Hi Daniel, I'm sorry to boringly stand up for the thread again, but I just feel that you're not quite on the money in what you say. Also, the way I read it, I found your tone was a little patronising. I know plenty of Old Business where things are hashed out in public by observers - the idea that we need to grow up instead of talking about the rights and wrongs of the issue has raised my hackles.
And I'm sorry that this has been going on so long that people feel they need to be the voice of "reason" and try to stop it. I don't particularly think that people have been out of line or lynchmobbish in the way it's been discussed. I think almost everyone has handled it quite well. Lan is not the one bringing this up and keeping it bubbling. It's the rest of us, who are concerned about what Podtech did and the way they've behaved since. Rupert On 12 Jul 2007, at 19:52, danielmcvicar wrote: Hello Lan and everyone here on this thread. This sort of "transparent" hashing out of a business matter on line shows that there is some growing up to do with the new media. Lan, I appreciate your work, and am sorry that your photo was used without permission. It seems to me that Podtech had apologized and made a reasonable offer. I would accept it gracefully and move on. Your photo wasn't being used in a worldwide ad campaign. I understand that it was on a display at a convention attended by many of your peers. It wasn't your face plastered on a billboard, a redubbing of your video for a 900 sex number, your face on a lunchbox, or potato chips with your image on them. This happens too, by the way. I can tell you from personal experience. There is plenty of work for everyone to do without wasting energy on this. Settle, move on, make video, be happy. When you do that, you make me happy. I like your work as a media producer. Let's leave the lawyering to the lawyers, and get creative. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
