Please remove my pictures

Kathy Andersen ksa@del.net
Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:49:40 PST
> as owner of the business I am accountable for this situation and I have sent
> a detailed response to the Secretary of the International Bulb Society.

Nothing received here.

Kathy Andersen, Secretary
International Bulb Society


  From: Douglas Westfall 
  To: Pacific Bulb Society 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:58 PM
  Subject: [pbs] Re: Please remove my pictures 


  World BulbsDoug Westfall enquiries@worldbulbs.co.uk1111 Claiborne Dr. Long
  Beach, CA

  To PBS members,

  I just received the following Email and thought that I'd pass it on to those
  concerned.


  Doug

  > Thanks for your E-mail which has just been passed to me for my
  > attention.Your images will be removed within the next 12 hours.
  > Whatever the circumstances behind the aquisition and use of your pictures,
  > as owner of the business I am accountable for this situation and I have sent
  > a detailed response to the Secretary of the International Bulb Society.
  > It is obvious that a number of images have been 'lifted' from your site and
  > it now also transpires that some of the images from a large collection that
  > we had permission to use are not in fact owned by the person granting us
  > permission!
  > It is very regrettable that this situation has been allowed to degenerate to
  > such a level and (understandably) has created so much ill-feeling.
  > Mike Lee
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Douglas Westfall" <eagle85@flash.net>
  > To: <enquiries@worldbulbs.co.uk>
  > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:11 AM
  > Subject: Please remove my pictures
  > 
  > 
  >> I respectfully request that you remove my bulb pictures from your web
  > page.
  >> They are the following: Haemanthus carneus, Haemanthus coccineus,
  > Haemanthus
  >> pauculifolius, and Veltheimia capensis. You have stolen these from either
  > or
  >> both the IBS Gallery or the IBS Wiki pages.
  >> 
  >> Had you bothered to ask my permission, I most probably granted your
  > request.
  >> However, what you have done is unethical and illegal!
  >> 
  >> I did send notice to you a couple of days ago and you have not responded.
  > I
  >> am requesting that you respond and remove the pictures. You do not have
  >> permission to use my pictures!
  >> 
  >> Douglas Westfall
  >> 

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