Hello Clowns,
BubbleGuy here. Daniel is the person with the Killer Whale hat idea. Ralph Dewey was in collaboration with Daniel. Ralph took the photos and wrote the text explaining how to make it. That is how the Balloon HQ column was created. Neither Daniel nor Ralph was asked by Fritzwilly if it was okay for their work to be taken from the Balloon HQ web page and placed on the Clown-Forum. Then Daniel wrote Fritzwilly an email discuss discussing some improvements about Daniel's design. Daniel assumed that Ralph or the Balloon HQ had given permission to use the hat instructions. Then Daniel asked Ralph if he knew anything about the hat instructions being placed on the Clown-Forum. He did not.
I was trying to point out that taking the work of others from the Internet and placing it on another web page is wrong. I contacted Patricia Bunnell and found out her comments about freely taking work from the Internet had been taken out of context. Check what I posted and you will find that I didn't say anyone on the Clown-Forum was passing off the work of others as their own. Nor was I attacking anyone. I was merely asking why they had used the material without permission.
The Princess of Bozonia asked me what my interest in this matter was and what I would like to see happen. Instead of having the Killer Whale hat instructions by Daniel on the Clown-Forum, place a link to the Killer Whale Hat column which is copyrighted on the Balloon HQ web page. I'm all for sharing ideas. In fact, I've written free balloon articles every month for the last seven years on the Internet. Material from my balloon books plus some of my Internet balloon photos have been taken and exploited. All without my permission. I'd like to see that stopped. By the way, when I'm not the BubbleGuy, I'm usually called Ralph Dewey. Now isn't that just duckie.
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