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Who (When)	Why? and Response so far?
Penthouse (Penthouse.com) (Aug 16, 1999)	Need permission to use the likeness of Julia Garvey to illustrate the Demoness. This is the first try at mission permission (Aug 16/ 1999) and I got the thumbs down. Get this reply: "We will not give out the rights for the use of the picture for this kind of usage". COME ON!! Penthouse is an adult magazine!! I should be more worried that it would be negative on my site!
Raylene (Raylenexxx.com) (Nov 11, 2000)	Need permission to use her likeness for the character "Outlaw". Surprisingly, I got a reply from her that same day. Very friendly lady, saying that she would like to but that Vivid Video owns the rights to all her publicity and that she cannot give her consent. She did give me the top secret phone number to Vivid Video and told me who to talk to. :)
Echo Johnson (Echojohnson.net) (Nov 11, 2000) GRANTED!!	Need permission to use her likeness for the super heroine Zanthia and the villain Goddess. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Well, I got an E-mail from Echo Johnson herself on Nov 21, 2000. She gives us permission to use her image to represent Zanthia "The Guardian" and she'll support the character. Big breakthrough, she made me so happy that day. A Big round of applause goes out to Echo Johnson! So far we're still talking as to what picture to use, the one that I sent her, echo told me that Playboy owns it, so she is going to send me a bunch of her own for me to use!!
Vivid Video (vividvideo.com) (Nov 12, 2000) DENIED!!	Going from the advise of Raylene, I e-mailed the top guys at vivid video to get permission to use Raylene's image. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, December 3, 2000 and the new E-mail on Dec 10, 2000. No reply yet. Well it sure didn't take long before I got a response back from the good 'ol boys at Vivid Video asking me "Please, Please!! don't post a picture of Raylene on your site". Guess those guys do read their E-mails (Gotta have something to do in between filming Porn I suppose). Well they gave me the Big Thumbs Down for Raylene, "We get many requests to use her likeness and if we allowed you to use it, then we would have to let everyone use it". Very good Inuit thinking there, but if the good guys at Vivid would care to look around the world wide web here.... EVERYONE IS ALREADY USING YOUR PICTURES!!!! I just have the common courtesy to ask for your permission first. Oh well, Fair Enough! I won't post any pictures of Raylene, Janine, or whoever else you guys got to do your skin films. See if I ever rent a Vivid movie ever again too...
Penthouse (Penthouse.com) (Nov 12, 2000)	Back to the beast, this time to gain permission to use their comic creation Hericane. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, December 3, 2000 and the new E-mail on Dec 10, 2000. No reply yet.
Penthouse (Penthouse.com) (Nov 12, 2000)	New idea on how to use the Julia Garvey picture on my website. I seen on her personal page there that she sells autographed pictures of herself for about $10. I wrote to the sales department of Penthouse to ask if I purchased an "Autographed" picture from them, if I could display it as a new acquisition on my "Collector's Web site". Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, December 3, 2000 and Dec 10, 2000 (This one I sent with an "angry" tone, because their sales dept haven't replied to me, I even sent it Bob Guccione (The head guy). No reply yet.
Cyril (cyrilmagazine.com) (Nov 12, 2000)	I seen this website on a search engine inquiry for Julia Garvey, seems like she did some posing or independent model work for this gothic magazine. I wrote to them not to get permission, but to actually get in touch with Julia Garvey herself. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, December 3, 2000 and Dec 10, 2000. No reply yet.
Woody (Foxes.com) (Nov 12, 2000) GRANTED!	I know that they own the right to Cori Nadine pictures (or picture sets) and asked for permission to use a pic of Cori Nadine. Woody wrote back to ask some questions and I think we're on the process of getting our first Permission! I should know by the weekend. Just getting some little details out of the way, Woody is actually gonna edit, crop, clip, resize, adjust (whatever the terminology is) the picture for me, and put a border around it. Just waiting for him to e-mail it to me.
Toronto Sun Newspaper (Nov 12, 2000) DENIED!	Needed permission to use a sunshine girl picture to represent the Searcher. I got a reply back from their "Director of Electronic Information" saying nope, never!! See me buy another Sun newspaper again. You would think that I spent about 10 years buying the paper to support them, and especially the sunshine girl, and all they needed to do to say a kind of thanks would be to post ONE picture. Theoretically the Sun got $260 from me and I'm sure I could hire the model herself to get a series set of pictures done... Thanks alot Sun Media Corp...
Sorayama (imagingoz.com) (Nov 12, 2000)	Need permission to use his artwork called "Spartan" for the Jhessil character. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, December 3, 2000 and the new E-mail on Dec 10, 2000. No reply yet.
Cori Nadine (Corinadine.com) (Nov 16, 2000)	Just wrote to ask if Cori Nadine would sponsor the "Magnesium" Character. Different then getting a picture, I like to tell people that a character is "Officially Sponsored" by the real life person who inspired the image of the character. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday November 19, 2000. Resent permission E-mail on Sunday, November 26, 2000. No reply yet. Decided to stop asking for her permission, I'm getting the picture from Foxes.com, I only wanted Cori to "sponsor" the character like Echo Johnson is.

So that's the scoop so far. If you are someone who owns rights to models, or are a model and would like to contribute something to a bunch of guys who run a gaming club, just write to me and tell me how you can help. valkyrja@angelfire.com