Say, you have a business and you asked a newly acquainted friend, who you learned is a photographer by passion and profession, to shoot for you. You said that you need good photos that you can put in your website and use for other collaterals. And since your business had been operating for rarely a couple of months, all you could offer him for his services is an x-deal in the form of P2000 worth of GC sponsorship for an event the photographer friend was organizing. And since he was such a kind-hearted person. And because he just simply want to shoot away, he agreed.

P2000 worth of GC = how many number of setups; three (or four) shooting days.

So you got your photos. You've used them in your brochures. Flyers. And whatever collaterals you may have.

Then your business started to grow. You're getting more publicity.

You needed to send photos to this girl who was doing a web article for you. So you sent the photos by your photographer friend.

And you also sent them to this magazine publication doing a 1-page feature article on your, "say a spa," business.

WOULD YOU BE RUDE (understatement) AND TAKE CREDITS FOR THOSE PHOTOS? WOULD YOU RELEASE THOSE ARTICLES WITHOUT PHOTO CREDITS TO WHOM IT IS DUE?

Ahavia Spa just did it. Please note that one of the owners is a Multimedia Arts Graduate from La Salle. How can she not know about intellectual property rights?

I believe Ahavia Spa shall be charged accordingly.

PLEASE NOTE: All photos used in Metro Home's feature on Ahavia Spa are courtesy of Emmanuel Gonzales.

My apologies to You who doesn't want this post published. But you know me. I'm furious about people who take advantage of other people. This is about claiming your rights. This is about teaching them a lesson that they should've known in the first place. Maybe this is also a lesson learned for both of us. I love you.

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