Quote - Telling us the models are being brokered illegally from  Eclipse Studios is fair and justified and as potential consumers it is justified to warn us, but pasting the contents of the emails for the public to see, I find is bad manners. Emails are sent as confidential and should only be made public with the permission of the sender.

I don's see all email 'equal'
Posting emails sent in confidence by a friend, or someone we pretended to be friendly with, in order to ridicule or hurt them, would be bad manners and betraying a friend's confidence.

Posting copies of business correspondence in order to share with friends or participating community of some company's shady or unethical business practices is a whole different type of email. I'm not aware of any kind of inherent expectation of confidentiality in business correspondence. Being a small business owner myself, since early 1990's, I'm painfully aware that any business correspondence I make in the name of business is public knowledge and record, unless I specify in writing that it is confidential communication. Even then, it's confidentiality is limited. Moreover, when a person is a sole proprietor, much of personal communication can come under scrutiny and reflect on the business.

Speaking of public record, I wonder if the guy has a business license... If it's a real business, then all this info should be public record, filed with the county of (Chino I believe is Riverside County... about 5 miles from where my office is), and a business license issued in the city of Chino.

Much like anyone in the world can find my business name, ownership info, business license etc, which is how it is when it's a legitimate business.

For example, if I received such complaint, I would be apologizing profusely for the oversight, because I know that the responsibility of what my business does lays on me, and hoping that the artist whom was infringed upon is appeased enough and sees it as an honest mistake or an oversight, and is forgiving enough to not seek damages (including punitive).

As a business (owner) I have to watch very closely the legalities and appropriateness and copyright and intellectual property laws and contract laws of everything that runs through my business.  As a business, I have an obligation to do that. Saying I have no time... I'd open myself to damages arising from negligent business practices, for one.

Courts usually don't have a lot of patience or sympathy or lenience for ignorant business practices. They tend to hold business and their owners to a higher degree of responsibility then consumers or lay persons.

Anyway... just my 2c worth of soapbox  tirade on business practices...

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