User talk:Diliff#Precious

How do I find licensing for use of your photo of the colosseum? I'm a high school teacher, and I'd like to use the image for a poster for a play.

Thanks!

Elizabeth Tringali — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elizatringali (talk • contribs) 14:22, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

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Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Lichfield Cathedral High Altar from choir, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg }} is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on November 27, 2019. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2019-11-27. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:31, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 6, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg}} is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on December 16, 2019. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2019-12-16. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:33, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

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Hi, I represent the Jane Austen Society of North America, a non-profit literary society. I would like to use your beautiful photo of the Oxford Radcliffe Camera for a tour brochure and a posting on our web site, www.jasna.org. I am able to provide appropriate attribution, specifically: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford , DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. But I read that I also need to include a reproduction of the actual license. That will not fit on our brochure or even fit in well on the web page, can you give me permission to use the photo with the attribution alone? If I could figure out how to attach a pdf of the Publisher File to this kind of communication, I would be happy to do so. Can you please send me an email to claireqb07@yahoo.com, as I do not have a Wikipedia account. Many thanks for your help!

Claire Bellanti

Past-President, JASNA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:2340:1900:50D1:60F4:EE80:94C0 (talk) 06:45, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

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Greetings

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture St Augustine's Church, Kilburn Interior 1, London, UK - Diliff.jpg}} is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 10, 2020. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2020-03-10. The set of four images will appear on that day. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:34, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

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I have just used a crop of your great pic of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral in the Wikipedia article Gothic architecture.

The choir of Canterbury was designed by William of Sens.

Thank you for your super high quality images. Amandajm (talk) 21:10, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

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i will need this picture for my exams that are coming up and i have included this picture in it if you could give full clearance for me using it then it would help me greatly

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.251.31.132 (talk) 16:06, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

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You are recipient no. 2402 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Hallo, Eabry All.M'I Heab Laive. Teak My Struggle Salute.

-Gazi Chalauddin Rana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaziSRana (talk • contribs) 22:18, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hallo, Eabry All.M'I Heab Laive. Teak My Struggle Salute.

-Gazi Chalauddin Rana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GaziSRana (talk • contribs) 22:28, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

Are we able to use this fabulous image on our blog?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_Bridge_London_Feb_2006.jpg

Many thanks,

Dave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.248.18 (talk) 18:34, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture :File:Portsmouth Cathedral Nicholson Organ, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 8, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-08-08. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Just wanted to say I hope you're doing well in this very awful time. Been a weird year. I guess I'm doing mostly okay. Will be glad when we can all move again, but... well, still editing images for featured pictures. Not much movement there of late, but then, people can't really go out and photograph right now. Been taking the opportunity to do some larger restorations. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.4% of all FPs} 12:08, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello David, i believe we used one of your images for a blog post back in 2015, the chap that did the blog is no longer working with us so we are not 100% sure where the image came from, but we assume it was from Wiki? The image was used in good faith with no intention of making money. The assumption was that all images on the Wiki commons files were free to use? To the point we are being taken to court by Fossick Picture for copyright infringement. The person taking us to court is a Mr Leopold Kamugyene the company Fossick is not registered in the uk so we dont know if they are fraudulent as they are registered in Estonia with an office in London. They are using your name to make the claim, if you could advise if the image does or does not have any copyright infringements on Wiki please. Sorry for this just we are a small company and we dont know if Fossick are just going around making scam claims on small vulnerable companies. My apologies if the image has copyrights, we assume the image was free to use, see our very basic blog: https://www.cnmonline.co.uk/blog/Tower_Bridge/

Thanks David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martinssimpson (talk • contribs) 13:06, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

:Did you ever receive a response from David? 80.229.190.70 (talk) 17:06, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

August

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture :File:Notre-Dame Basilica Interior, Montreal, Canada - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for October 16, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-10-16. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture :File:St Cyprian's Church Sanctuary, Clarence Gate, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for November 8, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-11-08. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:23, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Hey Diliff, sorry for bothering you with this but i'm new to photography and i loved your newyork skyline photo, i would like to know what should i use to take photos like that at night, specially panoramas, i'm using film so it would be kinda difficult to change the iso but any help would be nice and apreciated,

Thanks in advance, Androzanitox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Androzanitox (talk • contribs) 19:57, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that the featured picture :File:Bath Abbey Eastern Stained Glass, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg, which you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 28, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-02-28. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:29, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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Good Morning (Evening your time),

I have messaged you on facebook regarding reproduction of image request. Could you please email me dnihill01@gmail.com, so I can email you our request.

Kind regards

Danielle

Hi David

Really love your pictures, especially those you took around Oxford

Out of interest, are you associated with a company based in Estonia called fossick OU as they are claiming to be the license sellers of your images.

I notice your images are on here under GNU so just clarifying the copywrite for a fiend

I look forward to hearing back from you

Stay safe

Best regards

Alan

Alan Foster

{{User QAIbox/auto|years=One}} --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:13, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Court 1 Interior, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 20, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-12-20. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:00, 12 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello Diliff,

We've used one of your London panoramas here

https://www.transitstation.org/news

(following the artists' articles).

Your work is fabulous and maybe you can come to find us in the middle of your panorama in 2023.

I'll try to remember to come back here in case you reply. Failing that, you can email me at [http://mailto:charlesryder@transitstation.org charlesryder@transitstation.org].

With kind regards, Charles Ryder

Also at https://amphibology.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rue aux Justes (talk • contribs) 18:13, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Wells Cathedral Arches, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 22, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-06-22. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 14:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Wells_Cathedral_Stairs_to_Chapter_House,_Somerset,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 22, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-07-22. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 14:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Wells Cathedral Organ, Somerset, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for August 22, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-08-22. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 14:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Trying to schedule sets a little more systematically. Probably shows. Hope you're well! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 14:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:St Cyprian's Church Nave, Clarence Gate, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 8, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-07-08. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 19:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:St Cyprian's Church Rood Screen, Clarence Gate, London, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 8, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-07-08. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 19:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Duke Humfrey's Library Interior 2, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded or nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 11, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-07-11. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 19:15, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

{{You have mail}} MichaelMaggs (talk) 03:45, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello! This is to let editors know that a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD). A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. 2022-09-23 If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 17:30, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello! This is to let editors know that, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. 2022-10-23 If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.8% of all FPs} 17:30, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, is there some way to reach you that is not Facebook?

We would like to use the image in a children's almanac. If we use the given attribution close to the image and put the entire url on the image copyright information page, that should be fine, right? Thanks so much. - a book publisher

103.214.60.144 (talk) 21:15, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

{{You've got mail}} NHinckxt (talk) 21:02, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi

We have received a message from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Joss bay in a post about dog friendly beaches in Broadstairs. We are a small veterinary practice in Broadstairs and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Fossick pictures is acting on your behalf?

Many thanks

Hazel 80.229.190.70 (talk) 11:23, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi

We have received a message from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Joss bay in a post about dog friendly beaches in Broadstairs. We are a small veterinary practice in Broadstairs and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Fossick pictures is acting on your behalf? Hazeom (talk) 13:16, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

We have received a letter from a company requesting that we pay a large sum of money for using your Wikimedia image of Grand Central on a website that has been decommissioned. We are a small construction company and were quite alarmed by the letter, as the image is available on Wikimedia which is copyright free. Can you confirm that Pixsy is acting on your behalf? 96.57.89.242 (talk) 16:10, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Diliff! This message is to inform you that due to editing inactivity, your access to AutoWikiBrowser may be temporarily removed. If you do not resume editing within the next week, your username will be removed from the CheckPage. This is purely for routine maintenance and is not indicative of wrongdoing on your part. You may regain access at any time by simply requesting it at WP:PERM/AWB. Thank you! — MusikBot II ^talk 17:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Dear Sir

Could you tell me please

Can I use this image (see link from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_-_Dec_2008.jpg) without attribution

in social media ads like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. Albertartsruni (talk) 21:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

:Diliff is no longer active here, and generally does not respond to requests. Attribution is a licensing requirement for all of Diliff's photographs that you can find here, and if you re-use an image without attribution you will be in breach of the licence and will be infringing the photographer's copyright. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi David, I found your picture of the Sydney-Habour Bridge by Night on Wikipedia.

I would like to ask a question: May we add the words "Eternity" to this picture? and publish it in our magazine ideenplus. We are a children's ministry and would like to publish children's story of Arthur Malcolm Stace - known as Mr. Eternity. Unfortunately, I did not find a usable picture with "Eternity" written on it (see this link: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/07/the-story-behind-sydneys-eternity.html). I would create a photomontage. May we use this image free of charge. Of course under the copyright note of her name. It would be nice if you could give us permission to print it.

With kind regards

Manfred Fleischer

KEB-Germany e. V.

www.keb-de.org

You can reply to me briefly at manfred.fleischer@keb-de.org 62.246.86.154 (talk) 07:45, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Chichester Cathedral Choir, West Sussex, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 25, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-05-25. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:30, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi David - I represent the Dan Maskell Tennis Trust and am about to set up a charity auction for a experience involving James Ward and would like to use your photo please.

Are you able to give me permission? Many thanks 80.168.196.8 (talk) 11:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Can I use your photo for a class assignment on architecture with the following citation below the image?

Iliff, D. (2014, April 30). Wells Cathedral in Somerset, England. Wikipedia, File: Wells Cathedral West Front Exterior ,UK."Photo by David Ilff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0" Retrieved Aug. 4, 2023, from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wells_Cathedral_West_Front_Exterior,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg Jholland5555 (talk) 16:37, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Dear David,

I am publishing an article on Temple Church for which I would like to use your photograph of the chancel facing the nave: :File:Temple Church 3, London, UK - Diliff.jpg. The journal that I am publishing in, Immediations (The Courtauld's non-profit journal that publishes research of recent graduates and early career scholars), has asked me if I could ask you to sign an image permissions form. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me with this. If you are happy to sign in the (very brief!) form, I can send you the form via email. Please let me know if you require any additional information. Thank you! SophiaDum (talk) 09:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Dear David

We used an image of the Trafalgar Square Tree under a Creative Commons licence but inadvertently did not provide the correct attribution. We apologise for this oversight. However, we have now received an email from Pixy with an extremely large retroactive licensing fee for an image used on a web page which is now archived. We are a small publishing and events company doing our best to recover from the devastating impact of covid on our business. We are willing to include the correct attribution but would request some flexibility in the licence fee. Could you also confirm that Pixy is acting on your behalf and that this is not a spam or phishing email? Many thanks Character Pub (talk) 08:57, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Ely Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cambridgeshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for January 20, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-01-20. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you!  — Amakuru (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear David,

We used an image of the London_Thames_Sunset_panorama_ _Feb_2008 for a brief period on our LinkedIn page as a banner, but inadvertently did not provide the correct attribution. We apologise for this oversight. I was not aware that the image is licensed to you and as soon as we became aware, we immediately removed the image.

However, we have received an email from Pixy with an extremely large retroactive licensing fee for an image used on a web page which is now archived. We are a small advisory company who gets less than 100 visits per year on our LinkedIn page.

Could you please first confirm that Pixy is acting on your behalf and that this is not a spam or phishing email? Pixsy have been unwilling to provide any evidence that they are acting for you in spite of repeated requests. No contracts with you have been shared and that leads me to believe that Pixsy are making a fraudulent claim using your name.

The case reference that Pixsy has quoted is 002-203834.

Thanks, Snbalaji2 (talk) 14:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear Mr Lliff,

I have recieved a letter from a company demanding quite a substanial amount of money for using your image and not displaying your information clearly. In asking the company for more details they tend to respond with quite abrubt unhelpful information. It has meant we have removed the image from our website, which is a shame as it is a stunning image but the last thing we want to do is use an image without permission. As a small company we rely on artists like yourself who are kind enough to allow people to use their images and we are very careful to check licenses to make sure we are using them correctly and would of course correct anything if contacted.

Would you be able to confirm if the company contacting us are indeed legitimate as the correspondence does come across a lot like spam. If you do not have any notification of this case and a company acting on your behalf, I would happily open up a discussion about putting the image back on our website in a way which would be of agreement to you.

I am sorry to bother you with this and appreciate your time.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Amgnholidays (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Good morning David,

I hope you're well. My name is Mark Brierley, I am the Head of Membership and Communications for The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain. We are a charity which helps musicians unable to work because of accident, illness, stress or anxiety, by providing grants for medical treatments.

We have been contacted by the company Pixsy with a copyright claim, regarding the use of your wonderful photograph of Westminster Cathedral at dusk (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westminster_Cathedral_at_Dusk,_London,_UK_-_Diliff.jpg), which we recently used to accompany a news article about the Festival of St Cecilia.

As far as I can tell, the image is subject to a creative commons license and no fees should be due, but Pixsy are asking for an exorbitant license fee so we have removed the article from our website (www.rsmgb.org)

We are a small charity that can ill-afford this fee, so we would ask if there is anything that can be done by you to waive the fee, please? As an organisation that is here to protect people that work in the creative industries, we absolutely recognise the need for artists to be fairly compensated for their work, so if you could please clarify whether or not you expect licensing fees from this image, and that Pixsy are acting on your behalf, that would be great help.

Many Thanks,

Mark Brierley Mook200 (talk) 10:25, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear David,

We used your image of St Alban’s Cathedral to advertise a small pilgrimage there last September and the image remained on our news feed.

We understand that this image is free to use but we failed to display the correct attribution for which we offer our apologies.

This error was pointed out by a company called Pixy who are asking for payment of a licence fee of £450. We are a small charity – a local church – and can ill afford such an unusual expense. Can you confirm that this is not a scam? Initially the company gave an address in East Finchley, London, and then they amended it to the US. Are they genuinely acting for you?

Yours,

Philip MaryFinchley (talk) 20:22, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello David, can you confirm whether the companies Pixsy and/or Fossick have acted on your behalf to request payment for use of your photographs? Please respond on-wiki. Thank you. Nosferattus (talk) 19:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Information icon4.svg There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Geardona (talk to me?) 15:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Dear David,

I would like to use your photograph of the Piccadilly Arcade for a small book I am writing on my Aunt, Margaret Hermione Mackenzie.

She managed an outlet in the Arcade in the late 50s and early 60s selling scottish tartans, cashmere jerseys and scottish silver.

I would like to give the reader a feel of what the Piccadilly Arcade looked looks like. From what I see I do not think the overall

appearance has changed much since she the period 1950/60.

Under the photograph would appear the words Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Please let me know if this is possible?

Kind regards,

Mark 91.89.169.177 (talk) 12:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

• Hi Mark, yes that's perfectly fine. Thanks for checking. Diliff (talk) 13:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Dear David, I would like to use your beautiful photograph of the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, in a novel where one of my protagonist's home town is Sevilla (she has a poster in her apartment, showing this view). In the credits I would use the following: Weitwinkelansicht der Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Sevilla – Wikipedia Commons (Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Seville, Spain - Sep 2009.jpg); Photo by DAVID ILIFF. Lizenz: CC BY-SA 3.0. Please let me know if this is possible. Kind regards, Christoph 158.169.40.25 (talk) 08:09, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Salisbury Cathedral Nave, Wiltshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for July 18, 2024. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2024-07-18. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! :Jay8g [V•T•E] 21:14, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello David,

Can you confirm whether the company Fossick Pictures have acted on your behalf to request payment for use of your photographs?

We included your image on our webpage https://waxantiques.com/visit-historic-london/ which is an informative description of the history of silver making in London since medieval times. The image has now been removed due to the threatening letter we've received but we'd like to reinstate it with a license/attribution to you.

In addition, do you have any views of the Tower of London?

Many thanks Landawax (talk) 13:42, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello David,

On September 11, 2024 we received an email from the company Pixsy saying they are acting upon your behalf to request payment ($900) for use of two of your photographs. Curious if you requested them to carry out a search or if they are just trolling for business.

We have been trying to contact you but have not received a response.

Anyway, we would like to rectify our error.

We included two of your fabulous images, the Strasbourg Cathedral Exterior & its Astronomical Clock, on our webpage to illustrate the beauty and interesting history of the Strasbourg Cathedral.

We have removed these images from our web page due to the threatening letter we've received from Pixsy but we'd like to reinstate them with a proper license/attribution to you.

I'm sorry that I didn't notice this requirement at the time and I will be diligent in providing attribution to photos used in the future.

Many thanks

Sheila SheilaName (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi David, just a quick editing question. Some of your photographs have so much detail I was wondering if you ever stitch them together from separate more close-up images. This is something I've been doing with stained glass windows on libreoffice draw and it works rather well, but was wondering if it might work for nave shots as well. Thanks for your time, NateBergin (talk) 18:07, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Diliff,

I am from Switzerland and since years I use your absolutely amazing Prague panoramas as wallpapers for my 3 Monitor setups at work and at home.

Your panoramas are the absolute best on the WWW. Period.

There is no competition. Amazing work!

Thinking about beginning with photographing as a hobby.

Dumb question. What kind of equipment have you used to take for example the Prague panorama shot?

I have no idea yet, but want to know what ballpark of equipment and cost this is (of course the skill is the hardest in that game). But that I get a rough idea.

It would be so amazing, if you could answer me.

Best regards from foggy Zurich, Switzerland EternalBudapest (talk) 09:28, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Diliff, we have also received a request from Pixsy stating that they are acting on behalf of Owerk Ltd who act upon behalf of you for a payment request for the use of one of your photographs from Wikimedia commons. Is this a legitimate claim?

The image in question is this one: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keswick_Saturday_Market,_Cumbria_-_June_2009.jpg

I fully believed the image was attributed to you correctly within WordPress so can only apologise if you feel that it wasn't. If you view the image on our site it links back to the wikimedia page but I can see that the border added to the website covers the bottom of the image and the reference on the homepage. The attribution has since been added to the footer as well to ensure there are multiple references however if you'd rather I'm more than happy to remove the image.

I've replied to Pixsy but have not heard back from them, hope to hear from you.

Chris ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

:@ChrisNaylor94 I am not Diliff obviously but I don't know how often they respond to talk page messages so I thought I would jump in. Have you read c:Commons:Copyleft trolling? In particular the "How Pixsy works" and "Victim of copyleft trolling?" sections. That has some guidance. Personally I don't view these cases generally as "trolling", simply enforcing copyright law where someone has broken it by failing to meet licence conditions, but alas that is what Commons has titled the page. Commander Keane (talk) 22:04, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

::Ah, I've not, no but I will be sure to have a read!

::Its caught me off guard to be honest as I thought the image had been reference correctly. If you visit the image via the image library in wordpress you can see the references to the author and license and wikimedia but if you go directly to the image URL then it just loads the image in the browser, I'm not sure if this is what they're getting at.

::Thanks for taking the time to reply! ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 22:16, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

:::I had added further references on the site but after a discussion tonight have just opted to remove the image instead and use one of our own images which is a shame as it was a great photo of the Keswick Market. ChrisNaylor94 (talk) 22:17, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi David I'm writing a short article on Carpenters Marks in The Timber Framers Journal, and I was wondering whether/how to obtain permission to republish on of your photos, showing the Ely lantern from below. Thanks very much!

Sincerely,

Dr. (Allan) Gordon MacKay, Assistant Professor

Utah Valley University

540.336.6197 161.28.242.62 (talk) 19:52, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

:Diliff has mostly left the project, and there have been issues with reuse of his images. I would advise caution. Acroterion (talk) 20:17, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Hi Diliff

I too have had contact from Pixsy demanding payment for an image that we felt we were displaying under CC. Can you confirm that you are dealing with Pixsy or if they are using your name in the hope of payment without your knowledge?

The image in question is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Bridge#/media/File:Melbourne_Skyline_and_Princes_Bridge_-_Dec_2008.jpg

If you could reply and confirm one way or the other and we can take it from there regarding more overt attribution and or licensing.

Regards Sanshoo Sanshoo (talk) 05:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Dear David

Like so many other small charities, we have received a threatening letter from Pixsy about an alleged copyright infringement. Like so many others, we made an honest mistake with attribution for which we sincerely apologise.

On 25 March (almost a month ago) I emailed you through this site but you have not replied. It's unclear whether you decline to do so or that your email address is no longer active. But as it appears you must from time to time check this talk page as you still occasionally interact with discussions on Wikimedia Commons, I have copied the email below in the hope that you see it. I would add that, since the email was sent, Pixsy has rejected our offer of a fair and proportionate fee, probably without asking you first.

I look forward to your reply, either here or privately by email:

Dear David

I am a trustee of a small UK-registered educational charity, the Odysseus Unbound Foundation, that is the latest victim of an email from Pixsy Inc. demanding nearly £500 for an alleged copyright infringement for our use of one of your free-to-use images on our website - your photograph of the Athenaeum Club in Pall Mall, London, that you had generously uploaded to be available for free re-use on Wikimedia Commons.

Let me say at the outset that we take copyright seriously. I am a retired journalist whose career spans both national TV news and as a freelance, so I am familiar with copyright law. As a long-standing and active NUJ member I totally supported (and still support) the union's work to ensure photographers are properly recompensed and recognised for their work. You have created some superb photographs and you are fully entitled to those rights.

Accordingly, we make every effort to ensure that all images used on our website are properly attributed. Unfortunately, in this case, due to an accidental administrative oversight your attribution was omitted. For that we sincerely apologise and we took immediate action to remedy the error by removing the image from our website.

In their letter, Pixsy states: "Pixsy acts on behalf of David Iliff as their authorized licensing and copyright agent. We have been notified by Mr. Iliff that Odysseus Unbound Foundation has been using their imagery without license or permission."

Could I respectfully ask you if Pixsy is still your authorised agent? And could I ask if you did actually notify Pixsy of this alleged infringement? Pixsy uses an automated search for infrigements and I suspect this demand has been issued automatically without any contact with you, leaving open the possibility that Pixsy could pocket the entire fee without your knowledge.

I have read the deletion discussion on Wikimedia Commons of a year ago when users requested that all your photos be deleted on the grounds that your use of Pixsy brought Wikimedia Commons into disrepute. In that discussion you robustly defended your right to go after the "...huge number of legitimate large commercial users who have used my photography illegally...", a position I wholeheartedly support.

You also expressed your regret that "...many low-level and barely-commercial users have regrettably been caught up..." and that you "...have historically tried to intervene and/or significantly reduce the fee being sought for retrospective licensing." You add: "...I do want to make it clear that I am sympathetic to those who have been inadvertently caught up in this due to accidental misuse...".

Might I therefore respectfully ask that you contact Pixsy to intervene on our behalf to ask them to drop the case, given that they are acting against your wishes as stated by you in the deletion discussion referenced above, and because we have immediately remedied the error in line with the Creative Commons licence guidance. We are a small charity who can ill afford the grossly disproportionate fee demanded by Pixsy. The Pixsy case number is 002-247593.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Julian Rush Julianr70 (talk) 14:02, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi Diliff,

This is to let you know that :File:Chester Cathedral Lady Chapel, Cheshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, a featured picture you uploaded, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for May 19, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-05-19. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Jay8g [V•T•E] 20:22, 17 May 2025 (UTC)