Email to FH support re:Charli Seibert
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FW: Your Blood Rose picture
To Laura, Betsyb, Tikatu, DarkAngelFan06 (and anyone else editing the Russet Noon article):
This update is regarding the copyright claim to the blood rose image used for the cover of the novel.
I am forwarding you the email I sent to Charli Siebert last night to try to verify that she does, in fact, own the copyright to this image.
In this email, I'm also requesting that she officially allows me to use the image for the cover. I didn't want to offer her money, because I don't want to offend her or make her feel like I'm trying to bribe her.
However, if she does respond to my email, I am willing to purchase a license from her if that's what she decides she wants. This, of course, after she does verify that she owns the copyright.
Something important I'd like to point out about this claim is that the statement in the image caption doesn't provide any U.S copyright official documents that prove the ownership of this image. I would really appreciate if you added a "citation needed" tag to this claim to clarify that this matter needs more evidence.
A link to an artist's site doesn't prove legal ownership of copyright, especially when considering how much this image is being used all over the internet. Also, Charli Siebert hasn't made any public statements regarding this issue, even though it is quite possible that she has already been contacted by people who have taken a personal interest in tainting the reputation of Russet Noon.
Please be kind enough to add the "citation needed" tag to this image caption, or, if you think it's best to create a sub section to address this dispute.
Thanks very much, Sybilla
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Hello, this is Sybilla, the author of Russet Noon. You've probably already received angry emails from Twilight fans, trying to denounce me about the cover of my book.
First off, I'd like to tell you that your Blood Rose picture is all over the web. People have modified it for MySpace layouts, graphics, wallpapers, torrents, etc. I'm pretty sure you're aware of this. Anyway, the way I first got this image was on a CD collection of "royalty free" images.
I still don't know if you actually do own the copyright to this image. I'd like to find out if you are, in fact, the creator of this picture.
If you are, would you be willing to let me use it officially for the book cover of Russet Noon? The book has received a massive amount of publicity all over the net. The publicity is mostly negative, but lately more articles are showing a tendency to remain neutral in the whole controversy.
I will be financing the publication of Russet Noon privately, so your work would have free exposure both in print as well as online. If you do grant me license to use your image as the cover of my novel, I will list as much information on the book's acknowledgment page about you as you request.
Please let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Sybilla
http://www.russet-noon.com
Archivist note: copy/pasted from Fan History support account. Email received on April 22, 2009; archived April 27, 2009
