Dr. Lukanov "Help Whit Photos" Private Messages?

[greenfamilyfarms]

Is anybody else getting messages from dr_lukanov requesting the use of your "with photos without copwrites"?

Here's a copy of the message:
"Hello,
my name is Hristo Lukanov and I'm a veterinary doctor and a specialist of poultry husbandry and breeding. I'm writing a book of poultry husbandry and I need some photos of different breeds and colour variations of mature birds and chickens, standard and bantam. I would like to ask for your help with photos without copwrites. Here in Bulgaria there's no such a big variety of breeds and quality of birds. Till now such kind of book with so many information for the different breeds and a lot of photos is not published yet in my country.
I am asking You to allow me to use the following photos:"

Then he listed the photobucket links for my pictures, three of them total.

 

[debilorrah]

Not me.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

nope.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

They just threw up a red flag for me. If anybody else gets any, please let us know. Kind of a strange message to come from a BYC member.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

...Especially a BYC member who I've never seen post.

That would throw up a red flag for me as well. If he was writing an actual book to sell, I would imagine he would hire a professional to take pictures for him. Something seems a bit fishy there.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I went back and looked, and he/she is showing 67 posts.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Really? Strange!

I guess its not like they are asking for your SS number or anything like that. Mostly its a personal decision whether or not you want to allow them to use your photos. I do remember another post awhile back about a subject similar to this though. I remember a lot who replied said they would not allow someone to use their photos without more information about the purpose.

 

[Big Chicken Little]

As a commercial advertising photographer I would say never "give" away photographs as they are copyright by you when you take them and it is a copyright infringement for someone to take your photo without your expressed permission. Courts allow damages for stealing of someones photos.

 

[TheOLDNewChick]

Hmm. Yeah, I haven't gotten a message. Sounds fishy to me!

I've never seen this user post.

 

[ChooksChick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=158078

Looks like he's posted before and is very up front about what he's doing. If you aren't a photographer and just shoot for fun, I don't see any reason why you couldn't ask for a byline and let him use them.

If you are a photographer, then it's up to you as to whether you care to let him or not, as a business decision. Could be a promotion without a real money-making aspect.