In short, we did not respond to several messages from this nonprofit that they sent over the Labor Day weekend. I suppose William's response from our office was snotty, but being deluged by emails when we came into the office on Tuesday was a bit much.
But do I then deserve to be insulted by her reply? Here's her reply, which I consider to be way out of line:
"Many environmental photographers support our
efforts to conserve the species that they are photographing and making
money from. I sent 3 emails last night as I had sent an email to
'office' two days ago and had not had a reply and I am running out of
time to complete this report."
Yo, folks in nonprofits. You pay your printers, your electricity bills, your staff, your janitors, your garbage collectors, the post office for all your mailings. Why are you always asking photographers for free usage of their images? Why not just pay photographers like you pay yourselves.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: License this photo
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:10:51 +0300
From: roberta.dixon@wilderness.org.au
To: stock agent,office@norbertwu.com
Roberta Dixonrequested license for this photo:
Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) saw used for burrowing
and stunning fish
Anoxypristis cuspidata
Please contact this user using this email:roberta.dixon@wilderness.org.au
User's comment:
The Wilderness Society are in the process of writing an icon report for
the North marine bioregion (Shark Bay, WA to NT/WA border) for use in
community consultation and to submit to the Federal Government's as part
of their bioregional planning process. As such, we are trying to source
some beautiful marine images for this bioregion and a photo of
Anoxypristis cuspidata specifically (one of the species we are trying to
protect). I was wondering if you have a special rate for non-commercial,
NGO
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: License this photo
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:12:26 +0300
From: roberta.dixon@wilderness.org.au
To: stock agent,office@norbertwu.com
Roberta Dixonrequested license for this photo:
Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) saw used for burrowing
and stunning fish
Anoxypristis cuspidata
Please contact this user using this email:roberta.dixon@wilderness.org.au
User's comment:
Just sent you an email - I need the file size between 2-4MB. Thanks,
Roberta
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) photos
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:38:57 +1000
From: Roberta Dixon
To: office@norbertwu.com
Dear Norbert,
The Wilderness Society (Australia) are in the process of writing an icon
report for the Northern Australian bioregion (NT/WA border in the west
to the Tip of Cape York in the east) for use in community consultation
and to submit to the Federal Government as part of their bioregional
planning process. The Australian Federal Government are presently
trying to work out which areas in this marine bioregion they will be
protecting - we are trying to encourage them to protect more rather than
the less option they presently have on the table. As such, we are
trying to source some beautiful marine images for this bioregion.
Specifically I was after a photo of a Knifetooth sawfish (Anoxypristis
cuspidata) and found your one on animalsandearth. I was wondering if
you had a 2-4MB copy of this photo we would be able to use in this
report (with full accreditation obviously)? As with most things in this
life, we need it ASAP.
Yours sincerely,
Roberta.
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Knifetooth Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) image
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:07:56 +1000
From: Roberta Dixon
To: office@norbertwu.com
To Norbert,
The Wilderness Society are in the process of writing an icon report for
the Australian Northern bioregion (NT/WA border in the west to the Tip
of Cape York in the east) for use in community consultation and to
submit to the Federal Government as part of their bioregional planning
process (- they are trying to decide what areas of the commonwealth
waters in the NT are worthy of protection). As such, we are trying to
source some beautiful marine images for this bioregion. The Knifetooth
Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) is one of the species we are trying to
source for this report.
Knifetooth Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) saw used for burrowing and
stunning fish
I saw this image on your website. I need the image to be between
2-4MB. I also wanted to check on the use of photos for non-commercial
educational/conservational purposes by an NGO. Do you have a special
rate for use in these circumstances? We will be looking at a very small
print run (>600, mainly for politicians) and some PDF copies of the
report to be made available during the period of consultation. We will
also need it ASAP.
Thanks for your assistance,
Roberta.
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Knifetooth Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) image
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:05:41 +1000
From: Roberta Dixon
To: Norbert Wu Productions Office
Dear William,
I did not ask for you to donate the image, I was just wondering if there
was a special rate. Many environmental photographers support our
efforts to conserve the species that they are photographing and making
money from. I sent 3 emails last night as I had sent an email to
'office' two days ago and had not had a reply and I am running out of
time to complete this report.
Thanks for your efforts,
Roberta
On 7 September 2011 00:27, Norbert Wu Productions Office
please find another image. We do not donate images to nonprofits
and particularly not ones that bombard us with emails and are in a rush.
Sorry to be direct. We have a FAQ page that addresses this on our
website.
Signed,
William
------------------------------__----------
Norbert Wu Productions
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
USA
www.norbertwu.com
On 9/5/11 10:07 PM, Roberta Dixon wrote:
To Norbert,
The Wilderness Society are in the process of writing an icon
report for
the Australian Northern bioregion (NT/WA border in the west to
the Tip
of Cape York in the east) for use in community consultation and to
submit to the Federal Government as part of their bioregional
planning
process (- they are trying to decide what areas of the commonwealth
waters in the NT are worthy of protection). As such, we are
trying to
source some beautiful marine images for this bioregion. The
Knifetooth
Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) is one of the species we are
trying to
source for this report.
Knifetooth Sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidata) saw used for
burrowing and
stunning fish
I saw this image on your website. I need the image to be between
2-4MB. I also wanted to check on the use of photos for
non-commercial
educational/conservational purposes by an NGO. Do you have a
special
rate for use in these circumstances? We will be looking at a
very small
print run (>600, mainly for politicians) and some PDF copies of the
report to be made available during the period of consultation.
We will
also need it ASAP.
Thanks for your assistance,
Roberta.
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
--
*Roberta Dixon*
Marine Working Group Convener
The Wilderness Society
Tel: (02) 4385 9893
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