**Venting** HORSE Related though

[PrestigeMiniHorses]

Ugghhhh....So I can't stand when people try to use me. Before I moved to California I was looking for a place to board my minis when I got here since we had planned to live in a apartment. Well this very nice lady whose actually very close to my age emailed me about boarding them at her place. We were going to until we found our house. I called her and told her that we found our own house and that the horses can stay with us. Well she was all happy and she told me stay in touch with her. So I did....I got here and got all settled in and decided to post on craigslist about wanting to start working part time at a barn cleaning stalls and stuff. Well she emailed me and told me to come on down to her new barn that she was just starting to take over. It needed alot of work...I told her to give me a call about working and we could work something out...Well she kept calling me to come work and stuff but told me not a single thing about what I was going to get. So oh well I just let it be and not work for her. Well she calls me randomly one day with this great idea. She says to me "Hey, Would you be interested in letting me use the minis for a summer camp?, Well how long will the minis be gone for? Oh three weeks like the three weeks you are going to be gone for." I say well it sounds like a good idea but I need to talk to hubby. Well before I could even give her a answer she already had my horse pinned on her website saying that I was sponsoring the minis and get this it went from being 3 weeks to 3 months!!!!! I about crapped myself. Who does she think she is doing all that stuff without my permission. So I call her up and say "Hey I just the site and the page about the summer camp." How come you didn't ask me about using my horses or anything and what happened with the three weeks. She said "Well I didn't think it would be an issue since you aren't going to be doing anything with them.... What???? Ummm I show all my horses and they are in training by me!!!!! I said well if I let you take them what do I get in return. She said well you get advertising...LOL I do that anyways I don't need your help ( No I didn't say it but I sure was thinking it). But she told me that I wouldn't get anything for them other than feeding and maybe $10 per horse.. WHAT?!?!?!? I'm sitting there thinking what the heck is this girl's issue she is making $125 per horse per session that's $375 a week for 3 months!!!!...$10 a horse thats not even going to cover the cost to get the horses down there and back since she of course doesn't have a trailer...So then I sit here I am thinking how the heck did she get that pic on her site... HEY SHE DIDN'T EVEN ASK!!! That picture she had on there was copyrighted...AND I own it... I ended up telling her no about the whole deal because it just sounded like a disaster because what would have happened if she took them and they got hurt or sick. Hmmm I am sure she wouldn't cover it...So anyhow she went on to find someone else to donate their horses for this camp of hers. Well I logged on there and low and behold my horse is STILL ON THERE!!!! I am so mad at this point. So I emailed her asking why he was still on her site....She told me she couldn't get thier logo on there and she thought it wouldn't be an issue... Yeah right.. You don't just assume crap like that. I wanted so badly to call her and tell her to prepare for court. I don't take stealing pictures lightly because I for one pay d**n good money for those professional pictures not to have someone steal them from me. Ugghhh...Why are some people so stupid... I hate being used...

Sorry if this is so long but I just couldn't get over this... I know this might be in the wrong place but I wasn't sure where to put it... LOL So feel free to move it if need be...

What do you do in case like this though???

 

[CrescentMinis]

Unbelievable!

That woman is off her rocker. I think you were very "nice" about the way you handled her. She is still way out of line using your picture, professional or not....there are copyright laws. What a wacko.

 

[Laura]

Unbelievable!

That woman is off her rocker. I think you were very "nice" about the way you handled her. She is still way out of line using your picture, professional or not....there are copyright laws. What a wacko.

[SIZE=12pt]Ditto, e-mail her and give her 24 hours to have the photo OFF and an apology ON her website for using your photos without permission. But before you do that, save a copy of her website

She's a KOOK![/SIZE]

 

[Baydreamfarms]

WOW just WOW, the nerve of some people. Have you told the professional photographer about the copyright infringement??? They may have a letter from an attorney they can send her or something and scare her into taking them down. That or is there a way to contact the web domain and let them know that your horses are on her site without your permission and they are copyrighted. I know a lot of sites are very strict about those things and can delete them without her permission.

Man I wouldn't want to be in your shoes, I'd have flown off and been VERY VERY mad. The laws would have been reiterated to her and the fact that my hubby is a Deputy Sherrif, she would have had the Sherrif at her door standing over her shoulder as she was taking the pictures off her site. But that is me and I do not share, I'm an only child and what is mine is MINE!

I hope you get everything straightened out and it all ends well

 

[PrestigeMiniHorses]

Well I did go on her site this morning and she has finally taken it off of there and has the new person's picture on it. I just can't believe she did it though still yet and this person was supposed to be my friend.... Thank goodness for my hubby being a corrections officer too because things could have gotten nasty... I think.. Nutty people I swear....Hubby said thank god she took it off because she would be getting a certified letter in the mail about having x days to take it off if not then she would be summoned to court for copyright infringment since I own the copyright to those pictures...It just irks me that she couldn't even ask me to use my picture...

 

[twister]

Thank your lucky stars you didn't take the horses to her, with a person like that you don't know what would have happened to your babies. They could have been starved or ridden by big kids and overall not treated very well. You had a lucky escape is what I am thinking. Boy what a nerve she had.

Yvonne

 

[SilverDollar]

What a presumptious woman.

I would never send my horses--big or small--off to someone's ranch for summer camp. I guess I'm a super control freak and that's the reason I have my own horse property. I can't imagine ever having to board again. Too many wackos at boarding facilities (not all but I've seen/heard too many horror stories.) I certainly wouldn't allow my minis at a public boarding facility; I hear about too many getting stolen!

Glad to hear all ended well for you.

 

[PrestigeMiniHorses]

I am really hoping that I won't ever have to deal with her. Well you know I have boarded my horses most of the time and have never had any issues.. I usually do self-care anyways though. I have come across alot of wackos though I must say. And here at my house we board 2 horse for one family and they are very drama free.. Thank god... Even if the horses would have been down there at camp I would have forked out money to go drive and feed them everyday better yet I would have been there all day.. I am def. thanking my guardians because god only knows how I would have dealt with my kids being gone. I am just anal I know. I have a hard time with alot of things.. My horses are like my kids I think I am always there holding hand every step of the way and rejoicing in all their accomplishments that they do and the obstacles they overcome. I for some odd reason have a gut feeling this would have ended very badly. I'm so glad I am smarter than some because obviously someone fell for her crap. Ughhh what a shame