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  • Windfall – what to buy?
  • ajantom
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    Randomly got notified a couple of days ago that Toyota had used one of my photos on a website without asking permission – This photo

    In fact they'd used and linked to about 30 different photographer's work on Flickr, without asking anyone! Tut tut 😕

    Anyway just had an email from Toyota offering an apology and $500 8) Sweet!

    I'm decided I'm going to give $100 of it to charity, so what shall I buy with the rest?

    What cool piece of bicycling ephemera shall I purchase with my free money?

    ojom
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    is that all they are due you?

    you want to be investigating how much benefit they have had from using your work…

    failing that a nice new set of wheels.

    ajantom
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    I dunno, if they had used a stock image they would only have paid a smaller flat rate for it (I don't know what that is but probably $100-200?)

    Anyway, no-ones been hurt (well a couple of the pro-photographers whose work was used are being a bit hissy over it!) and $500 for a holiday snap I took in 2002 on a 2.1mp camera seems fine to me!

    Hmmm, wheels you say? Might be nice 8)

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    amosridl
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    I'm decided I'm going to give $100 of it to charity,

    Good on you.

    ojom
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    aye forgot to mention that bit. good work sir!

    my GF pays for a wee lad in Uganda to go to school. we get letters and school reports of him. he has poor timekeeping but excellent cleanliness and he is improving his english a lot. it is a lovely thing.

    br
    Free Member

    Things that cost the most, yet save the least weight

    Titanium bolts, nuts and washers?

    MisterT
    Full Member

    a bike holiday – memories are so much more valuable than bits.

    slimtubing
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    trawl fleabay for something frivolous that you can work on over time, eg an old zaskar or some such classic.

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