[Wikide-l] [Barlach at t-online.de: Copyright Infringement Ernst Barlach]

Mo Apr 26 20:52:15 UTC 2004

Please let me know what comes of this...

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From: Barlach at t-online.de
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:19:09 +0200
To: jwales at bomis.com
Subject: Copyright Infringement Ernst Barlach

Dear Jimmy Wales

Recently I noticed Wikipedia's publication of one work by the artist
Ernst Barlach (Singing Man / Der singende Mann) in the internet under
your address de.wikipedia.org. Unfortunately, it seems that our office
has not received a request from you for the permission to publish this
work.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that our office holds
the exclusive rights in the works by Ernst Barlach. This unauthorised
publication constitutes a copyright infringement and we must ask you to
remove the image immediately.

It says in the caption that a permission for taking this photo had been
granted. That permission, however, does not include the right to use the
image for publication in any kind of media
(print/internet/database/CD-ROM or any other electronic means).

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely yours
Anja Maslankowski
secretary

Ernst Barlach Lizenzverwaltung
GmbH & Co. KG
(ehemals / formerly Ernst und Hans Barlach GbR Lizenzverwaltung
Ratzeburg)
Königsdamm 2
23909 Ratzeburg
GERMANY
tel: Ø 45 41 - 75 31
fax no: Ø 45 41 - 8 33 03

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