1. Quote from antvwala (above, July 10, 2023): “I won't be posting any more images because
I downloaded them from auctions or ebay and the owner of one of these coins has called my attention to posting that image without
his consent. Obviously,
I cannot know who bought the coin from the auction or from ebay, and therefore I cannot ask for consent from time to time: therefore, to avoid protests from the owners of the coins, I will no longer post the images of the
Vrbs Roma.”
2. Quote from antvwala (above, July 10, 2023): “. . . but the owner of a
Vrbs Roma coin openly complained on the FAC about the fact that in a summary image of my database there was a coin of
his and that he hadn't authorized me to publish it.
Nor could I have asked for his authorization, since it was downloaded from a commercial site and therefore
I could not know who was the owner of that coin, like almost all those in my database.”
3. Quote from antvwala (above, Aug 20, 2023): “ . . . but a member of this
forum complained that in a table with various photographs there was one that was
his property and he
reproached me harshly that he
had never authorized me to publish this image.”
4. Quote from antvwala (above, Aug 20, 2023): “Since this forista who
got so angry because inside a
table with about twenty coins one was
his is probably reading us, let him have the
courage to intervene and have
his say, rather than remain hidden.”
My reply to the above 4 quotes of antvwala:
The horrible person being referred to here is probably me. Reading the above postings by antvwala I seem get worse with each one.
See this
thread where it all started:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=131371.msg785113#msg785113I was surprised to see a coin of mine being used in antvwala’s table and posted on this
thread on May 10, 2023. My May 10 reply to this
thread said:
“While looking through Antvwala's large image (above), I noticed a photo I took of one of the coins in my
collection. I know I have not given permission to use the photo because no one asked me. . . . I'd gladly give permission for anyone to use my photo(s) in such a project. I just have to be asked.”
The photo in question was not downloaded from an
auction or
ebay as he says. It is true, though, that it was downloaded from a commercial site – this one, to be exact. It is a picture I took myself of a coin that I own, and posted in my
gallery. Reading my May 10 answer again, I do not think I "reproached [him] harshly,"
nor did I “get so angry” – you can be the judge on that by reading my reply to him. In fact, I even said I’d gladly give permission, but I just have to be asked. Contacting
Forvm members cannot be easier. (And, he never asked my permission, even after getting my reply. I would have given it to him after the fact.)
By the way, The table antvwala refers to in quote #4 has 210 coins on it, not 20. Exaggeration is one thing, but giving a number of less than 10% of that is quite misleading.
It will be noted that I did not bring up the word copyright. Others brought that word (and all it entails) into the discussion. It bothers me a
bit that some people here assume I did not take the picture, and advise just to ignore me. In my original May 10 reply, I noted the fact that I was the photographer, but antvwala has chosen not to mention that here.
Finally, it is
just common courtesy to ask to use someone else’s
work that you find online –
writing, photos, or whatever. Many books have a “picture credits” page at the end, all full of very small print, which thank all those who let the author use their pictures, and then simply lists these sources. A similar page could be designed for something published online.