Rodney Webster <rgw_news001@knot.mine.nu> wrote in message news:<rgw_news001-6B9949.00454811072004@news01.so-net.ne.jp>...
> I recently discovered that someone had stolen an image off my site and 
> was using it as the background for theirs - I say "stolen", but they 
> were actually silly enough to link to the image on my server.
> 
> I have left the image there to show my charity, but with a slight 
> modification.  You can see the culprit's page here:
> http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=sIlLy_SaUsEgE
> 
> The original image is on this page here: 
> http://knot.mine.nu/japan/j-graffiti/index.html
> See if you can spot the modification I made to the image.

Actually Rodney, you stole my image. That graphic under the bridge
with the word visa stenciled next to it. That is my work.

If you really want ownership then I respectfully suggest you get
yourself a few cans of spray paint, some stencils or art nozzles and
stake out a choice location. Most of them are spoken for but I can
give you advice on the ones still available (they are mostly in
Kagoshima these days). Bring a camera and photograph it. That's how we
pros do it anyway, you never know when some city employee is going to
destroy your work.

I have an exhibit in Saga right now with my best work. My visa image
was my best seller at one point (a deft and subtle commentary on the
plight of foreigners living in Japan -- metaphorically speaking we all
lurk under bridges, dont you think?). But the other day I noticed a
lady on the train with a shopping bag decorated with my visa image. I
learned later that the bag manufacturer downloaded the image from some
web site. Hmmm... I wonder who's site that might be???