Image talk:Satmar Rebbe Yoel.bmp

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[edit] "Copyright" status of this photo

The following is the recent communication regarding the "copyright" status of this portrait and the right to use it:

To: RebMoshe@famousrabbis.com Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:51 AM Subject: Picture of the Rebbe

Shalom Aleichem: Do you know if there is a "copyright" of the picture of the Satmar Rebbe zy"a on the page at http://www.famousrabbis.com/satmarrebbe.htm

It is a beautiful portrait, and do you know if the original artist or the owner of the picture/portrait would mind if it was used in an article about him on Wikipedia, which is a huge online encyclopedia see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Teitelbaum

Please provide the information about the "copyright" status as soon as possible.

Thank you very much. IZAK

This was the reply:

From: Moshe Shifrin rebmoshe@swissinfo.org To IZAK Subject: Re: Picture of the Rebbe Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:13:27

I give you permission to use anything and everything on the page of the Satmar Rebbe. There is NO copyright on the picture we uploaded to the website PROVIDED it is used for educational purposes ONLY and not commercial. It is widely known that the picture is a "Kalman Tiefenbrun" from Stamford Hill , as he is a Lubavitcher chossid , he never signed his name on any of the Satmar rebbe portraits, but made them out of admiration and respect of this Tzaddik . The photos of the holy gravesite and ohel in Ujhely http://www.yarzheit.com/satmarrebbe.htm you have permission too ! & Also the Kemaya of Yismach Moshe at www.kemaya.com . The stipulation is that it is 100% educational and NOT for financial gain/ commercial. This is in line with the Satmar Rebbes teachings that all spiritual knowledge is free and must never be charged for ! Sincerely

Moshe for www.famousrabbis.com www.shomayim.com educational websites