{"id":3630,"date":"2011-08-08T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T09:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/dear-weekend-post-%e2%80%93-this-is-how-you-comport-yourself-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2011-08-08T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T09:39:36","slug":"dear-weekend-post-%e2%80%93-this-is-how-you-comport-yourself-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dear-weekend-post-%e2%80%93-this-is-how-you-comport-yourself-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Weekend Post \u2013 THIS is How you Comport Yourself on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week or two ago I had a concern with the Weekend Post \u2018stealing\u2019 one of the images on MyPE and in a fit of pique posted this article: Weekend Post Taking MyPE for a Ride<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our esteemed weekly newspaper then offered me their standard fee for a contributor (at R150.00 I didn\u2019t deem it enough for me to retire on, I might add!), and then hinted broadly that I might consider removing the article. I may be a web site hooker but, sorry for you WP, R150.00 is a bit low for such an act of buggery!<\/p>\n

All I really wanted was a private little note saying; \u201cGosh Alan we didn\u2019t realise that we were using your image without permission.\u201d Followed by a little white lie telling me that the miscreant who had \u2018stolen\u2019 my image had been redeployed to some senior editor\u2019s position in the ANC Youth League.<\/p>\n

Anyway, my last reply to the Weekend Post suggesting that they post a short apology has been met with HUGE BLOODY SILENCE. Note to the WP Editor; \u201cI have had many Bull Terriers as pets \u2013 they are noted for their tenacity and lock jaws once they get hold of a subject. Boring I know but effective as the blood seeps slowly from their victims!\u201d<\/p>\n

But, as per usual, I digress somewhat\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

This morning I received a request from Lynne Lund over in Australia (See the comments in this article: Stunning Groendal<\/a>) seeking to use an image published on MyPE of the Missionvale Tree as a REFERENCE for a painted art work that she wants to sell in aid of Sister Ethel\u2019s Missionvale Care Centre.<\/p>\n

For the benefit of the Weekend Post let us unpack that again \u2013 Lynne DOESN\u2019T want to use the image but ONLY wants to use it as a REFERENCE for an art work that she wants to DONATE to a good cause. Not in pursuit of money but in pursuit of assisting people less fortunate than us AND Lynne is in Australia thousands of kilometres away from Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

What a Mensch Lynne is in comparison to our LOCAL paper that used one of MyPE<\/a>\u2018s images in the pursuit of profit.<\/p>\n

So now my suggestion to the WP is as follows \u2013 I dare you to post the poll below on your web site, in your paper and via your SMS line:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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