Pro Photographer Rob written 3 years ago

Wow that’s pretty damn cool. I watched it and knew straight away it was your cow picture without needing your clues. So they’ve been robbing pictures off flickr and politely contacting the owner for permission?

originally posted by Monki

So they’ve been robbing pictures off flickr and politely contacting the owner for permission?

Basically, yeah.

I got an email saying “hey, we’d like to use your picture …”, and an exchange of release forms later it was dun deal.

To be honest, even though the amount of money they were offering was relatively small, it’s beneficial for all concerned; they get images at a reduced cost, and the flickrites get some pennies they never knew they had!

I saw the trailer for it in the cinema, yelled “That’s my friends’s cow pic!” rather loudly and got some funny looks, but I advertised dammit and I have also advertised your little moment of fame on my blog, don’t say I never do anything for you:P

It appears they’ve moved the video off the main site, and their terrible website is un-linkable-to, so to see the video goto:

http://www.wklondon.com/

and click on pizza hut from the left, and the video is currently at the bottom