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fstopper89
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I agree with you 100%. If not for the personal connection, that comment right there probably would have been the dealbreaker. We haven’t even gotten together yet to sign contracts and for them to pay the deposit. I was waiting on finding out if I could get a 2nd shooter and I just did, so we delayed the contract a little. Fortunately my friend, the bride, is understanding. I don’t know the groom very well, but from what I do know, he is a good guy… but occasionally has temper problems. Originally, I had messaged him, before messaging Asher and before posting that publicly on his page. (it’s not there because he deleted it of course). After seeing that the groom saw my message (FB tells you that now) and waiting several hours for him to respond, he did not. My message was polite, and just a reminder that even though Asher may have asked and the groom said it was ok, that he really cannot do that per the copyright and that it is ok if he wants to “share” it. I didn’t want to get snippy and throw “it’s in your contract that you signed” at him, because I thought that might come off as matter-of-factly, and them being past and future clients, I was trying to not ruffle feathers, yet still stand up for myself. Well I messaged Asher as well, and didn’t get a response, so I posted it on his page.

The thing is, if let’s say, the groom’s mom/aunt/grandma downloaded the photo and posted it on her own FB page or something. While that is technically against the copyright, I wouldn’t even ask that she take it down or really even care. It’s a family member, and average consumers don’t always understand the importance of copyrights for such things. Even if the fire department he works for had a FB page, and they downloaded it and re-uploaded to their page, I probably wouldn’t care. I might message them and just ask that they post a link or at least credit in the caption. But being Asher’s page, given the extreme amount of negativity coming from it, the fact that he was rude to me in the past, and the fact that he touts that he wants to protect his own intellectual property, it was a major slap in the face and quite possibly done on purpose.

I can’t wait to see that guy get arrested for something either after all of this.