That’s quite an accusation to make, don’t you think? First of all, why are you trolling our site searching for pics – to steal, maybe? Secondly, how the hell would anyone be able to remove your tags? They ruin the pictures – I might be handy with photoshop but I’m not *that* handy. Third, Nat said clicking “exclusive” was an accident, you can find these on photo forums. If they took your photos, that’s one thing, but don’t you dare accuse us of doing so. We never – NEVER – take images from other fansites, with or without tags, unlike some people. Maybe you take photos from other fansites, and think that everyone does because of it, but not everyone’s like that.

On top of that, let’s pretend for a second that you got them first (to be frank, that’s just stupid because I don’t care if you did I don’t remember us saying we got them first) but if you did get them first, what’s that got to do with anything? You having a photo shoot first doesn’t mean nobody else can have it, that’s ridiculous. This whole thing is ridiculous.

You could have emailed us and said, hey, I think those are my photos and we would have explained the situation and possibly even removed the photos, but you just had to spam us. All you’re doing is making yourself look petty.

LOL is right, you accuse us of stealing photos then yell that you never steal pics when accused back? Look, you could have acted like an adult and you didn’t. You could have commented, even if not emailed, hey I think those are mine – we would have been happy to work with you but you *didn’t*. I’m sorry, I don’t know what to tell you, if you’re going to scream insults you’re going to get them back. No, I’m not going to your site, so just chill about that – I’m sure you get plenty of traffic without trying to garner it from us.

First of all, I didn’t download the photos from the forum, and once you started bitching I did look at one and no I don’t see your tag. I’m not saying it’s not there, I’m saying it’s an honest mistake if they are there. You need to calm down and stop pointing fingers, because this is ridiculous and it’s getting really old.

Do you have any idea how many shoots and photos we’ve passed on specifically because we know they came from elsewhere? We’re talking hundreds of photos, easily, over the years. Jesus, I wonder why we bother having policies like that when people not only steal from us (a LOT) but also come screaming their head off that we did it to them, when we did no such thing and would *never*. How about *you* stop trying to pretend that there was something done to you by us, don’t try to pretend you’re not being an asshole when you could have fixed a bad situation by not acting like a child. I’m not so upset by the fact that you commented, but by the fact that you not only accused us of something but are still doing so. I’ve had it with other webmasters, I really have, I swear to the gods.

No, I know how much money these things cost and I understand that you’re upset, all I wanted was to resolve this without freaking out. We’re more than happy to remove them, and we *would have* been happy to send people to your site to see them there – that isn’t a problem at all. I can’t see the tags, but honestly all you had to say was that you thought they were yours, there would have been no questions asked since these things sometimes happen.

I may just be looking at the wrong photo – as I said earlier, I did just look at one but you also have to understand that you’re already familiar with the tag so of course it’s easy for you to see it. I would appreciate it if you’d stop accusing me of just saying I don’t see the tag, though, as if I would ever.

I’d personally rather just remove the images, but it’s up to Natalie how to proceed so I’ll leave you two to it. I do have to say that I realize what sites are like, by myself I’ve been running fansites since the mid 1990s and it’s gotten insanely competitive the last 5 or 6 years. Personally, I refuse to compete (it wouldn’t get me a prize anyway, lol) – far as I’m concerned, everyone else can do their own thing.

If something like this happens again (not just with us, with other Anne sites), please at least try to remember that it may be a mistake. Freaking out like that doesn’t solve anything.