Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Rights to Olympic Photos
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:34:03 -0400
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I wonder if they recognize our M's as being interchangeable lens cameras.
I've seen one featherhead equate dslr = professional/commercial. Everything
else was point & shoot in his mind.

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> 
wrote:

> Lew
>
> You are correct, despite the sponsorship by Panasonic.
>
> Gerry
>
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
>
> On 29 Jul 2012, at 14:54, Lew Schwartz wrote:
>
> > ... and I believe that I've read that they have taken the position that
> all
> > interchangeable lens cameras are, by their definitions, commercial and
> > evidence of commercial use.
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I've heard several examples like that.  It looks like they would be
> happy
> >> to have other people advertise for them!  Makes no sense to me!
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Piers
> >>>
> >>> My only comment would be that a school on the Isle of Wight was made to
> >>> remove rings of flowers made by children, and a florist in a small town
> >> in
> >>> Dorset was made to remove similar rings in the shop window put there on
> >> the
> >>> day the torch came through. Of very dubious, if any, commercial benefit
> >> and
> >>> both over the top reactions in my opinion.
> >>>
> >>> Gerry
> >>>
> >>> Gerry Walden
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tina Manley, ASMP
> >> www.tinamanley.com
> >>
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> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -Lew Schwartz
> >
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-- 
-Lew Schwartz
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