SCADshorts: Love Hurts

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:28:00 +0100

Ouch!

WTF - Dance Game Commercial

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:25:00 +0100

A resolution at last.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:20:00 +0100

I need my calm inner peace again.
Current mood: tired

OK folks, you're probably wondering what is going on with Zayunu, what is happening about the stolen images and stuff. Well, I'm tired. I don't want to be angry any more..its poisoning my entire being and I don't feel good about it. I have been running on Adrenaline and fury too long now and I want the whole sorry thing to end.

I was contacted by one of my peeps with the link to Lona's myspace page. So I went to have a look, and got more angry in the process. The more I looked at her images, the more angry I got. So I decide to vent my feelings towards her. Some would say I was right to do so and maybe I was, but did I need to? Did I need to send her this?

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF ZAYUNU BY DESIGN'S WORK

http://shop.lonasoriginalcreations.com/product.sc?categoryId=19&productId=168

IS NOT YOURS TO SELL LONA, REMOVE IT NOW!

THIS IS ONE MY TRADEMARK, CREATIVE WORKS YOU ARE TRYING TO SELL AS YOUR OWN AND MY PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE YOU ARE USING ON YOUR SITE TO PROMOTE IT AS AN ORIGINAL LONA WORK..I HAVE ASK YOU ALREADY TO REMOVE IT AND IT IS STILL THERE.

I DON'T TAKE THE THEFT OF MY WORK LIGHTLY LONA AND FROM LOOKING AT YOUR OTHER DESIGNS, I CANNOT BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHY AS A JEWELLERY DESIGNER YOU WOULD EVEN THINK OF STEALING ANOTHER'S CREATIVE SOUL'S WORK. IT LACKS PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY WHEN YOU STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S CREATIVITY. IT SADDENS AND SICKENS ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE SO BLATANT AND FLIPPANT WITH IT.

IF YOU WANTED TO SELL ONE OF MY PIECES ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS APPROACH ME TO BECOME A DISTRIBUTOR OF ZAYUNU BY DESIGN CREATIONS. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN IMAGES THAT YOU COULD HAVE USED ON YOUR SITE. BUT THAT WILL NOT BE HAPPENING NOW. I WOULD NEVER WANT SOMEONE WHO LACKS AS MUCH INTEGRITY AS YOURSELF TO REPRESENT MY WORK....EVER.

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN A DIALOGUE WITH YOU OR YOUR WEAK EXPLANATIONS OF HOW MY ORIGINAL CREATION AND PHOTO ENDED UP ON YOUR SITE, I WANT IT REMOVED NOW.

ZAYUNU OF ZAYUNU BY DESIGN

At the time I though I was right, now...when I read it all I see now is a very angry, irate woman venting. This isn't me, this isn't Zayunu...the Zayunu who I know. This is pain, tiredness, anger, ego, venom and poison. This isn't me.
I went to my Art forum page and looked at the replies there...why? To fuel an already angry mind? What would be the point? All I wanted was my creative content remove from the site, not to start a witch-hunt. And that's what it was turning into, that is not me.

So, I went to check my emails and found that the other designer has had her images removed from the site, yet mine still remains. Something inside me says calm down. So I do, I calm down and realise that the pain in my head, the tightness in my limbs, the tiredness in my eyes and body is all a pointless exercise because it wasn't necessary to go to this unhappy place to make my point. And as I calm down some more, I decide to contact Lona again.

I wrote:

Ok, let me start again...this time without the venom.

My name is Zayunu from Zayunu by Designs. It came to my attention two days ago that my FRUITS OF THE ROOTS DREADLOCK CUFF image is on your site being shown as the Grapevine Sterling Silver Loc Cuff.

Here is the link to your page:http://shop.lonasoriginalcreations.com/product.sc?categoryId=19&productId=168

This is the original design on my site:http://www.zayunubydesign.net/dreadlockadornments.htm

The design is one of my original dreadlock jewellery designs and the image of the cuff you are using was taken by and is owned by myself. Understandably, I am not happy about this as the design is very easily recognised as a Zayunu by Design work. As one jeweller to another I take great pride in my work so it does rub me the wrong way when someone else tries to profit from it. I have a distributor club where online stores go to stock my work. I really wished you had used this route to obtain my image instead of how you have obtained it.

You may be asking yourself why am I telling you this, after all the abuse you have received from me already. The truth is that the more angry I am getting the more unhappy I am feeling inside. I am not a angry soul, my joy is my strength, so when I am angry it pollutes my inner being and as a result it affects my mood, my interactions with people and my work. I want to be calm and still again, I am hoping you can forgive my outbursts and allow me to re-address this with a calmer head on my shoulders...as Zayunu the one who adorns and beautifies, not the she-demon of the past two days. So I respectfully ask you to remove the product you call the Grapevine Sterling Silver Loc Cuff along with the image. If you would like to stock this item as a distributor, then we can look into that, but please remove my creative content, from one designer to another and out of respect to each other's craft.

I look forward to your reply.

Peaceful Regards

Zayunu of Zayunu by Design.

P.S. I will also remove the blog that I have posted on myspace and my other networks after the removal as a gesture of good faith.

I don't feel so angry now, in fact I'm not angry at all. My head hurts still and I so need to sleep because I'm exhausted. Hopefully when I come back online later on today after I sleep, I will be back to my normal, joyful self...I miss her.

Zay xx

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An update:

I am happy to report that the images have now been removed from the site. On Friday I was pleased that one of the pictures had been removed, even though it got to the stage where I had to enlist the services of a Representative in the U.S. who contacted her to remove the other image and selling page. I am happy that she was true to her word and removed my design from her site on Saturday. I will in turn be true to mine and remove my angry blogs about Lona online.

Now I can move on from this and concentrate on more positive and uplifting things in my life.

Zay xx