
Emap have offered to pay my invoice.
They have also apologised for using my image without permission and assured me that, in future, they will only include material where they have consent in advance.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:11,
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They have also apologised for using my image without permission and assured me that, in future, they will only include material where they have consent in advance.

... which was a fair price for the image, so yes.
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... until you get me really drunk and I start shooting off at the mouth.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:14,
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Not bitching, just curious.
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we'll spend the next 7 pages calling him a daft cunt.
Best not talk about the money
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:17,
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Best not talk about the money

It's like people who call me at work getting upset when I ask them for their salary.
A- I have to, b- if you ashamed, try harder.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:18,
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A- I have to, b- if you ashamed, try harder.

so why not just spill the beans?
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:18,
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... you want me to save you the trouble of counting them.
:o)
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:20,
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:o)

... or less, depending on the circumstances.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:18,
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I only earn 14250 pa, but it doesn't make me a bad person, it just makes me a youngun on the lower rungs.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:19,
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I get 85k for doing photoshop work on b3ta.
did no one else get this deal?
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:24,
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did no one else get this deal?

they never called back :(

it's more about the principle:
The fact they paid means that they admitted it.
The exact figure is irrelivant.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:28,
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The fact they paid means that they admitted it.
The exact figure is irrelivant.

(no borrowed source pics or owt)
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:14,
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this is a pretty vague area as the creator of the composite should have certain rights.
I was given a consultation by a top IP lawyer just the other week (covered by a generous blog visitor).
However, it is something that emap can use to obfuscate the issue and delay settlement.
Believe it or not, Emap's lawyers - correction highlighted a recent report about intellectual property.
"Alexander Ross (from company that represents emap - my words) points out that the recent Gowers Review of intellectual property has recommended allowing free usage of pictures for satirical purposes. This would certainly be embraced by Rob Manuel of b3ta.com, a frequently hilarious site that thrives on its users scooping images from the internet and tinkering with them in Photoshop."
the story goes on with a quote from some ginger bloke :
"If you don't want to see your work used, then never show it to anyone." - Rob Manuel.
news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2484225.ece
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:21,
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I was given a consultation by a top IP lawyer just the other week (covered by a generous blog visitor).
However, it is something that emap can use to obfuscate the issue and delay settlement.
Believe it or not, Emap's lawyers - correction highlighted a recent report about intellectual property.
"Alexander Ross (from company that represents emap - my words) points out that the recent Gowers Review of intellectual property has recommended allowing free usage of pictures for satirical purposes. This would certainly be embraced by Rob Manuel of b3ta.com, a frequently hilarious site that thrives on its users scooping images from the internet and tinkering with them in Photoshop."
the story goes on with a quote from some ginger bloke :
"If you don't want to see your work used, then never show it to anyone." - Rob Manuel.
news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2484225.ece

yes, and I should be allowed to punch who I please
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:23,
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It's months until my guilt trip phone call from my grandparents.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:24,
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it's when it's used for other people's profit when I get annoyed.
I think you've mentioned that actually.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:31,
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I think you've mentioned that actually.

it's when people make money or gain free marketing capital out of it.
As
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Icon Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Carphone Warehouse
Entertainment Arts
Momentum Pictures
Pathe Distribution Limited
Blaupunkt
and other companies do when they dole out prizes via Zoo to people who send our creations in.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:37,
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As
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Icon Home Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Carphone Warehouse
Entertainment Arts
Momentum Pictures
Pathe Distribution Limited
Blaupunkt
and other companies do when they dole out prizes via Zoo to people who send our creations in.

... and sometimes this is used in a rather cynical and overbearing fashion, but for now, I'll restrict my comment to Rob's quote:
We all gotta eat. Many of us use the interwebs to promote our talent and allowing the free/conditional exchange of watermarked work is part of that - but when there's profit to be had, we will want and deserve our fair share (whatever that may be). I doubt Rob gave this same advice to Joel during the recent Coke unpleasantness:
www.robmanuel.com/2006/12/13/is-coke-ripping-off-the-little-guy/
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:42,
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We all gotta eat. Many of us use the interwebs to promote our talent and allowing the free/conditional exchange of watermarked work is part of that - but when there's profit to be had, we will want and deserve our fair share (whatever that may be). I doubt Rob gave this same advice to Joel during the recent Coke unpleasantness:
www.robmanuel.com/2006/12/13/is-coke-ripping-off-the-little-guy/

gave his settlement to charidee.. which was nice.
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:51,
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They nicked this one of mine about a month ago and I don't mind getting free promotional stuff instead of money!
and the cheeky bastards cropped the tag off
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Fri 22 Jun 2007, 17:35,
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and the cheeky bastards cropped the tag off