Here my email and the answers. Note that I removed all email addresses and names to avoid spam. My email:
From: user:Ephraim33
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:00 AM
To: ...[name1 removed]
Subject: Image of President Yahya Jammeh
Dear Sir or Madam,
I found your page http://www.iisd.ca/ while doing research for the free online
encyclopedia Wikipedia, and thought your image of President Yahya Jammeh might
be appropriate for inclusion in our articles concerning The Gambia.
I am specifically seeking your permission to use this image:
http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cop6/pix/0901/whi-gamb.JPG
I would like to include your image in these articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia
In fact I contribute mostly to the German Wikipedia, where The Gambia is
already a good article, and we work on it to make it excellent:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/) is a free encyclopedia that is
collaboratively edited by volunteers from around the world. Our goal is to
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available at no charge.
Normally we ask permission for material to be used under the terms of the
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With your permission, we will credit you for your work in the image's permanent description
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Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
User:Ephraim33
The first answer
From: ...[name1 removed]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 15:24:06 -0500
To: User:Ephraim33
Subject: RE: Image of President Yahya Jammeh
User:Ephraim33
This is fine. If you can just coordinate this with our Digital Manager, .....[name2 removed],
who will "digimarc" the photo before he sends it to you to use.
Regards,
...[name1 removed]
And the second answer from the Digital Manager.
From: .....[name2 removed]
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:46:19 -0500
To: User:Ephraim33
Subject: RE: RE: Image of President Yahya Jammeh
Dear Mr. User:Ephraim33,
Yes, you have our permission to use: http://www.iisd.ca/desert/cop6/pix/0901/whi-gamb.JPG
Please cite the photo:
Photo courtesy IISD/Earth Negotiations Bulletin
Kind regards,
.....[name2 removed]
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