You Used My Picture In Your Magazine, I'm Flattered.........I Think!

Jeanne and Ralph, Ouch! Smack em you say...ha!

Andrew, I hear you, but it's a magazine so no links for me.

Liz, I agree it is hard work putting together some of these posts and to have someone copy them....

Eileen, thanks, easy enough to just ask first right!

Bryan, they have a website but you have to sign up to get into it, actually I'll do that now and see if they are using it there also.

Silvia, I have read lenn's posts and I have never used anyones work since reading them. ( not that I would anyway)

Maureen, I certainly will

Bruce, thanks I don't want to be mean just  a little recognition

Gwynn, hey thanks I appreciate that, this has struck a nerve with a lot of people!

Heather, no and the ironic part of this is that the store has since closed!!!

Tammy, interesting, I believe they pulled it from Google images and it says this is a private image.

Paula, Thanks, it must be widespread

Sheila, thanks I appreciate that, all good suggestions

John, thats crazy no fear of anyone using my mug as their own!!

Brian, Thats what I found so interesting because on the inside cover of the magazine they have the usual warning that you must not use any of their stuff...Ha!

Joshua, very good analogy, my time is money and that took some time!!

Cindy, I like the free ad idea.

Gabrielle, I know, but right away I felt that's not right!

Patricia, they are lucky it is one of mine and not one of Lenn's!!

Kat, yes I agree how hard would that be, plus you would think with a magazine they would be able to get their own pictures.

Corinne, Thanks, I did a search for Clayton images and it is on the first couple of rows, but it is in a blog post.

Yvonne, it does sound like a good idea.

Peter, great advise thanks for doing that.

Kathy, yep I spoke with Lenn yesterday, (see above), she offered great advise which I shall be working on today.

Sharon, thank you, I am on it!

Joan, from now on I will do that.

Susan, I am learning a lot about copyright infringment lately, I think everyone needs to be a aware of it.

Marc, indeed she has, we spoke yesterday

Marge, I would have and I might not have written a post about it and been featured....so!

Christine, yep she did and I will see where we go with this.

Kamel, something like that, its ironic that they have a warning on their cover that all images are copyright protected and do not reproduce etc!

Richard, thinking about it!

Donald,thanks I appreciate that.

Lori, thanks, Lenn and I discussed that yesterday.

Sam, wow on the cover eh!

Greg, actually they did not ask, which is why I'm going to do something about it.

Sonja, wait she copied one of your clients reviews.......word for word, unbelievable, why she could have just written herself a great review!!!!

Maureen, I would have to say if  the "I used" was replaced with "may I use" that would be OK. I'm getting paranoid about my pictures now!!!!!! HA one more thing to keep me from selling houses!

Evelyn, a letter will be sent.

Kathleen, I was kinda surprised too especially when on the inside cover they warn YOU that their images are copyright protected!!

Barbara-Jo, indeed she is, we had a great chat on Wednesday.

Mark, I dont think thats going to cut it, but we'll see.

Richard & Jean, Lenn has much experience in this dept. and many more.

Michael, I agree, thats why I always use my own.

Ed, that is exactly right and now every agent that sees that picture will consider it fair game.

Gabe, thank you!

Gary, theft sounds strong at first but after learning more about this I agree.

Jerry, indeed WE do, thanks

Ed, Thanks!

Holly, I'm sure it was the latter, nice barn!

Stephanie, I spoke with them Monday and I wasn't too impressed with what they had to say!

Charlie, I would have to presume that as I don't advertise with them and a lot of agent do then they are a competitor.

Margie, you know the easy thing would have been to use their own photographs, but you're right ...ask.

Cheryl, deny, deny deny, are they gone yet!!!! This is a tactic

Elizabeth, CNN eh? yes you would think the lawyers would have picked up on that, but these days everything has to be spur of the moment.

Eileen, I agree, they are going to do something, the owner called and said it was a contractor they used....convenient.

Ron, at least right!

Geoff, I think they understand that now.

Morgan, you're right although this issue mysteriously disappeared from our office and was replaced with an older issue, so they are trying to limit the damage.

Janet, they know full well, they can't use other peoples photographs, they have a warning on the inside of their front cover not to copy or reproduce any part of the magazine!!

Sandy, true, that's why I have a couple of thousand pictures of the most obscure stuff just so I never have to use someone else.

Carol, they offered me the smallest ad they have!!!

Liz and Bill, Thanks, I like that term adjusting....like a chiropractor only more painful!

Judy, thank you, if nothing else I have learned a lot about copyright law.

Benjamin, no doubt, I use it all the time, in fact I'm going to use it even more now that I realize how popular it is!!

Teri, that is sad, that you have to steal someone else Bio, remember how if you were caught cheating in school how mortified you felt, it's supposed to be a bad thing!

Dee, I know at first I thought wow that is identical to my picture I couldn't believe it was mine.

Louise, it is registered now!

Bill, thanks, I have since found it on another website weddings of all things!!

Erica, the certified letter was sent Thursday and they called Monday, no apology, no accepting they did anything, just blamed it on a contractor who conveniently dosen't work for them anymore. And offer the smallest ad as compensation.

Dave, One Million Dollars, Wwwwwwha ha ha

Dianne, I think both words and pictures are equally important to protect.

Lenn, thanks for the advise, I will send you an update!

Maureen, I read it, and commented.