The fact remains that the idea was ineptly executed. It is surprising
that a company operating in the imaging field didn't give full
consideration to the question of copyright. And whilst the request to
this list came via personal introduction, those sent to certain other
lists did not - just a brief, bald, anonymous message asking people to
respond to a GMail account.
It would be interesting to hear whether the "Dear Jackass" message did
really come from somebody on this list, or whether this is just a general
slur. No need to name and shame, just confirm.
And at least it gave Tom C an opportunity to show he can be polite and
business-like. :-) Like the birdy, by the way. The doughnuts don't
detract in my view.
John
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:45:28 -0000, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For my part, I was extremely polite and business like. I think it was
the lack of 'official sounding' wording that led to the questions people
had (the word copyright was never used) and the fact that the request
came second hand (albeit through Frank :-) )
Tom C.
From: Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:53:13 -0500
not proactively provide what would be considered fairly normal
information
The original message clearly stated their intended use -- for a slide
show to run at trade shows. It explicitly said that the images would
not be used on their website or in print ads.
Marco is a close personal friend of mine and asked me if I thought the
membership of the PDML would allow Pentax Canada to use a few images so
that they could get rid of the boring, standard sample pictures they
have in their slide show. I said that I thought they might, but
directed him to Frank since I hadn't been active here for years.
I'll just say that the nature of some of the responses sent to Marco
really surprised and embarrassed me.
-Aaron
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