[SEL] Low rent bastard (they're not all)

[Jeff Allen]

Hi all,

This is not snipped. Wanted to keep the original to go with mine. The 
message below did give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Makes all the work I 
do on my site worthwhile when I get something like this. :-)

>Hello. 
>	My name is Terry Gold & I belong to The Dauphin Agricultural
>Heritage Club. We are a group of people interested in old farm equipment &
>restoring items to working condition. 
>	
>	What I was wondering was if we could have your permission to copy
>into print & on to disk, the information on your web site, to share with our
>members.
>
>Sincerely
>Terry Gold
>
Common courtesy is such a simple act, and I assure you I appreciated it. 
Permission was granted.

Jeff

Jeff Allen
Arvada, Colorado, USA
transteck at earthlink.net
http://frapa.us/
http://oldengine.org/members/allen/



Jim French wrote:

> As this is still classed as the festive season, I'd just like you to 
> know that there are some folk around who are not low life, thieving 
> scum!  I received this pleasant and unexpected email today:
>
> ******
> Dear Helen,
>
> I am an archaeologist giving a talk at a conference in Japan in 
> January.  Your
> website - http://www.insulate.co.uk/helen/balloon.htm - has a lovely 
> image of
> medieval ridge and furrow.  As the taker of the image you hold the 
> copyright. Would you mind if I copied this image to use in my talk?
>
> Best wishes,
> Don Henson
>
> Education and Outreach Officer
> Council for British Archaeology
>
> ***************
>
> Would I have known if he'd simply taken the picture and used it?  
> Never in a million years! What did it cost him to ask?  A few minutes 
> of his time to type the email.
> Needless to say, my answer was yes, and not only that, I uploaded a 
> selection of similar pictures, full resolution, to my website so that 
> he had a choice.
>
> I know this is slightly different, as he won't be making anything from 
> using my photo, but all the same, it makes the world of difference to 
> be ASKED instead of folk just TAKING.
>
> There.  Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy now?
>
> Dolly
>