Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:58:44 -0500
From: User:Malik Shabazz
To: [email protected]
Subject: Permission to use photo from online Warsaw Ghetto exhibit
To whom it may concern:
I found your online exhibit concerning the Warsaw Ghetto while doing research for the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, and thought your image of the "Memorial to Shmuel Zygielbojm" might be appropriate for inclusion in our article concerning Szmul Zygielbojm.
I am specifically seeking your permission to use this image: http://warsawghetto.epixtech.co.uk/Zygielbojm%20text.jpg
I would like to include your image in this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szmul_Zygielbojm
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Kindly,
To: User:Malik Shabazz
Subject: Re: Permission to use photo from online Warsaw Ghetto exhibit
From: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:49:57 +0000
Dear [Malik],
Thank you for your e-mail. We are happy for you to use our photograph in the manner you described under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licence.
Please could you ensure that the credit reads BY PERMISSION OF BRENT MUSEUM AND BRENT ARCHIVE.
Regards
Victoria Barlow
Curator
Brent Museum
London Borough of Brent
Willesden Green Library Centre
95 High Road
Willesden Green
NW10 2SU
Tel: 020 8937 3600/3602