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Claims
If this is going to be aired here, let me correct a few things.
I don't know "Rico43;" the individual who sold him copies of my images identified him to me and I still don't recognize the name. But when these images were posted here I contacted the individual to whom I had loaned the images for off-line use only. He immediately emailed "Rico43" to ask him not to post further of these images - he emailed him twice, and was ignored.
Nobody ever suggested "Rico43" had done this maliciously, just that in doing so he had inadvertently risked several understandings which permitted the posting of lots of images that otherwise would never have been seen, and which permitted some copyright holders to convince their lawyers just to leave this board alone in light of the bigger picture of promoting their own sales of images and interest in their businesses.
I'm sorry this remains an issue about which he and at least some others here feel in some way badly-treated. This is a mistaken viewpoint.
Unfortunately, I have enough venues in which I can't operate like anybody else or am subjected to childish criticism. So with my thanks to you and good wishes to all the true collectors and other hobbyists out there, I'll bid you farewell and a happy 2015 and beyond.
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