation Calendar 2018,
>   which can be seen here: PrayerMeditationCalendar.org. Due to budget
>   constraints, our nonprofit universal spiritual organization
>   publishes this calendar each year largely through the kindness of
>   photographers who donate their images. All of us serve as unpaid
>   volunteers to further the cause of love and unity among all beings.
> 
>   "We offer to send a calendar to the photographers and provide the
>   credit lines they prefer. Would an arrangement like this be
>   agreeable to you? If so we will need the image highest res & 300 ppi
>   on the shortest side, your preferred credit line and your mailing
>   address."
> 
> The signer has a one year-old flickr account with no photographs. This is 
> the organization involved:
> http://truthconsciousness.org/about/truth-consciousness-organization/
> And I found this:
> http://www.westword.com/news/hide-the-swami-5055176
> 
> Anyway, it made me feel pretty low.  If my work is only of value to scam 
> artists and bottom-feeders, and only if I give it away, why bother?

I recommend that you respond with the following.

I?ve decided to reprint your books;
and sell them for my own profit.

I?ll send you one of my copies;
so you can see that your name is on it.

fond regards,

George

http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.linkedin.com/imagist






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In reply to: Message from boulanger.croissant at gmail.com (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free!)
Message from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free!)