Digital BW, The Print

Please remove any and all posts from me from your site.

Scott Hendershot

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Popovitch" <greg@...>
To: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
Cc: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] RE: The Photo Binbook


>
> Hello Martin and Antonis,
>
> I don't believe you are correct when you state that we have
> violated Yahoo's "Terms of Service". I also don't believe
> that you have the authority to request that we remove posts
> from anyone besides yourself.
>
> However, we have decided that we will indeed remove all posts
> from this group while we investigate this further. Of course
> the posts of individuals who request so will be permanently
> removed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Gregory Popovitch
> Binbooks Corporation
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:17 PM
> To: greg@...; gregory@...
> Cc: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: The Photo Binbook
>
>
> Gregory,
>
> After reviewing the binbook discussion we, as the Group's owners, have
> reached a position on the matter.
>
> While our intent is to disseminate information about the many techniques
of
> producing a B&W print from a digital file, we take exception to your
> approach.
>
> We feel that it would have been appropriate for you to have first
approached
> the Group owners about your project, then to have brought up the subject
> with the entire Group, and finally obtained permission from each
individual
> to reproduce each individual post and to publish their e-mail address.
>
> We also feel that the commercial nature of your project is at odds with
the
> "commercial free" policy of the Group.
>
> We are in agreement with earlier posts that you have violated Yahoo's
"Terms
> of Service," you have broken copyright laws and you have breached the
> privacy of the members whose e-mail addresses you have posted. (You are
> apparently unaware that the sender's e-mail address is not posted to the
> Group list that is open to the public but are only sent out with e-mailed
> copies which is only available to members of the Group.)
>
> Please remove all posts you have copied from the Yahoo! User Group,
"Digital
> B&W, The Print," from your site immediately. If you do not comply with
this
> request, your membership in the Group will be banned. We will also contact
> Yahoo to inform them of your breach of the Terms of Service and your
> copyright violations.
>
> This message will also be posted to the list and we will ask Group members
> to monitor your site for compliance.
>
> Martin Wesley
> Antonis Ricos
>
>
>
>
>
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