Re: IPIX apologizes, but...

[Simon Nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Varró Norbert wrote:

Extract from Helmut's page:
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 17:28:47 -0400
From: "Patricia Felch" <Felch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: der@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Professor Dersch:

/../.In closing, we apologize again for suggesting that your Grand Canyon
photo wasIPIX's and are concerned over your www publication of our
correspondence before discussing this matter further with IPIX. The last
thing IPIX wanted was to instigate a web-battle.it would certainly be good to  let the world know of their tactics. i have already funneled their peebee to an attorney in las vegas to get an opinion for myself. she deals with copyright stuff, lectures thereon. to circulate it now is your victory plus 5,000 print copies on their expensive letterhead for snailmail distribution. surely, they can't be ashamed of their veiled threat as a minor legal mistake. simon nathan  simply a retraction, huh.

**YES! The only thing that can stop an aggressive US software company to
threat a non-corporate community is publicity. So yes, Helmut, IT IS
suitable for the web community!

/../We understand that you are one the experts in the fieldof imaging and
virtual reality and do not see why you and IPIX could not shareinformation,
enabling you and your web communicants to benefit from thisburgeoning
technology. Indeed, one of IPIX's engineers is eager to meet face toface
with you to discuss the potential for mutual benefits./../
**What about we buying your silence, ah? How much do you want for closing
your site down, heh? One can buy everything for dollars, right? If we can't
threat you, we buy for cash.
-I am really sick of this. N

> ----------
> From:         Helmut Dersch[SMTP:der@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:         Saturday, April 10, 1999 4:56 PM
> To:   vr-issues; panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      IPIX apologizes, but...
>
> I received an email from a Chicago law firm representing
> IPIX. They apologize for accusing me falsly of stealing
> images but still have some 'concerns'. See for yourself
> at <http://www.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch>
>
> Helmut Dersch
>
> PS: On request from Apple I do not post this to the
> QTVR-list. If you find this material unsuitable for either
> the vr-issues list or the panorama-l, I will refrain
> from posting about this case here in the future.
>