Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> My wife and I have published four photography based books and are working > on the fifth. We have numerous photographs of recognizable people, > privately owned, and commercial property in the photographs. These are > "regional" books, "for the love of Carmel, Monterey, and Pacific Grove," > "for the love of San Francisco," etc... Lots of Leica photographs of > people, places and things, public and private. > > The cover of one of our books is of the "Lone Cypress" tree, the > "trademark" of Pebble Beach. They (Pebble Beach) got hostile and threatened > to sue us. We turned the correspondence over to the ASMP, who then answered > all of their threats. They even got some big powerful legal company in > Washington DC to crank up the pressure. After Gentile won against the Rock > and Roll Hall of Fame for his poster of the R&RHOF (gorgeous photograph), > with the ASMP's help, Pebble Beach has backed off since our use of the Lone > Cypress, even though it is on the cover, is purely editorial. > > Inside we have a spread of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. They (their PR folks) > also got hostile until their own legal staff called them off and slapped > their hands. > > T All the more reasons to hate Kalifornica.....as if I needed one.... :) :) :) WAlt