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luvbblogos · 11-26-2016, 03:46 PM

In the past several days I suspect a 'public lynching' is going on. RAINMAKER posted several photos (Glorious sharp early Vault images found) on 11/23/16. I myself down loaded everyone of them. RAINMAKER stated "3) is it kosher to post some of these images since they cannot truly be documented as Topps Vault issues? Here is where the OOTP officials (and possibly? MERKLE923, only because of his expertise in these manners and one who is held in high esteem and a wealth of knowledge for the community at large) and of course JOHN from BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS, should have contacted RAINMAKER to advise him of the rules and guidelines regarding his postings! KEONLEAFS responded by crediting JOHN/FLICKR of "super work' regarding his restoring of these photos. RAINMAKER posted more photos on 11/24/16, and yes I downloaded them once again. RAINMAKER posted several more photos again on 11/24/16 where he states ", a few come from God knows where .....some of you might be able to ID the source .....". BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS responded on 11/24/16 that "no postings of the early, non-watermarked Topps Vault images" be reposted on OOTP according to their guidelines. DEWEYINTHEHALL indicated that MERKLE923 worked with Topps concerning guidelines and rules to follow concerning the above. Now as I see it; RAINMAKER did absolutely nothing wrong. He was upfront about his postings and requested our assistance in it's legality. He was more than willing to contribute to the 'community' by way of sharing. Shouldn't we all. JOHN/BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS who has more than given of his time as well as sharing with us hundeds of images on his Baseball-Birthdays site and his FLICKR site will hopefully reconsider his removal of the images and folders he allowed us to access. I look at it this way, he has had his FLICKR site up for some time and Topps has not shut him down yet, so as they say 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' or 'let sleeping dogs lie'. I would not allow a few 'rogue' internet punks ruin it for the majority of 'law-abiding' (those who adhere to the guidelines and rules) hobbyists. And personally I would gladly 'compensate' JOHN or anyone who helped me get these images for my own personal use. Life is short and I hope we can all work together within this community. For a 67-year old man this 'hobby' if you will, is more fun that yard work! (Soon I will be asking the community if they can help me obtain the photos that JOHN had in his ONE DRIVE folders and his hundreds of photos that were in his FLICKR albums as I never took the time to download them.) In closing here's a shout-out for OKCOCHISE.

11-26-2016, 03:46 PM	#29557
luvbblogos Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 49	OOTP Community In the past several days I suspect a 'public lynching' is going on. RAINMAKER posted several photos (Glorious sharp early Vault images found) on 11/23/16. I myself down loaded everyone of them. RAINMAKER stated "3) is it kosher to post some of these images since they cannot truly be documented as Topps Vault issues? Here is where the OOTP officials (and possibly? MERKLE923, only because of his expertise in these manners and one who is held in high esteem and a wealth of knowledge for the community at large) and of course JOHN from BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS, should have contacted RAINMAKER to advise him of the rules and guidelines regarding his postings! KEONLEAFS responded by crediting JOHN/FLICKR of "super work' regarding his restoring of these photos. RAINMAKER posted more photos on 11/24/16, and yes I downloaded them once again. RAINMAKER posted several more photos again on 11/24/16 where he states ", a few come from God knows where .....some of you might be able to ID the source .....". BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS responded on 11/24/16 that "no postings of the early, non-watermarked Topps Vault images" be reposted on OOTP according to their guidelines. DEWEYINTHEHALL indicated that MERKLE923 worked with Topps concerning guidelines and rules to follow concerning the above. Now as I see it; RAINMAKER did absolutely nothing wrong. He was upfront about his postings and requested our assistance in it's legality. He was more than willing to contribute to the 'community' by way of sharing. Shouldn't we all. JOHN/BASEBALL-BIRTHDAYS who has more than given of his time as well as sharing with us hundeds of images on his Baseball-Birthdays site and his FLICKR site will hopefully reconsider his removal of the images and folders he allowed us to access. I look at it this way, he has had his FLICKR site up for some time and Topps has not shut him down yet, so as they say 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' or 'let sleeping dogs lie'. I would not allow a few 'rogue' internet punks ruin it for the majority of 'law-abiding' (those who adhere to the guidelines and rules) hobbyists. And personally I would gladly 'compensate' JOHN or anyone who helped me get these images for my own personal use. Life is short and I hope we can all work together within this community. For a 67-year old man this 'hobby' if you will, is more fun that yard work! (Soon I will be asking the community if they can help me obtain the photos that JOHN had in his ONE DRIVE folders and his hundreds of photos that were in his FLICKR albums as I never took the time to download them.) In closing here's a shout-out for OKCOCHISE.