Re: some people....

["Cynthia Hamm" <kynthos10@xxxx>]

Matt,

I want to thank you and your fellow DMC owner very much for bringing 
this to my attention. I have also sent a complaint to eBay, and 
just so you know, I quoted you below about your emails with 
Michael. I can only imagine what his 14*11 print looked like...and 
I hope that no one bought his "product" and if they did, I hope they 
are dissatisfied. I will in the future be sure to put a "watermark" 
on my images to help prevent this sort of fraud.

Thanks again!
Cindy of CHamm Photography
(www.kynthos10.com)

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matthew P. Olans" <mpolans@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Hey all,
> Last night a fellow DMC owner pointed out that there was a 
poster of
> my car for sale on ebay. The wheels had been digitally altered 
and all the
> background was erased. That "artist" was offering this 
as "Original artwork
> by Michael Antoine." This was actually a photograph taken of my 
car at
> Memphis by Cindy Hamm. Below are both the original link from 
Cindy's site
> and the now defunct auction on ebay:
> 
> http://www.kynthos10.com/memphis/b1.jpg
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&item=3527170241&category=20135
> 
> I emailed the seller asking who's car this was and where he got 
the photo
> and he responded that it was from an ad online. I advised him 
that it was
> my car and since neither I nor Cindy had authorized this print and 
the fact
> that he was claiming it as his own that I had contacted ebay to 
report this
> as fraud. Everyone will have a different opinion on how their car 
is to be
> used or not....but because he was lying and claiming the work as 
his own I
> felt I had to end the lie. There was no money in this endeavor to 
be had,
> but the fact that the person lied about where he got the photo and 
claimed
> it was his original work really got to me so I made sure he knew I 
did not
> give my permission for him to use my car in his work in anyway. 
If you feel
> a bit protective of your stuff I would advise you to watch out for 
things
> like this.
> 
> Matthew
> VINs 10365 and 16816