[pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle

Now you really got me puzzled, do you really eat lutefisk in Australia? I
thought it was a strictly Norwegian dish.

Thor Egil
Norwegian (who don't eat lutefisk either) 

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> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle
> 
> Dear Folks,
> 
>      Many thanks for the cogent advice. I have been busy 
> since last night - I found a publication from the Copyright 
> Council that sets out what one must do in Australia in regard 
> to photographic copyright - Dave Hornford was spot-on with his notes.
> 
>     In this case there was no commissioning of the photos and 
> no valuable consideration passed at all, so it looks like I 
> am still the owner of the right. As Dave said, the commercial 
> firm may assume that the person presenting the artwork for 
> processing owns the copyright, but I intend to contact them 
> to see if they require evidence of that.
> 
>     I have had a quiet electronic word with the high council 
> of our club and they will likely be able to stop any untoward 
> use - the power of society - but I have made it clear that I 
> do not want to be considered the picture scrooge. I shall 
> continue to supply costume pictures, event coverage, and all 
> sorts of baby pictures as freely as before ( These are my 
> friends, after all, and I get to be in some of the pictures 
> too...) but when the work is taken out into the market place 
> it is a different kettle of lutefisk.
> 
>     A small note from the BGA: Physical violence is rarely 
> used in Guild work, and we do not often resort to normal 
> court procedures, unless the victim does not speak English 
> and can be intimidated by the mechanism of the law. It is 
> often enough to simply turn up at the guilty party's 
> workplace with several children clothed in rags pleading for 
> food to ellicit the required response. Or in severe cases the 
> guilty party may be publicly forgiven by the Guild member for 
> whatever the fault is - every day - every single blessed day 
> - and at exactly the same time.....
> 
>     Uncle Dick
> 
> 
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