Now Public wants my GTAIV pic

[Harwood Butcher]

I got sent an E-mail from something called Now Public and they want to use a GTAIV picture that I have on flickr for an article about how a teen was busted for bombs and is blaming his actions on GTAIV. Now I'm not sure which picture they want exactly, but I think it's up to Rockstar...isn't it? So what should I do?

You've been sent a Flickr Mail from BLANK:

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:: Your GTAIV photo

Hi Original GTA Master,

Here's a personal note from pingping:

___________________________________________________________

Hi there,

We at NowPublic are working on coverage of a teen busted

for bombs blaming his actions on GVAIV, and we are putting

together a collection of photos. We came across your

amazing photo on Flickr and it would be a great addition to

our story. We would very much appreciate its use, with

proper credit to you of course.

If you would like to contribute it to us, please click on

the link below. Feel free to place the appropriate credit

in the comments field of the story after you have approved

the request. If you run into any problems, feel free to

contact me at [email protected].

Sincerely,

BLANK

please click on this link - where you can approve or reject

its use:

http://www.nowpublic.com/import/BLANK

____________________________________________________________

NowPublic is a news sharing community that uses stories,

photos, & videos from sources like you.

If you would like to learn more about this request, and the

context in which your photo might be used, click on this

link:

http://www.nowpublic.com/import/BLANK

If you do give your permission, your photo will always

remain your property, and whatever license you have

specified will follow its use on NowPublic.com

If you have any concerns about this, please contact our

Quality Assurance Coordinator at [email protected]

[rockstarrem]

Looks like spam to me or someone trying to hack you. I wouldn't let them.

[Connor]

Check out their website first.

And make sure that they're against the boy blaming it on GTA. Which has about a 1% chance of happening.

Edited August 13, 2008 by Connor

[Harwood Butcher]

Check out their website first.

And make sure that they're against the boy blaming it on GTA. Which has about a 1% chance of happening.

Well I don't think they'll have the article up yet if they need pictures still.

EDIT: uhhh... LINK

Kids are not stupid. When they see that you can blame a parent-unfriendly video game in hopes of getting a lesser sentence, then they will do so. In this case, theree teens went on a petrol-bomb spree, and then blamed Grand Theft Auto IV as the source of their bomb-making knowledge.

Edited August 13, 2008 by Harwood Butcher

[Nate10]

Sounds fishy, you would think they would just get some photo's from google or some sh**. If they're against GTA fu** 'em.......

Edited August 13, 2008 by Nate14

[Connor]

Well, they don't seem to be biased really, so I guess you could let them.

[GTA Don]

GVAIV? Fishy.

[Connor]

Just tell them, "You can take that picture if you like" and if they're not scammers, then that should be fine.

[Chris]

They're legit but they're basically asking permission to have rights of your picture. They DO credit you, however, they don't actually link back to your page or anything... so you don't get any exposure or anything.

I've had several of my photos wanted for inclusion on NowPublic. I've rejected them all so far. If they linked back, and were, you know, actually popular, I might accept.