Why is Pontin’s using my picture all over their website?

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by Jackie Danicki

There I am on the front page and on their “blog”.

I am not blogging for Pontin’s, I have never had contact with Pontin’s, and they have not asked for permission to use Amy Alkon’s copyrighted photo of me on their website.

WTF?

UPDATE November 25: Pontin’s have sneakily made a stealth edit to their site. It’s a good thing I made screen shots of their illegal use of Amy Alkon’s photo of me:

Screenshot 1: Main Pontin’s site
Screenshot 2: Pontin’s “blog” front page

Filed under: Life

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9 Responses to “Why is Pontin’s using my picture all over their website?”

  1. Suw, on November 22nd, 2007 at 4:39 pm Said:

    Is the original up online somewhere? Can’t believe this - they nick your photo and put it on a shit blog too! I think I’m going to have to lay into this over on Strange Attractor…

  2. Jackie Danicki, on November 22nd, 2007 at 4:49 pm Said:

    Yes, it’s on my web server (I used to have that pic on my sidebar). What is distressing is being associated with such an awful website - it could really damage my professional reputation. (I did not find this myself, it was emailed to a client who contacted me to ask why I was doing work for Pontin’s!)

    I appreciate the shared annoyance and understanding, Suw!

  3. Alice Bachini-Smith, on November 22nd, 2007 at 7:25 pm Said:

    omg, that is absolutely evil

    I never say this, but, surely there is some kind of action you can take against them??!

    unbelievable.

  4. Peter, on November 23rd, 2007 at 11:02 am Said:

    Very odd. The ‘Bluecoat’s Diary’ bit suggests you’re the equivalent of a Butlin’s Holiday rep based in Blackpool. Probably not exactly the professional image you want to project in your line of work!

  5. Jackie Danicki, on November 23rd, 2007 at 1:19 pm Said:

    The worst thing is that this is EXACTLY the sort of horrible “blog” I show to clients as an example of just how bad corporate blogging can be. Only this one has my photo plastered all over it.

  6. David Jones, on November 23rd, 2007 at 3:37 pm Said:

    Hey, they’re using Drupal and haven’t replaced their favicon.

    Cool. Nearly.

  7. James Hamilton, on November 24th, 2007 at 3:37 pm Said:

    I see they’ve removed you and put up a picture of Oliver Kamm instead..

  8. scott, on November 25th, 2007 at 10:43 pm Said:

    Wow, that was weird. I guess you just have that attractive but honest spokesperson kind of face.

  9. NBS, on November 26th, 2007 at 11:37 am Said:

    So does this mean you don’t know who won the karaoke finals?

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