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: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: PDML <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
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
