Dear Ruby,

>Not all of them were used without permission. I know that T and I gave him permission to edit some of my photos and post.

>I hope we haven't lost a great talent, because the photo police decided he was guilty without evidence of proof.

>I do understand that using copyrighted photos is against the law, so perhaps if we encourage John Z by giving him permission to use our pics, he'll return and share his work with us.

I don't know "John Z." I CAN, however, infer the general locus of "the photo police". The Internet seems (to me) to have EXCEEDINGLY POOR lawyers advising the sites. THIS situation is an excellent example of my observation that people intending to "find fact(s)", "draw conclusions", and "take actions" need to learn to interrogate (i.e. ask questions) FIRST before exercising their prerogatives. "Checks and balances" DO exist for Internet abuses, but the FCC Complaint process is rather cumbersome. Then again, I thoroughly comprehend the FCC regulatory process, so, I DO tend to "march across the Internet" UNAFRAID! (Ref.: end-thesis of Movie "Full Metal Jacket": "We're in a world of sh*t but we're unafraid!" ... Letter home to "Momma" of one of the G.I.'s at the retaking of Hue after the Viet Cong's failed 1968 "Tet [so-called] Offensive": where Media may have begun its penchant for "creating news".)

Respectfully submitted,
... Marco.