So how come you say that you're usually happy for people to use your photos if they simply ask your permission first, and yet you wouldn't be happy to sign a permissions form that would essentially give you complete control over how your photos are used, as opposed to only having the person's word that they will use the photos how they told you they would be used? You say that you care about how your work is used and yet you're not exactly doing all that you can to make sure that your rules for use are made clear to everyone. You made no mention when you posted your photos from the furmeet that the fursuiters you had photographed were not allowed to take your photos for their galleries, which is what they're used to doing by default. Instead you're now going around hounding individuals such as myself for what are generally innocent mistakes.

You're not doing much to create a professional and fair reputation for yourself. I mean, when you first contacted me about this issue, you spammed all three submissions with the same message which contained bad grammar and sad-face emoticons. So how exactly was I meant to take you seriously? Hence why I had to spend ages trying to identify who you were. I honestly thought you were a troll pretending to be the owner of the photos. Not really a good start.

I don't particularly care about the photos now, it's just the principal of the situation. I'm being 'stubborn' as you call it because I want you to recognise my rights as the model in your photos. This is about simply being fair to the model, an idea which you seem to be completely incapable of understanding.

And I don't feel any need to make any kind of announcement about photos because honestly I've never encountered anyone with this attitude before. The vast majority of photographers at the furmeets take photos for the fursuiters. Can you really blame people for becoming angry and upset when you then come along snapping at them for taking photos that you didn't mention weren't allowed to be taken? Also, the majority of costume photos in my gallery are either from photoshoots which are intended to be taken and used as the suiters wish, or taken by friends or relatives that aren't bothered about being credited over and over.

As for your understanding of copyright...wow. Just wow. You think you have to pay to copyright a piece of work?? If that is the case that I assume you have paid someone to display those photos in your gallery, right? You must have done, in order to be so confident in saying the you have full rights to the photos while the models that so kindly took the time to pose for you get nothing in return. And if not, I certainly want to know why I apparently have to pay for copyright and you don't.

The first and most basic rule of copyright is that any piece of work, be it a drawing, poem or piece of music, is automatically copyright to the person who created it. There is no payment or registering involved. This is what was taught to me by tutors throughout my time at university, and what I have read wherever I have studied copyright. So I would certainly like to see where you are getting your ideas from. Don't you dare tell me that I don't own copyright of my own designs. True I did not actually build the costume in question, but it was created from my character designs, and therefore both Clockwork Creature Studios and I have rights to those photos.

It comes right back to the main problem; you have ownership of the photo because you took it. This is completely fair and understood, and I apologised for making the mistake or uploading them without crediting you. However, I hold copyright of the character featured in the photos and therefore rightfully have a say in how the images can be used; this is what you do not seem to be able to accept. This kind of situation requires collaboration that you are obviously not willing to comply with. And if that continues to be the case then you need to start asking people for permission before you photograph them, otherwise you're going to end up in trouble with a lot of people.