User:JeffGent/Image:Pecorino-romano.jpg

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Pecorino Romano cheese.

Author: kcline a.k.a kelly cline

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[edit] Permission requested

An attempt is being made by   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 22:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC) to contact the copyright holder of this media. Please do not begin a new attempt without discussing it with the previous contacting user.

I requested permission as follows:

Dear Kelly Cline,

I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use image of Pecorino Romano cheese #44729 that you uploaded to stock.xchng as http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=135327 (but which doesn't seem to exist there any more) under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL ). A user with the username Mirv has pasted in that image to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The original submission can be viewed at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Pecorino-romano.jpg&oldid=6520084 .

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Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

Jeff G.

  — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 05:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Permission denied

Permission was denied via email as follows:

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Hello Jeff,

No, I never did give my permission for tha timage to be used in that fashion. I have never released any copyrights on that image, or any of my images, and still own the copyright to that image. I can assure you that the copyright is not expired, nor is it ineligible for copyright.

I am a professional photographer and that image is available for Royalty Free purchase through my agent exclusively.

I have not been an SXC member for a few years, I have removed all of my photographs that I once had available there nearly 3 years ago due to the fact that the licensing structure was damaging to my professional portfolio.

While I had my images on SXC they were ALWAYS under copyright with the requirement of permission for useage. I was NEVER asked permission for this image to be used in this way.

Again, I never granted permission for this image to be used in this manner, and especially not okay for a full resolution version of it to be available freely on the web.

I'd appreciate it if it were removed, and I thank you for taking the time to contact me directly.

Warmest Regards, Kelly Cline

[followed by a quote of my previous message above].   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 21:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

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