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

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Scott!

Larry
--- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:

> He and I have exchanged emails more than once. I'll
> send him a note.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz>
> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2007 2:18:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: New Private Message at
> Aquatic Plant Central]
> 
> 
> Who knows him best?
>  
> I've never had any direct contact with him.
>  
> Karen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: S. Hieber 
> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board 
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: New Private Message at
> Aquatic Plant Central]
> 
> 
> Who wants to talk to greg?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
> To: Aquatic Gardeners Association Board
> <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2007 10:48:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] [Fwd: New Private Message at
> Aquatic Plant Central]
> 
> 
> 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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