Fight the Power!

> date:
> 2012-11-20
>
> time:
> 05:05:37 UTC
>
> Your email address:
> ppparchives@gmail.com
>
> Message:
> Mohammed is this your work?
> in solidarity,
> Dan Walsh
> http://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/gaza-palestine
>

Dan Walsh 6:55 AM (4 hours ago)
ok...good..so you are Hamza Mohammed NOT Mohammed Hamza... I will grab some i...

Hamza .
7:10 AM (4 hours ago)

to me
With respect what do u mean u will grab images from my site?! The images are exclusive copyright on my site.

Muhammad is like peeps have a catholic name. My actual name is hamza.

Pls elaborate who u are & what u do? I get this type of emails all the time.

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Dan Walsh ppparchives@gmail.com
7:20 AM (4 hours ago)

to Hamza
Hi Hamza,

So glad you wrote.

I am the director of the Palestine Poster Project Archives:

http://www.palestineposterproject.org/

If you DO NOT want your work featured at the PPPA just say so and I will not add any of your posters.

If you DO want them added...let me know.

You have to visit the PPPA site to see what we do...save/promote the poster art of Palestine.

tadamon,

Dan Walsh

Hamza .
7:51 AM (3 hours ago)

to me
Thankyou for gettin back to me I didn't wanna come across rude so pls forgive me if it appeared that way.

I don't mind my work being displayed to show solidarity but my only concern is that it's copyright is not infringed as I am hoping to produce these visuals on to posters & prints on tees. So pls let me how u would be able to protect that from happening?

Where are u based Dan as an organisation?

I am not Palestinian I'm Pakistani origin & 3rd generation in uk. But Palestine represents such a big idea that I have always been closely linked to it by spirit.

I hope my interview on my website gives u an insight of that devotion to the cause.

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Dan Walsh ppparchives@gmail.com
8:08 AM (3 hours ago)

to Hamza
Hello Again Hamza,

Good to hear from you.

The PPPA does not carry/copy/respect ANY copyrights.

We post posters in solidarity with Palestine...period.

We WANT people to copy/promote/share/distribute the poster art of Palestine so we do not burden the PPPA with licenses/copyrights/etc.

For us, those are considerations for the future. For now, the object is to share as widely as possible.

Of course, the PPPA is also an artist-centered site and we believe working artists have full rights to their images so the decision is yours completely.

If you want your work, say 12 posters for now, to be organized as a Special Coillection called "Intifada Street" we can do that and we would do that in solidarity with you and with Palestine. But we cannot burden the site/posters with copyright comments.

Whatever you decide is fine with us and we hope you agree and we like your work!

in solidarity,

Dan

Dan Walsh ppparchives@gmail.com
8:09 AM (3 hours ago)

to Hamza
"Thankyou for gettin back to me I didn't wanna come across rude so pls forgive me if it appeared that way."

Hamza, you did not come across rude are anything...I completely understand your position. Dan

Hamza .
8:24 AM (3 hours ago)

to me
Well dan I've been unemployed for 13months and I decided in that time to get my intifada street project off the ground. They say u should do that which u love. Palestine that love & passion for me always has. I was in Gaza in the fall of 2010 & I long to go back. Though I am an artist I am a hands on person & being revolutionary inclined is my first love. I wanted to be in a position where I can use my art to support my activism & also my mother & sister.

But for that to happen I need to buy the relevant printing equipment which runs into the thousands of £'s. So what I am saying is its not easy as I'm sure u will appreciate.

I like the idea I can share my work on your prestigious website that appeals to me of course. I'm not one for personal glorification but having my intifada street project recognised is appealing.

Let me know which images I require & in what format & I'll fwd them onto u later tonight.

Kind regards

Dan Walsh ppparchives@gmail.com
8:36 AM (2 hours ago)

to Hamza
Brother Hamza,

I hear you.

I ran Liberation Graphics for 30 years and making a living from art and posters in the USA during the Reagan/Bush years was NOT FUN!

The LAST thing we want to do is reduce your income...

The PPPA PROMOTES the sites/posters/work of Palestine solidarity workers.

You don't need to send me anything. I will choose 12 to 20 images and reformat them to jpegs and create a new "Intifada Street" Special Collection and send you the url when it is done. I will not put ALL your posters up...to see all your work viewers should go to YOUR site. The PPPA is a gateway to YOUR site.

Are you good with this approach?

in solidarity,

Dan

Hamza .
9:06 AM (2 hours ago)

to me
Ok dan go for it & I'd appreciate the URL to my website.

Thanx brother-man

Dan Walsh 9:22 AM (2 hours ago)
Good...WHAT IS YOUR URL?

Hamza .
9:23 AM (2 hours ago)

to me
I presume by URL u mean web address... It's www.intifadastreet.com

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