[Peace] Use of picture from website

Alfred Kagan akagan at uiuc.edu
Tue Jul 30 15:49:50 CDT 2002


I don't think we can answer this question until we see it.

At 12:32 PM -0500 7/30/02, Peter Miller wrote:
>Hi, all-
>
>I haven't disappeared, I've just had a lot of schedule conflicts. 
>It sounds like the Sep. 11 plans are coming along wonderfully!
>
>A question:  WILL is producing a piece for a radio series about Sep. 
>11, and they've interviewed me and others (on this list, I'm 
>guessing) regarding anti-war activities.  The piece will be 
>broadcast nationally and posted to a website, modestly named 
>"understandingamerica.org".  The producer, Jim Meadows, called to 
>ask if he can use a photo from the AWARE website on the 
>'understanding' site, and I couldn't think of any reason to object 
>except perhaps that the website will be used to advertise for some 
>of our corporate rulers.  He's checking to see who's funding the 
>series.
>
>Any time we're used in the news, we (hopefully) get our message out 
>but we're being used to sell things.  This situation doesn't seem 
>any different, so I don't think we should object to using our 
>pictures with the story.
>
>Does anyone think we should prevent the "understandingamerica.org" 
>website from using AWARE pictures?
>
>Thanks,
>Peter
>
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