Wednesday 7th, September 2005
Homo Parasiticus09/07/2005 10:51 AM
Here at our stud farm we do know how
to battle parasites on horses, there are several sprays and dewormers on
the market.
But what can we do about the people
that without ethics and morals steal and prosper on others work and property.
If we take a nice photo of one of our horses we want to show it to prospective
buyers and to interested in the breed. If we breed a nice horse we are
proud of it and of course want to be credited for the horse. Horse
breeding is about science, facts, statistics and knowledge but also an
art. A good horse is a piece of art in our eyes.
Over the years our work has been copied,
once the whole akhalteke.net was stolen and translated to another language,
that site was removed when we contacted the repsonsible part.
Todd had his studbook database copied
and stolen by someone who is now trying to sell parts of it. The thief
was contacted and responded by threatening to have Todd beaten up badly.
That was one of the reason to why that database is no longer accessible
by the public.
We often see our photos on other web
sites without correct copyright information, we try to contact the photo
thieves as often as we see copyright violations but with all web sites
coming up it is nearly impossible to keep up. Most of the people we contact
though respect our standpoint and either remove the photo or add credits
to photgrapher and link to our web site. It is so easy to just drop an
email to us and mostly we agree on others using our photos as long as we
are credited. The photos of Akhal-Tekes from all over the world are not
produced by the web, a person has been travelling and made many efftorts
to take the photos, please credit him or her for that. Without people that
leave their computers and travel with their cameras we will not have photos
of ATs to share.
Only a few months ago the stud farm
where our foal Ailar is stabeled, had photos of horses stabled at her stud
farm taken by a professional photographer. The photos where used to promote
the stud farm as well as the photographer. We weren't even asked if we
wanted our foal photographed. Photos of Ailar was published under
the false pretentions that he was the property of the German stud farm
and also under a false name. I sent several emails and made phone calls
leaving messages to the photographer, begging her to correct the mistake,
I even offered her money to correct the false info she published on her
web site. The only answer I got was by her lawyer, who happened to be the
same person as the owner of the stud farm that I should beware because
the photographer was a VIP in the equine world!!!
And now the latest, a painting shows
up on Ebay, the painting is a detailed copy of a photo Todd took a few
years ago of one of our breedings.
The artist is called Gina Seglin and
she did not contact Todd and she is not crediting him or disclose that
her work of art is from a photo stolen from the photographer.
I have today emailed her and our correspondance
will be published on my blog.
We do pursue all copyright violations
because we think it is important that we all respect eachothers work and
the we are all honest and live on our own merits not on others!
