Hi Guys! I just want to clarify things a bit about what's been goin' on about Joe pulling the webcam from my site. Here's how it happened: I was emailed about his new site, like some of you were. I was very surprised to see my CAM image on his site. Joe had *not* asked permission from me. He had put a voting link underneath it, which made me feel a little better, so I emailed him, and thanked him for 'advertising' for me. (I'm basically fairly easy-going) However, I did not know he pulled the actual *updating* image, I thought it was just a right-click copy of an *old* image. It wasnt until a friend told me,(that he used my 'code', so to speak) that I went back and took a second look. In short: I emailed Joe back, and explained that he had not asked me, and I would prefer it if he used my banner instead. If he chose not to use the banner, then remove everything. He emailed me back, apologized, and overlayed the banner over a *nonupdating* cam image. He left the voting link. As of this evening, there is *another* email message from him to me, apologizing again. He also told me that he DOES use the profits to benefit animals. (Some people felt his site was 'self-serving', and he was using the ferrets as a way to collect). I will not post his message here, if you feel you need to hear it from him, you can email him directly. so... every thing is hunky-dory, noone need worry anymore about the FerretCAM!! and our rights. I really appreciate all the letters of concern (private and public). I am not personally associated with him or his site at all, my presence there is merely a clickable link to my site, or another opportunity for the public to rate my site. The thought had never occured to me at all until now, about donating clickable proceeds to shelters. Since this fiasco, I have decided to add banners to my site, scattered about, for visitors to click on, with proceeds going to shelters around the U.S. I'm going to create a page where I will list shelters, (shelters, please email me and let me know you'd like to participate) and post monthly (if any!!) proceeds to go to a different shelter each month. I'll create the order based on a first-come, first-donated-to basis. When we reach the end of the list, we start at the top again. (Understand, that it is a 'pot-luck' thing.. I have no idea how much money will be generated , if at all, for each month. If a month comes up dry, that shelter will not be passed by. We sit there for the next month until they get at least *something*. Numbers of visitors have declined a bit, since I'm not around due to school and my clinical affiliation at this time (people really love the 'waves'), so I don't know how much we can do together to generate the funds. It's worth a try, at least! Thanks again for your support to the site, and your dedication to = ferrets all over. Warm Regards, Celia and the photogenic foursome. http://www.celiamarie.com/ferretcam [Posted in FML issue 3035]