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<p>There are content distribution sites doing the same thing. And big software companies. Two prime examples are <strong>Pixelpipe</strong> and <strong>Adobe.</strong> *<br>

Read <strong>Pixelpipe.com</strong> 's Terms and Conditions <a href="http://pixelpipe.com/terms">here</a> and remember: they aren't working with vacation photos so compressed they are "garbage". Pixelpipe is, in their own words "a content distribution gateway that allows users to publish text and upload photos, video and audio files once through Pixelpipe and have the content distributed across over 60 social networks, photo/video sites and blogs, and other online destinations." **<br>

The CEO of <strong>Pixelpipe</strong> told me their legal team says the wording in their TAC is necessary in order to redistribute content for people, and that " Believe me, we're not interested in owning your content just publishing and redistributing on your behalf." I have no doubt that they aren't looking to steal my stuff, but why should I take a chance like that? And why should they be allowed to retain copies of my Content "indefinitely"?<br>

<strong>Adobe</strong> recently (2008) changed their TAC for <strong>Photoshop Express</strong> to do the same thing. Plus they added a bit about deriving revenue from User Content without remuneration. Read it <a href="https://www.photoshop.com/express/terms.html">here</a> .<br>

As a matter of fact, I Googled the offensive terms <em>"intellectual property" "terms and conditions" website derivative</em> and many many sites came up. (780,000 hits, most of them site with Terms such as Pixelpipe and Facebook). <strong>Pixelpipe</strong> worries me because they deal exclusively in people's intellectual property. <em>And because I almost registered with them without reading the TAC.</em><br>

Not all websites have these terms, however. <strong>Wordpress</strong> doesn't, for example. Neither does <strong>Shutterchance</strong> .<br>

What's the point of all this? Simple.<br>

READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY OF ANY WEBSITE YOU WANT TO UPLOAD YOUR IMAGES TO!<br>

Michael, I am with you. So are a lot of other folks. <a href="http://www.bogusartfair.info/realunfavourable">BogusArtFair.info</a> , <a href="http://keepyourcopyrights.org/contracts/clauses/by-type/2/unfriendly">KeepYourCopyrights.com</a> and <a href="http://www.drizzten.com/blog/2003/10/licensewary_and_weary.html">Magnifisyncopathological</a> are just a few.<br>

<br /> *In order to not violate anyone's Terems of Use, I am providing links to the two companies TAC pages so you can read the troublesome language for yourself.<br>

**©Pixelpipe 2008</p>

Breathing Colour is the distributor of such fine art inkjet papers as Elegance. We use elegance and it has the best dmax

rating, is 100% rag, a gorgeous paper. Like any matte finish prints, the darker colors are delicate in that they scuff easily.

That's the only negative. It blows Hahnemuhle, somerset, all other top-of-the-line fine art media out of the water.<br>

Sara

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I feel for you, Nadine - I just sent my 20D off to Irvine from the SF Bay Area two days ago-via Fedex. It arrived, but I won't start to feel normal until the camera is where it belongs...in my hands.

I ship for my employer every day, via Fedex, and have a oblique 'tip' for anyone struggling with 'lost' packages.

Get to know your local Fedex employees. This includes drivers, staff at drop-off locations (Fedex managed, not places run by private companies or 3rd party partnerships) dispatchers. All of these people are local, and they usually know whom to call to get to the bottom of a problem-something a Fedex operator in Atlanta or where-ever can't do, in my opinion. For example, a casual friendship with my regular fedex driver helped locate a lost package; he called another driver as well as someone at the 'hub' distribution center and the package was found within hours.

BTW, a friend-of-a-friend who used to work at Fedex quit after he was told to lie (frequently) to customers about the whereabouts of their shipments. Canon, in your case, was probably told several different stories to stall them when they inquired about the missing package. This has happened to me many times in the past few years.

Again, my heart goes out to anyone who is without their camera, only to find it may never get back to them. Life is short: scrape together some money and buy another camera. I would.

PS Insurance is cheap. Silly not too use it.

Good luck,

Sara Silve