You're right, Frank. And if they took it from either PPG or photo.net, there's contact information on both of those sites. Perhaps I should just drop them a note asking to ask next time. And thanks for the kudos.
Paul On Jan 1, 2012, at 11:24 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Nice that they gave attribution but would have been nicer had they asked > permission or informed you that they'd used it. What they did still amounts > to theft, imho, no matter how benign the use and even if there's no monetary > gain involved. > > As always, I do need to mention what an outstanding photo that is. > > Cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Sent: January 1, 2012 1/1/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: A nice photo swipe > > Now and then I google my name to see who has swiped a photo or, more > importantly, editorial to which I still hold rights. Ran across this use of > my "Birmingham Gentleman" pic today. Scroll down to find my photo. The > language of the site is French, and it appears to be called "It doesn't > happen by chance." (A bit of irony?) My pic is used to illustrate a proverb > that seems to read something like "A man is good if he makes others better." > It doesn't appear that they've used the pic for commercial purposes and they > credited it, so I'm fine with that. It happens now and then, and is usually > pleasing. > > http://koah.over-blog.com/10-categorie-10272445.html > > Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
