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Two days ago I received an email from someone (hereafter I’ll refer to her as “Jezebel” – she used another name but I don’t know if it’s real, I intend to protect her identity\u00a0and besides Jezebel seems more fitting anyway…) requesting to use\u00a0one of my grebe images as a reference for her artwork. She didn’t identify the precise image she’s interested in, only saying it was one of a\u00a0Western Grebe\u00a0“dumping its chicks” back into the water. It may be this image or…<\/p>\n
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it could be this one or it\u00a0might be another one – I have several others.<\/p>\n
Based on her IP address she’s from the Prescott Valley, AZ area and\u00a0I include her email below. It’s verbatim\u00a0except that\u00a0I’ve redacted the name she used and her email address.<\/p>\n
“October 10, 2016- Hi Ron. I’m drawing a western grebe and would like to reference your grebe dumping its chicks in order to work on detail? Got a problems with that let me know. Until then? I’m drawing from a text with a grebe the size of a mouse. I would appreciate getting a study of two in on your grebe but notice you’re rather greedy with “use”. Not sure how you can have a website with photos and than not expect them used, especially since there are like 5 of us who care about birds. Anyhow, if you can get over your selfing wild that does not really belong to anyone? Contact me at ***************@*****.***<\/a> That’s my personal email, is private, is not to be shared, and blah, blah, blah. And? Thanks. Your photos are lovely.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I was cooking dinner when I read this on my phone\u00a0and my jaw dropped to the floor. Mia had a similar reaction when I read it to her. The following portions of Jezebel’s email in particular got my attention:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Needless to say I’ll be denying permission for Jezebel to use my images but based on the tone and words of her email she may use them anyway.\u00a0If she does and any of her work matches my photos on reverse image searches she’ll be hearing from my IP attorney.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two days ago I received an email from someone requesting to use of one of my grebe images as a reference for her artwork.<\/p>\n\n