Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: New Private Message at Aquatic Plant Central]

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I had written a whole reply about how the photo release was 
broadly-written to include any media or books that the AGA wanted the 
stuff to appear in, but then I looked at the actual release and it's just 
not true.  We made the release very reasonable:  "By submitting images to 
the AGA International Aquascaping Contest, the entrant and/or the 
copyright owner gives the Aquatic Gardeners Association the right to 
publish and/or display those images in any or all of the following venues 
the AGA International Aquascaping Contest web site; the Aquatic Gardeners 
Association web site; CD-ROM; The Aquatic Gardener, the Journal of the 
Aquatic Gardeners Association; various hobby related magazines."

Nothing about books.  The guy needs an apology from Greg, an explanation 
from one of us ("we didn't do it"), and Greg needs to change his graphics. 
Hopefully we didn't give him the raw images, and it's clear that it's a 
rip off the AGA website (complete with the copyright burn-in).

   - Erik



On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Karen Randall wrote:

> Well, we didn't give Greg permission to use the photo.  I noticed that it
> was a photo from the contest (or at least a tank from the contest) but
> assumed Greg had the photographer's permission to use the photo.  Shame on
> Greg... He should know better.
>
> I think we should talk to Greg and ask him to make it right.  He needs to
> appologize, and either get permission directly, or or change the graphics he
> is using.
>
> The guy in Bulgaria has a right to be ticked off... I would be.  But OTOH,
> the AGA did nothing wrong.
>
> Karen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cheryl Rogers" <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
> To: "AGA Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 9:36 AM
> Subject: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: New Private Message at Aquatic Plant Central]
>
>
>> Oh, crap.
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: New Private Message at Aquatic Plant Central
>> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:31:37 +0000
>> From: Aquatic Plant Central <webmaster@aquaticplantcentral.com>
>> To: cheryl@dustyuniverse.com
>>
>>
>> This is the message that was sent:
>> ***************
>>
>> Cheryl,
>>
>> Thank you for responding so fast!  I added you to the list.
>>
>> There is something else I wanted to ask you:
>>
>> The person that sells this book:
>>  http://www.aquaticplantnews.com
>> has used a picture that belongs to someone else.  The owner of the tank
>> and of the picture is from Bulgaria.  Their entire forum approached me
>> with questions about the situation. The tank won last year's AGA middle
>> size tank category so it's well known in Bulgaria.
>>
>> Are there any rules in the AGA contest stating that a picture submitted
>> to the contest is free of any copyrights?  I know that the AGA contest
>> participants agree to let AGA use the pictures for advertising. That's
>> perfectly fine - we all want to promote this hobby.  But what about
>> other individuals/companies using the images?
>>
>> Do you know if a picture posted on the net is considered free for use?
>>
>> --Nikolay
>> ***************
>>
>>  All the best,
>> Aquatic Plant Central
>>
>>
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