harvey19 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Wondered if anyone had any advice to offer please. I'm being threatened with legal action over a "Calendar Girls" style horse riding calendar I am creating for charity. We borrowed a horse from a stables in North Yorkshire to do a shoot for the calendar. The stables (unbeknown to me at the time) gave us one of their customers horses for an hour, after asking the owners permission to do so of course. Almost twelve months on and the girl who owns the horse has just emailed me telling me not to use any of the photographs and to remove all photographs with her horse on from the website, Facebook, and the calendar, or she will take legal action against me! She's also been posting threatening messages on our facebook pages. The calendar is being printed right now. All proceeds are going to Multiple Sclerosis and Leukodystrophy research. What to do? There is no law that I know of saying you can't take photographs of animals, unless they are on the owners own private property, in which case you need the owners permission, but these were taken on land owned by the stables and anyway, she did give her permission in the first place, though it has turned out that she wasn't told of the nature of the shoot. The photos are at hottotrot.org/jessejames.htm andy This is the point I've been making on your other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 This is the point I've been making on your other thread. why would it matter? You think her friends are going to buy the calender and think less of her horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 why would it matter? You think her friends are going to buy the calender and think less of her horse? She may not be happy for her horse to be used as a prop in photos including naked women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VideoPro Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm the horse in the OP. Just to make things clear, I also enjoy the company of scantily clad young ladies. Can I have that apple now please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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