Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 5286831)

I received a phone call from London Drugs today with many apologies and an offer to remove the offending image. They do not in any way dispute the fact that the image is mine.

I told them to leave there as I don't object that strenuously and if they are willing to offer some sort of recompense then we can all be happy.

They said they thought they had bought the rights to use the image from a clip art website about a year and a half ago. But they can no longer find that image on the clip art website. So they would like to dig a little deeper to see what they can find. If they find who they bought the rights from they will definitely let me know and I can pursue it with the offending web site.

They said that they were quite amenable to maybe working out an arrangement with me perhaps some free printing or some such thing. The fellow I spoke with said he could not make that decision but did not see that as being a problem.

So it appears we can work it out and all be happy with the result. :):)

Thanks everyone for your support, it meant a lot.
Steve

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 5286831)

I received a phone call from London Drugs today with many apologies and an offer to remove the offending image. They do not in any way dispute the fact that the image is mine.

I told them to leave there as I don't object that strenuously and if they are willing to offer some sort of recompense then we can all be happy.

They said they thought they had bought the rights to use the image from a clip art website about a year and a half ago. But they can no longer find that image on the clip art website. So they would like to dig a little deeper to see what they can find. If they find who they bought the rights from they will definitely let me know and I can pursue it with the offending web site.

They said that they were quite amenable to maybe working out an arrangement with me perhaps some free printing or some such thing. The fellow I spoke with said he could not make that decision but did not see that as being a problem.

So it appears we can work it out and all be happy with the result. :):)

Thanks everyone for your support, it meant a lot.
Steve

Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 5307180)

Final chapter to the saga.

Received a call yesterday afternoon from the Photo Lab manager.

Once again many apologies and no they can't figure out where they got my image from, they have no record at all.

They have decided that it was time for an overhaul of the site so they won't be using my image much longer (should disappear in the next day or so).

They have offered me a sum (in the form of a credit to be used for photo processing) for the use of the image but they did ask me not to discuss the amount. It'll get me an awful lot of 4x6's ;)

Suffice to say I am happy with the amount offered and accepted.

So ends my saga.

Thanks again all.
Steve

Originally Posted by Calgal (Post 5307197)

(I know you objected to being likened to Bill Maynard - but I sure hope you don't look like that new pic...lol) :rofl: