I suppose also different if I operated a datacenter, MMR, etc. I sell an IX, not an MMR.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 10:25:41 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Matt Hoppes and Missouri IX Sure, if you were actually paying for the room to stay in, then you should expect the room to look like the picture.. However we sell "fluff" (nothing physical) and "electrons moving over cables creating emotions".. you are not likely to get to touch, feel, smell or even step into the Colo Room as a subscriber to the IX.... there is no claim being made by Midwest IX that this Colo Room is theirs ... Folks have stock pictures of People on their web site... Should we now argue that it should be pictures of their actual Employees ? We have stock pictures of Equipment in a Colo, Racks / cabinets etc etc .. Should they be of the ones that we Own or Rent ? We have stock pictures of Towers and radios etc etc .. Should they be ours all the time ? Common.. this is 'meaningless conversation'... Bit of advice to Eric.... before issuing a condescending remark or a demand notice to others on a public list, especially when there is no direct personal vested interest, it would be best to ask the question rather than issuing a demand notice.... This conversation would have gone totally different if it was asked... " Hey you all @ Midwest IXP, why are you using the Picture of Westin Bldg Meet Me room" on your website ? :) Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" <li...@packetflux.com> To: "af" <af@afmug.com> Sent: Sunday, August 6, 2017 1:24:42 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Matt Hoppes and Missouri IX <blockquote> Let me see if I can add some sanity to this discussion: Eric seems put out not because of the use of the picture itself, but instead because a site for one internet exchange is using a picture for a different internet exchange. The other side of the discussion is that it is a stock photo of an internet exchange meet-me room, and it is perfectly legitimate to use that picture. I look at this a lot like the photos on a hotel site. When you're looking at a site for a hotel, you'd expect all of the photos to be of that hotel. Yet, it is amazing how often I come across stock pictures used. Yes, it might be a picture of a particular brand of hotel, but sometimes it's just a representative picture, not a picture of the exact hotel. For example, compare the photos at: https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/hotels/il/chicago/skokie and https://www.extendedstayamerica.com/hotels/il/chicago/midway I've seen uses where the actual rooms aren't even close to the website photos. Personally this kinda pisses me off, as if you're showing photos of somewhere I'm going to stay or rent (or use for interconnect purposes) I'd really prefer them to be actually of the place. On the other hand, this seems to be widespread enough that it's pretty much an accepted practice at this point, so perhaps I'm in the minority with this opinion. Personally, I'd probably try very hard to ensure that I had pictures up on the website which were of the facility I was promoting. On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Eric Kuhnke < eric.kuh...@gmail.com > wrote: <blockquote> I am not the copyright owner of the photo in question. This is only a request. Please stop using the photo of the Westin Building 1901 fiber meet-me room to advertise the Missouri IX. Property owners and ISPs in the Pacific Northwest have spent a great deal of time, money and effort building traffic exchange infrastructure. In my opinion is not an accurate or factual depiction of whatever facilities may currently exist in Missouri to use a photograph from a carrier hotel in downtown Seattle. Inline image 1 </blockquote> -- Forrest Christian CEO , PacketFlux Technologies, Inc. Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com </blockquote>
