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Thank you everyone for your comments. It was fun to see my carving
on television last night, even briefly! :)<br>
Donna, the trophy has not been duplicated at all. No reproduction
rights involved. No contracts for use of my photo either. The
trophy goes back and forth between the teams to whoever wins the year's
rivalry. There is no way they could have duplicated that
picture...it's a composite of two views that I photographed against my
gray background. Here's the picture on my web page
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http://whittlinsnwood.com/WWAlb/commissions/index.html</a>
...obviously the same picture.<br>
I don't mind a photo of my carving being publicized. What I
do mind is that they never asked for permission or even let me
know. They could/should have, at the very least, mentioned my
name! Shame on Sports Illustrated!<br><br>
Marcia (aka Mush)<br><br>
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Mush- I remember that commission as you were making it- but I didn't
realize to what use the original was going to be used. Have they used
your carving to make multiple copies for these trophies? It is exciting
to see your work showed around as much as that is. Big congratulations to
you.<br><br>
Personally I wouldn't mind if they used my photos of my work since that
is probably better than they could take and I would like my work to look
good. Wouldn't it be difficult to prove that it was your photo anyhow?
Couldn't they duplicate the photos from the carving they bought? Or did
you sell just the reproduction rights?<br>
It would also depend on what your contract states their rights to the
image are.<br><br>
Donna Menke<br>
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