SL6B Content Theft Already!
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Tenshi Vielle in Gossip, Wall of Shame
[3:26] Greg Paslong: I made a mistake…..live with it
You guys might want to go check out this PhotoLife booth at SL6B and make sure you don’t have any lifted content from Flickr. Darkley Aeon logged on to discover they had not only lifted her pictures, they were selling them at $1kL a pop.
From Darkley’s Plurk:
[3:12] Greg Paslong: hey there everyone
[3:13] Darkley Aeon: so how come i wasnt asked like eveyrone else then?
[3:16] Darkley Aeon: greg?
[3:16] Greg Paslong: yes darkley
[3:17] Darkley Aeon: why wasnt i asked? everyone else seems to have been
[3:17] Greg Paslong: they weren’t
[3:17] Greg Paslong: want your photo off the wall?
[3:17] Darkley Aeon: its set for 1k
[3:17] Greg Paslong: I have NP removing it
[3:17] Darkley Aeon: the poeople i spoke to were asked for theirs
[3:17] Darkley Aeon: and uploaded from flickr
[3:17] Greg Paslong: I’lldo it now
[3:18] Greg Paslong: want it off?
[3:18] Darkley Aeon: i dont mind it being there
[3:18] Greg Paslong: then what’s the problem?
[3:18] Billy Tammas: I don’t think that is the issue Greg, I think it’s the fact that copyright law has been broken and no permission was asked
[3:18] Darkley Aeon: its that i wasnt asked, and was uploaded from flickr without my knowledge
[3:18] Darkley Aeon: and its set for 1k
[3:19] Greg Paslong: it was an oversite
[3:19] Darkley Aeon: others were asked
[3:19] Greg Paslong: most of the shots on that wall were taken off of FlickR
[3:19] Darkley Aeon: thats copyright infringment
[3:20] Vincent Delong: isn’t flickr copyrighted?
[3:20] Greg Paslong: with a few exceptions
[[3:20] Darkley Aeon: mine are all set ‘all rights reserved’ its the default setting
[3:20] Greg Paslong: NP Darkley………let me remove your shot now……then we have no issue
[3:20] Ayumi Shinn: lol
[3:20] Darkley Aeon: there is an issue
[3:20] Darkley Aeon: you have a full perms copy of my copyrighted work, without permission
[3:20] Greg Paslong: I just set the wall for ‘no sale’
[3:21] Darkley Aeon: why was it set for sale?
[[3:21] Greg Paslong: and I’ll take your shot off
[3:21] Darkley Aeon: thats not the point
[3:21] Greg Paslong: if you’d read your chat…..it was an oversite
[[3:21] Darkley Aeon: how do i know it hasnt had a sale?
[3:22] Vincent Delong: calling it an oversite doesn’t make it right
[3:22] Tizzy Bright: you could sell it like that yumi …. your freaky white body range !
[3:22] Darkley Aeon: its copyrighted work
[3:22] Darkley Aeon: and given a copy inworld
[3:22] Greg Paslong: OMG Darkley…..who would want that wall?
[3:22] Darkley Aeon: if i had been asked, i would have said ok
[3:22] Darkley Aeon: thats not the point
[3:23] Greg Paslong: well……you weren’t…..and many others weren’t either
[3:23] Darkley Aeon: but some were
[3:23] Vincent Delong: so lots of over sites?
[3:23] Darkley Aeon: asked for signed pictures
[3:23] Greg Paslong: I though you’d be honored?
[3:23] Billy Tammas: It’s intellectual theft
[3:24] Greg Paslong: if anyone wants to rebuild this display…..go for it
[3:24] Darkley Aeon: honoured that a group which treats me like dirt, continually puts me down and ignores me would want to use one of my pictures as an advertisement without my knowledge?
[3:24] Darkley Aeon: breaking copyright law
[3:24] Greg Paslong: funny you are standing here then
[3:24] Darkley Aeon: i was checking the sim
[3:24] Darkley Aeon: being nosy
[3:25] Greg Paslong: let me get you off the wall…….then we have NO issues
[3:25] Darkley Aeon: we do have an issue
[3:25] Greg Paslong: no…..we don’t
[3:25] Darkley Aeon: you have broken copyright
[3:26] Greg Paslong: are you the B+W shot?
[3:26] Darkley Aeon: there are 2 photos
[3:26] Greg Paslong: I made a mistake…..live with itand in im
[3:27] Greg Paslong: sorry the mistake was made with your photo. Trust me, it won’t happen again. All of your shots have been removed and the wall is now set to $0L and NOT FOR SALE.
And from Colleen Criss, general MAnager
[4:57] colleen Criss: good morning Darkley I just opened my eyes and finished reading your note?
[4:57] colleen Criss: this was in group chat? or thi was actually at SLBD?
[4:59] Darkley Aeon: it was in local caht at the SLBD
[4:59] Darkley Aeon: I asked in group chat, nobody around
[4:59] Darkley Aeon: greg showed up an hour later
[5:00] Darkley Aeon: ‘get over it’
[5:00] colleen Criss: ok. did he removed the photo?
[5:00] Darkley Aeon: yes both of them
[5:01] Darkley Aeon: 2 photos
[5:01] Darkley Aeon: thats not the point though
[5:01] colleen Criss: ok what is the point you want to make?
[5:01] Darkley Aeon: illegal uploading of copywrited material
[5:02] colleen Criss: let me ask this Darkley
[5:02] colleen Criss: had you displayed your photos on Team Flickr, or submitted either of them for contests ect?
[5:02] Darkley Aeon: yes, that doesnt change their status from ‘all rights reserved’
[5:03] colleen Criss: when you amke your photos available to the group … I think that it does.
[5:04] colleen Criss: but Ill investigate it
[5:04] Darkley Aeon: no, i checked earlier
[5:04] Darkley Aeon: when i saw it
[5:04] Darkley Aeon: i checked flickr and the group info
[5:04] colleen Criss: ok then you know your rights. if you wish to press this then do so. we cant stop you.
[5:06] Darkley Aeon: do you know what? it wouldnt have been so bad if he just either asked me in the first place, or apologised, but telling me to ‘get over it’ and ‘i should be honoured’ and then belching down the mic just shows me how little he thinks of me, im so upset and angry, loads of other people wee asked for their photos, but mine were just taken, to advertise PL
[5:06] colleen Criss: alright Darkley ….what do you wish me to do?
[5:07] Darkley Aeon: i don’t think there is anything you can do, but everyone in the group needs a lesson in copyright law, (there was that stolen skin issue a few months back) DCMA and IP rights, and i know im dreaming but a public apology would be nice ;P
[5:08] Darkley Aeon: because I have AR’d the build, and Greg and messaged Dusty Linden about this IP rights
[5:09] colleen Criss: ok Darkely I wil make a public apology to you and I will forward to group LL’s copyright laws and then after I am done doing that I will ask a favor from you.
[5:10] Darkley Aeon: ok, no worries
[5:11] colleen Criss: Since you have tak this issue further them it needs to be and I do not wish to have any further problems. I am asking you you leave the pL group and I am going to remove your app from CP and ask you to take your things from the public Flickr group.
[5:11] Darkley Aeon: ok Colleen, I havent been looking for trouble, i’ve been trying to protect myself, but ok, ill do that
[5:13] colleen Criss: Darkley you have at this time made trouble …
[5:13] colleen Criss: thank you
[5:13] Darkley Aeon: i did nothing wrong
[5:14] colleen Criss: you filed that report because you were mad at Greg
[5:14] colleen Criss: now
[5:14] colleen Criss: you carry it out and do what it takes to make you feel better
[5:14] Darkley Aeon: I filed abuse report because it was valid
[5:14] colleen Criss is typing…
[5:14] colleen Criss: you carry it out and do what it takes to make you feel better
[5:14] Darkley Aeon: I filed abuse report because it was valid
[[5:14] colleen Criss: but I wish you to end all association with pL.
[5:14] colleen Criss: then thats fine
[5:14] colleen Criss: do what you need to do
[5:14] colleen Criss: and now I am as well
[5:15] Darkley Aeon: ill stay in the inworld group till i see the notice, but ive left the flickr group now
Dancien
Jun 24th, 2009
Photolife being the same monkeys who charge 9900L for a photo studio right?
James Schwarz
Jun 24th, 2009
WOW That man is DO-OOH-TSCHE.
James Schwarz
Jun 24th, 2009
Yes, D.
Raven Haalan
Jun 24th, 2009
Yah, I’m currently using Photolife, and watch for an upcoming blog in Gadgets n’ Gear where I find the replacement. I had decided to already – the thing is primmy as hell, but this finishes them for me.
Saiyge
Jun 24th, 2009
Wow. The booth was an official presence of PhotoLife? Is Colleen an official rep? -blink-
Polero
Jun 24th, 2009
..and they just lost a sale to me – I had been planning on buying from them, but not now. Thanks for the info. How RUDE and unprofessional.
alexia cournoyer
Jun 24th, 2009
do you have a slurl for it? there’s 20 sims there and I’ve been twice and not managed to find it. I’m quite happy to DMCA them if I find anything of mine.
It’s funny how ripped items are ok by LL for their birthday party but anything that smacked of adult was verboten.
Anonymous as well
Jun 24th, 2009
It’s on the ‘Dimension’ sim
Iris Seale
Jun 24th, 2009
Wow, the PhotoLife owner is a giant douche. I can’t believe I almost bought from them.
For anyone looking to change their studio, the VR Foundry Pose Stand Pro is awesome. Been using it for about a year and it does anything you can think of with HUD controls.
Ann Otoole
Jun 24th, 2009
Is anyone actually surprised?
Why is anything for sale? I thought SL6B was not supposed to be encrusted with stores. If LL allowed stores a lot more people would have applied and they would not have had to reopen applications after nobody was interested.
So basically SL6B is just the biggest and most ugly and laggiest mall on the grid. That’s nice. The future of virtual worlds indeed lmao.
Dusky Jewell
Jun 24th, 2009
I promised myself last year, on my second visit that SLB is nothing but a laggy supermall, and that I am not going to make time to visit again.
Heh, it’s common sense that using and selling other people’s content without their permission is wrong. Upon being busted, the first thing that should have been said is an apology.
Not surprised at all.
Ran Garrigus
Jun 24th, 2009
I’m not sure that Greg is the primary owner or creator of the studio — I think that’s OomPapaMowMow. I can’t fault the Photolife Studio 3.0 — the complexity and variety of scripts and options and all that, a lot of time has been invested in it. If you use studios heavily and use a wide range of textures, effects, props, etc., then I’d guess it’s worth the investment. I haven’t seen anything to match it, and Photolife 3.0 has significantly cut back on the prims being used. I have one that I won from the RFL Clothing Fair photo contest, and while I use it very seldom, it’s fairly impressive for what it is.
Mostly, I shoot in-world or I composite by just shooting against a full bright green screen. I’ve heard the VR Foundry Pose Stand is very good, but another option is Tillie Ariantho’s pose stand. It’s relatively cheap (I think L$500 or L$600) and is quite full-featured.
Lucy Honeychurch
Jun 24th, 2009
Here’s the SLurl (which should have included in the post, come on):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Dimension/93/188/28
Billy Tammas
Jun 24th, 2009
Being one of the people that were featured in the logs on here (Billy Tammas obviously
), I just want to add that I am absolutely astounded that these people didn’t understand that they were in the wrong. Even the public apology they put out was emphasized on the fact that Darkley had AR’ed them, rather than the fact that they’d illegally copied, uploaded and attempted to sell someone elses intellectual property.
Darkley is one of the best people I know for being supportive and trying to help people, which she has done with this group over and over. Yet, despite that, she’s been shunned for their friends, she’s now had this happen and been accused of the one causing trouble.
This lot really are an amatuer bunch of arrogant ignoramous’, and thats me being complimentary about them.
Stay the hell away from them, if you want my advice
Trilby Button
Jun 24th, 2009
I agree that this is unfortunate, and that it was handled poorly by the PhotoLife people. But it sounds like Darkley is misunderstanding “all rights reserved” on Flickr — she needs to apply a Creative Commons license to her photostream so that specifically it says that her work cannot be used for commercial purposes or that she must be given credit, etc. Then, at least, she has ground to stand on.
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Dancien
Jun 24th, 2009
Well Lucy, maybe Tenshi had to post this before she had to oh….I don’t know…..get on with work and RL?
Darkley
Jun 24th, 2009
“All rights reserved” means that the owner of the copyright and the copyrighted work have not given permission for anyone else to make use of the work. Giving credit is not relevant if all rights have been reserved. You may contact the owner and let her or him know what you want to do with the photo and ask for permission.
Note that in the US, when the copyright owner has not given blanket permissions (as under Creative Commons, for example), copyright law gives the owner exclusive rights to reproduce the work and to display it publicly, among several others. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#106
Janaina Delvalle
Jun 24th, 2009
Disgusted.
I was online when it was discovered.
We know that we our work becomes property of businesses when we enter contests…because we agree to it prior.
They just opened up a group for sharing on flickr, and decided to ignore our copyrights.
I’ve seen her questions go unanswered. And you know what? I’ve also seen Darkley help out A LOT of people who use photoLIFE. She is an immense help…there are only two or three (MAYBE four) other CPs who actually do this. And she’s not even a CP.
You can’t knock sense into ppl who think they can make up their own rules as they go just because “it’s SL.”
…the system itself is great. The customer service…well, I’m not applying for CP anymore. Let’s put it that way.
JoriWatler
Jun 24th, 2009
I know all too well the practices of the pL creators/staff – Oom, Mallory, Colleen, Greg.. Sadly, the name/fame keeps taking major hits like this.
Why?
Stupidity – greed, and overall asshattery at it’s finest –
They never take blame in anything they get “caught” doing – and are always ready to strike with a “defense” or explanation WHY something happened.
I have personal experience with this crew from when the studio was still around – Digital Bella – and I am the photographer that worked with the “Faces of photoLife” finalists. That being said, I was paid, I was given the credit due for the final photographs *they are still being used*
I will say..I have trashed my pL, I have removed myself from ALL association with any of the involved parties – due to many “situations” that kept arising.
There are more issues than just this, where AR’s have been filed – sadly most get swept under the rug -
A.S.
Jun 24th, 2009
So where was the money from the sale of the pics going?
admin
Jun 24th, 2009
SLURL was included in the original post as was first drafted. It must have glitched between draft and post and lost the link.
Darkley Aeon is now being victimized by PhotoLife for her “incorrect manner” in handling the situation.
[2009/06/24 9:32] Mallory Luke: I do not believe anyone was being malicious here. I wish you would have handled things differently Darkley. There is a right way and a wrong way for getting things done.
[2009/06/24 9:33] Darkley Aeon: i asked him repeatedly, he was rude, belching over voice dismissing my concerns,
[2009/06/24 9:33] Mallory Luke: By coming to us first, and sharing your concerns, you would have been instrumental in policy change
[2009/06/24 9:33] Mallory Luke: I’m sorry that happened.
[2009/06/24 9:34] Darkley Aeon: i have tried that, repeatedly, and ive always been ignored
[2009/06/24 9:34] Darkley Aeon: i always offer to help
[2009/06/24 9:34] Darkley Aeon: and im ignored, i offered to run classes for euros, and was ignored
[2009/06/24 9:34] Darkley Aeon: i kept quiet about the stolen skins
[2009/06/24 9:34] Darkley Aeon: but i was treated like crap for that too
[2009/06/24 9:35] Darkley Aeon: I went to greg and colleen first
[2009/06/24 9:35] Darkley Aeon: they wee online
[2009/06/24 9:35] Mallory Luke: I’m sorry you haven’t been happy at photoLIFE.
Mallory, I have a middle finger for you babe. You don’t take someone’s art, sell it, and then act like THEY’RE horrible for calling you out on it.
Quote from, I believe, Greg:
“I wish to make a public apology to Darkley Aeon for the use of her work at the SLBD celebration apparently without her permission. It was an oversight . As result of this she has filed an abuse report with Linden Labs which is unfortunate and I have asked her to voluntarily leave all pL groups as well as Team Flickr. I wish Darkley all the best in her future endeavors and in her photography. thank you Darkley.”
Yeah. Biiiig “fuck off” for the PhotoLife team. Way to operate your public relations kids.
JoriWatler
Jun 24th, 2009
That is okay.. you know what.. I am here at the SLBD pL .. and they have taken MY stage – WITHOUT my permission and using it as a base for the pL
I have the original – I will GLADLY SHOW YOU –
I did the graphics for it – any ONE who had been to my studio seen it – and Oom even said to me at one point – “what a neat idea” so neat that it was used!!
Vryl Valkyrie
Jun 24th, 2009
I found Colleen and Greg both to be rude beyond shock and reason. Colleen should be kicked from the event and group both. They are treating Darkley as if he has done something wrong when he obviously has not! Horrendous! They will both go on my ban lists.
Adric Antfarm
Jun 24th, 2009
I went and I have to say it’s a snooze.
It started off really good with them in the legal hints, then it got softer to the realization the Disco likes dirt (no shit), then flaccid with the admission that while mistakes were made, they were not intentional (which I have to say is a bit out there).
http://www.adric.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/zzzz.jpg
I’m going to have to ask you get your bitch asses back out there and find me some real dirt. I need cat fights. I need human drama.
All I can see here is they have a lot of attitude left and I guess you could push them to explode, but they seem to be at least trying to unscrew this. All I would demand is the admission this is one hell of a hard mistake to make.
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 24th, 2009
While many of you have formed opinions I’ll be releasing some information that will allow those of you who are looking for more accurate information about this subject to make up your own mind. It’s also good to see who is or isnt supportive of photoLIFE
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 24th, 2009
Im writing this in regards to the notecards I’ve received about private photographs being used used at the photoLIFE SLBD exhibit.
here is what happened.
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1. Photographs were taken from the photoLIFE Filckr site and used at the pL SLBD exhibit wall.
2. Some photographers were not contacted and asked permission about their work being displayed at the SLBD exhibit.
3. The Exhibit Wall that contained work from several photographers was inadvertently set for sale as 1 item.
4. No exhibit walls were sold and the set for sale status of the wall was changed as soon as we were made aware of it.
5. Content in question was removed as soon as we were made aware the owner didnt approve.
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Our policy has aways been to promote all of our photographers and, in our companies history, we have never had a complaint about using photographs on our flickr site to promote individual photographers or demonstrate photoLIFE’s capabilities. Our staff has always had a very protective role with regards of content of photographers in SL. Because we receive dozens of submissions about work from different pL users we incorrectly assumed all photographers would be happy with their work displayed at the pL exhibit.
There are several facts that I believe clear up the intent of use of the photography at our exhibit.
1. We have a lot of other photographers work displayed there as the photographers seem to view their work being displayed as promotion of their business not as some attempt to profit from selling the photography work of others. I believe the way the exhibit is displayed confirms that. The wall in question would easily be understood as a display and not a product typically sold in SL. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would purchase a display wall besides to promote the work of the photograpers or the photoLIFE studio.
2. We have never sold any other people’s photographs and have absolutely no plans to do so. Any prims that had photographic work of others included on it and “set for sale” was not done so intentionally. It was a wall that contained the work of many photographers on it , and no sales were generated from the wall being set “for sale”. Once we were made aware of the “set for sale” setting it was changed immediately. No financial gain was obtained by photography work being displayed at the pL exhibit.
3. The work in question was removed as soon as I became aware that it may have overstepped copyrights or the owners disapproval.
4. New policy is now in place for all work posted on our Flickr site that the work displayed may be used for photographer promotions and demonstrational purposes of how the photoLIFE studio performs. This new policy is in place based on 2 programs we currently have in place. One is our Cp exhibit program that displays 20 photos from the Flickr site. This program has been in place for weeks now and this new policy will continue to allow that program to operate without conflict.
Please accept this letter as a formal apology for any content being used without specific permission.
No financial harm was done towards anyone from these action and all steps have been made to correct the issue.
Regards,
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Novalita
Jun 24th, 2009
Well incase PL doesn’t really know what copyrights law is all about, Darkley if she chooses can easly sue them in rl since rl money goes throw sl, and L$ can be exchanged into rl.
I am not saying it should go to this extreem act but if they keep doing it over and over again to ppl around sl they should re read the copyright laws in their counrty.
We all come to sl to have fun, but doing the work we are doing is expressing our art as well and giving our heart into it and that should be respected.
And I’m sorry but Gregs behavior is so ridiculous he acts like a teenager other than an adult with a reasponsabilty.
If I ever had in mind buy PL studio or anything it just venished.
admin
Jun 24th, 2009
1. Photographs were taken from the photoLIFE Filckr site and used at the pL SLBD exhibit wall.
2. Some photographers were not contacted and asked permission about their work being displayed at the SLBD exhibit.
Yeah. #2. Way to go.
caLLie cLine
Jun 24th, 2009
one thing, if you enter a contest YOU DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR PHOTO unless it states “by entering this contest, should you win, you give up rights to your photo” or something like taht ‘or allow us an unlimited licensen in perpetuity, etc. (meaning forever)
JUST CUZ YOU enter a contest YOU DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR RIGHTS.
that being said, it could be an oversight, which reminds me, i just used a photo for something that a friend took w/o asking him.
so off i go to write him!
believe the best, investigate, discuss, then judge.
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 24th, 2009
Update –
The photoLIFE group was contacted and asked to submit full perm photographs to use at the pL exhibit. These photographs will be for display purposes only.
Within 5 minutes we received over 20 full perm high quailty photographs from our group. All photos on exhibit without permissions have all been replaced.
If anyone has any questions about this issue you may contact me personally. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to post and express our regrets that anyone was treated unfairy in this matter.
Stephanie Misfit
Jun 24th, 2009
Oh an “oversite” yes, I can see that. I can’t think how many times I’ve uploaded someone else’s picture to SL, slapped it on a prim and set it for sale at 1000L. It can happen to the best of us, you know? *facepalm*
Melanie
Jun 24th, 2009
Wow, that was incredibly poorly handled. PL owner needs to educate their people, not just on copyright and common sense, but on manners, too.
Darkley shouldn’t be the one asked to leave the group, the incompetent and rude staff members are the ones who should be canned!
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 25th, 2009
Stephanie –
Had anyone’s photo been put on a single prim and set for sale as a photo of itself then this whole issue would be different . That would be an obvious attempt to sell someone’s property. There are several points that make this situation different.
1. The difference here is the item set for sell was a wall over 10 meters long with 20 different photographs from different photographers. This is just not an item in big demand in SL.
2. You also may find it important that the individual who owned the item set for sale was only a pL associate. He is not part of the ownership of the pL brand. pL would not have benefited in anyway from this.
3. The individual who brought this to our attention stated that she did not believe there was any intent of malice with the actions that occured.
4. Greg Paslong as well as myself are considered to be world class photographers. I generally dont shoot because I stay busy with supporting of the pL product and other photographers. If Greg or I either one were going to sell a photograph, we would just take one of our own, not attempt to steal someone elses.
Melanie -
Our company has grown very fast. The pL staff as well as myself am constantly asked by individuals to review and display work. As surprising as it may sound, this issue has never been a problem before with displaying individuals work. We are offered a lot of work to display quite often as we have 2 galleries at the pL store.
As far as Darkley is concerned, I have met with her on 4 different occations for over 30 minutes each. I’ve had a pleasant relationship with her, but she feels that photoLIFE has never been able to offer the same customer service to those outside of the US. We’ve made strides to do so and have even had different translations offered , but during my conversations with Darkley it was clear that she has been very unhappy with our support program. I regret that the relationship couldn’t have been worked out better. I think she’s very talented but she’s expressed a very strong unapproval of the photoLIFE company for many months now.
While we have a lot to learn, we also have a reputation for one of the best customer support groups in SL . Almost every new user who needs a question answered can find a friendly face with Colleen, Greg, Vivien, Mallory , Shane or myself. My staff is very hardworking and loyal, and people I have compete faith in. That doesn’t come easy in SL.
As the CEO of Opium Fashion Agency, and made a decision to cancel a fashion show based on the designer being accused of content theft . A show that was later put on by a different agency. I abhor content theft.
My only request is that before anyone judges photoLIFE , they take a moment to hear the entire story. I think thats fair.
That said.
Our program will definately make changes with regards to this matter. It was unfortunate how things occured and obvious they could have been handed differently.
Iris Seale
Jun 25th, 2009
Oh wow, does anyone else smell bullsh**? Cuz I think I do.
Could a patented SCD probing investigation be in order?
Novalita
Jun 25th, 2009
OomPoppaMowMow, I think you’ll do yourself and your company a big fav if you just stop commenting again and again cause everyone here can smell a bullsh**er and every one can smell a coverass, it is as clear as crystal.
With all your comments you are not painting a better picture of yourself or your felow workers mostly not Greg’s, and bad mouthing Drakley as someone who looks for revange against your company cause she wasn’t pleased with client service is just silly.
And about the huge wall with different pics from different photographers, it doesn’t matter the fact that you gave yourself the right to download someone elses work without asking and place a price on it, any price is just wrong. Taking someones work even just for display and not for sale, without asking them the right to do so is braking copyrights law!!!!! A good time for you to learn that!
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 25th, 2009
Replay-
Our program will definately make changes with regards to this matter. It was unfortunate how things occured and obvious they could have been handed differently.
Wheebil
Jun 25th, 2009
The SL6B organizers will be all over PL if they are told PL is selling items at the event. All sales at SL6B are strictly prohibited.
admin
Jun 25th, 2009
“Greg Paslong as well as myself are considered to be world class photographers.”
Oh, get your delusional ass out of my blog. Christ.
Vivianne Draper
Jun 25th, 2009
If you are the CEO you take responsibility for things done under your brand. Saying someone is just an affiliate is a cheap way to weasel out of something it is your duty to take responsibility for.
Is there seriously anyone working for you that doesn’t know its not right to lift other people’s work out of Flickr without first gaining their permission? Doesn’t matter if its set for sale or not.
admin
Jun 25th, 2009
“World Class Photographers” http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregpaslongphotography/
Darkley’s photostream for comparison *cough* http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkley/
Yeah.
World Class Photographer
Jun 25th, 2009
I am sorry, but who actually CONSIDERS you and your friend as so? yourselves?
Please go back to saturation balancing school.
moo Money
Jun 25th, 2009
Nothing says world class like the Papyrus font.
LL LOVE
Jun 25th, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_paslong_photography/
Just here is a new link to the “world class photographer”, and no it doesn’t get better just showing all the wounders of PL backdrops
LL LOVE
Jun 25th, 2009
wonders* (lol such an IM moment)
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums
Jun 25th, 2009
admin- Oh, get your delusional ass out of my blog. Christ.
done
Gidge
Jun 25th, 2009
When the University of Kentucky Football team was found to be paying players in violation of NCAA rules – their defense was “well we didn’t BENEFIT from our cheating so we shouldn’t be punished.”
Didn’t fly with the NCAA and it doesn’t fly HERE. Just because PHOTOLIFE wouldn’t benefit from the “mistaken sale” of that wall doesn’t mean they aren’t responsible.
Bottom line, Photolife would have been better represented with a very BRIEF statement, oh something like this.
“You know what, you are right – we should’ve gotten permission to use everyone’s photos. And the prim marked for sale was an error on our part. We sincerely apologize.”
Concise statements of sincerity play better than writing novellas raving about your innocence and explaining over and over and over.
Even if you don’t mean it, they play better.
sp00ky Graves
Jun 25th, 2009
HAHAHA! World class??? i’ve seen monkey shit fights at the zoo make better “art” if you can honestly call what Greg Paslong does anything remotely resembling art. and nice call moo Money!
Yenn
Jun 25th, 2009
lmao at World Class Photographers..
in what world?
I don’t think it did much help to make your post sound like you think you are better than Darkely…especially when you are not…
Nivaya
Jun 25th, 2009
OomPoppaMowMow Snookums and Mallory Luke have been responsible for several previous dramas involving friends of mine, regarding various sims, broken promises, modelling agencies and general douchery, the lame way this whole debacle has been handled doesn’t surprise me one bit. I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them.
Yenn
Jun 25th, 2009
I sure wouldn’t trust someone who calls himself OomPoppaMowMow
Ryker Beck
Jun 25th, 2009
Wow dude, you guys at PhotoLife are *FUCKING ASSHOLES* and I hope you’re reading this, too. I can’t believe the blatant disregard and fuckwittery you actually manage to spew from the gaping black holes you call your mouths. World class photographer? Who the fuck do you think you’re kidding? I’ve made better shots with my fucking eyes closed.
*GROWLS*
I’m so reposting this to my blog. You pricks make me sick.
Tesa Jewell
Jun 25th, 2009
Well, not to be taken the wrong way but I can see why they wanted to put Darkley’s art up. Added to my flickr admire contact list. You are very talented Dark, sorry you have to go through this crap.
Ann Otoole
Jun 25th, 2009
Only one thing stops rippers. I hope it happens. The sooner the better.
Rosie Barthelmess
Jun 25th, 2009
I’m constantly baffled by people’s total disregard for shanking other people’s talent.
Thank god I have nothing to do wiht PHotoLife, I guess you can put me down in the camp that “does not support PhotoLife” — not sure why that’d make me a bad person, but whatever.
I second the VR Foundry PoseStand PRO.
Darkley, you go get ‘em.
caLLie cLine
Jun 25th, 2009
I AM breaking my no comment rule just to say… (urg thinks….)
well…
in reading it all back, well, nm…
i just think it’s good to take a break when things are getting heated or one finds themselves reacting. ESPECIALLY a biz owner.
it’s hard, i KNOW, many do, and ONE person must make the choice in any disagreement to be the one to stay calm, and often just let the other person be heard.
in reading all this, every party could have made that choice for a bit smoother sailing… BUT we are all human and we get upset, etc.
oh well, i hope this all works out, and yes a very,
“we were wrong, despite how it happened, it wasn’t intentional and we will make sure it never happens again, what can we do to make it up to you”
can go a LONG way.
ok now im gonna go put my self in the naughty corner for breaking my rule.
JoriWatler
Jun 25th, 2009
world class photographers? Sorry.. people like Ryker Beck, Casja, Codie – they are world class – I am just a photographer – I don’t claim fame – and honestly – can you toot your own horn a bit more -
Last night you contacted me – wanting to talk – there is nothing to “talk”
What the “creators” of pL fail to understand, is that the cream rises to the top.. shit sinks.. so I guess you being used to being a bottom feeder – is 2nd nature –
I am more upset at myself, for not listening when told to watch out – that you would use me – and boy – people hit on the mark –
Dark did not deserve the treatment – the condescending way Colleen and Mallory both spoke – I know 1st hand – this is just how they are – they will not change – you will not change – THAT is sad -
Dancien
Jun 25th, 2009
Hey, if I get World Class Photographer tattooed on my dick in Papyrus font will that make me one too?
JoriWatler
Jun 25th, 2009
YESH..
And I want photos
) Wait.. we can get Greg or Oom to take them for you *laughs and hides*
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Babs Loring
Jun 25th, 2009
How do you “accidentally” set anything for sale for 1k? I mean there is no default setting when you create a prim to set it for sale, so to say it was not intentional is just bullsh*t. As for using anyone’s work without their permission, you can’t assume they will feel honored, you have to actually ask, especially someone who you have admittedly had “issues” with in the past. FFS, get your world class photographer’s head out of your ass and try reading copyright laws and terms of use before you use anyone’s property, even if it is on your website. You can’t arbitrarily decide how to use something that doesn’t belong to you. Then, the way you have handled the fallout from this entire mess has been .. well bullshit, apologize and move the fuck on, and stop trying to justify your actions, it only makes you look worse. This incident has pissed off a lot of people, and you are only making it worse by being a dickhead about it. STFU.
Oh and I would much rather have Darkley take any pic for me over that so called “world class photographer” her work rocked..has imagination and creativity. *steps off her soapbox*
Normally Im Sweden...
Jun 25th, 2009
OK Normally I would say nothing but I myself am ashamed to be associated with this group of people. Greg’s behavior is appalling and frankly, Oom should be reprimanding him for his lack of decorum when it comes to customer service. Greg should have apologized IMMEDIATELY, removed the picture and been done with it. But instead he gives her the “you should be honored, deal with it” line. Very bad makes the team look bad, he is a alumni status member and should set a higher example for the rest of the membership.
I’ve never seen Oom’s photographs but Greg’s are far from “world class”. They lack depth, they always appear flat and the times I have seen him try to make something more striking it always comes out looking rather newbish. My honest opinion… Greg is where he is because he is firmly implanted on Oom’s ass. I’ve seen very talented people passed up, degraded and outright ignored because they are different. I have seen people who are not in the US passed up or not given the service they deserve because for some reason the Certified program chooses mainly US photographers. There has to be a median here.
Darkley’s pictures were taken without permission. I do not think because we add ours to the flickr stream you should ever have the right to use them at your disposal without consent… I do not care if it is for promotion or not. I know for a fact if you took my pictures and used without permission I would be just as upset. And if I had received that response from Greg I would have pitched a larger tissy than the one you got from her.
You are right Oom, things have to change. Your higher-ups need to be held accountable for their actions more. He needs to apologize to Darkley, Publicly and in writing for the flagrant disrespect he showed her.
OK Im off my soapbox and back to Sweden.
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Karma RAWKS!
Jun 25th, 2009
http://opiumsim.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/photolife-presents-drusus-thunder-certified-photographer-gallery/
Is this another of your ‘world class photographers’ Oom? I *especially* like the green background left around the hair in this particular picture!
Ryoma Vayandar
Jun 25th, 2009
Really?
This is douchebaggery at its finest.
Hey assclowns at PhotoLife: you’ve just lost another potential customer, and I’ll make damned sure I let anyone know who asks my recommendation for a photo studio that I’d sooner recommend a rotted, moldy turnip as an option before PL.
Ayumi
Jun 25th, 2009
I was there, but I was totally edited out of the convo
I WAS EDITED OUT OF BEING FAMOUS BY PROXIMITY TO DRAMA! wahhhhhhh 
Trilby Button
Jun 26th, 2009
LOL @ Moo Money and Dancien… ahhh, Papyrus. Wow.
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Thoroughly Irritated
Jun 28th, 2009
OK look it comes down to this, Greg had NO RIGHT to take anyone’s pictures off their flickr without their permission. I do not give a god damn if they are in your group or not. If you didnt hear it from them that you could use it then dont. I mean Greg put up a shitload of pics of him and his wife, then he can put some more (someone is really vain if you ask me). Should have given more time to get response from people or used multiple ones by a particular photographer. Taking things without permission is so not cool. And Greg, as far as I know you have never apologized to Darkley for being a douchebag, you may want to try that. I bet if you did people would stop thinking so bad.
As for the rest who want to defend the actions of Photolife… Give me what you are smoking… cause I want some of that. Cause on no planet were they right. If you stole my stuff I wouldnt have given you the benefit of the IM, you just would have had your ass AR… putting a price on the prim or not.
H8tsBsher
Jun 29th, 2009
OMG has anyone seen Cherie Parkers Notes with regards to this incident. Of course they’re going to have her come up and speak, Being that she was just promoted to COO when all she was with the agency was a CP . But that’s not what’s surprising. I guess Cherie Parker feels she owes it to them considering they’ve given her outside business from upcoming “models” who didn’t know who to turn to for photo……You’re probably wondering what’s the surprise? The surprise is that cherie would stiff them with astronomical prices on simple photos. some people tried to bring it to her attention whereas she would just reply..”Are you aware that im a CP and would never present a client with what they do not desire?” This person came back to cherie several times to get her pictures redone/altered/fixed and cherie never got back to her. Shame On You……
Phoenix Psaltery
Jun 30th, 2009
It’s sad to see something so blatantly mishandled.
A private “Oops, we screwed up, we’ll fix it” should have been the end of this. Instead, all the pL staff (some of whom I have dealt with in the past as advertising manager at the Metaverse Messenger) have made themselves look like jerks and assholes before the eyes of everyone who reads this.
I find it a little silly that people don’t know how to fix issues amicably, but it’s also not the first time I have seen people spew snot defending their own fuckups.
P2
someone shoot me
Jul 1st, 2009
1. Despite what it may look like, Oom has been working to right things. And is cutting a lot of slack for the actions of Greg, Colleen and Mallory. Not to say he’s perfect…he ain’t. But he’s been a lot better then the rest of them (who have NOT publicly apologized). Oom…if you read this..that is the one thing that still remains. Those individuals need to apologlize. You can’t do it for them…it comes out like BS and that’s part of the reason why you’re still getting whipped for it. No lengthy explanation was needed either. It sounded more like an excuse then an explanation.
2. Greg is far worst that a douchebag. I’d use those world class photos of his…mmm…maybe to wipe the $#it of his face (seeing as how it’s so far up Oom’s @ss).
3. Cherie is full of it too. Her photos are good in comparison to many. But knowing a few tricks here and there on PS doesn’t make your pictures worth 1K….especially if you don’t go about fixing pictures when customers aren’t satisfied. (A nice computer with nice graphic cards is only half of it Cherie. I’d like to see what you can produce on an older comp with low settings…and turning that into beautiful art).
4. Some people on teamPhotoLIFE are plain moronic. Just read the comments in support of the new policy. If they PLACED the policy in the first place, there wouldn’t be an issue. And if you consider it an honor to have your photos displayed by thieves, coniving liars, and arrogant jerks; then that is your prerogative. You want to talk about honor…where was the honor in Greg’s actions? And you want to be associated with people like that? To which all I have to say is: “There’s something on your nose. It’s brown. …. I think it’s $#!t, you were kissing too far up the @ss again.”
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