I have been receiving a lot of emails and comments from some concern netizens informing me that one of my photos was used in a presentation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic.

I’m quite shocked to see that the photo I took at Haneda Airport 4 years ago (2011) which I posted in this blog post has been used without me knowing. It was being used in a mockup to demonstrate how the 2020 Tokyo Olympic banners with emblem will look like in Haneda Airport. You can have a look at news reported by 日テレNEWS24.

A lot of people commented on my post and some wants to know how I feel about it. Well, I really have mixed feeling about this.  I’m kinda shocked but am happy too that my photo was being used in a presentation of an international event, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But on the other hand, the designer should asked for my permission before using my photo. It is quite unethical that he deleted the copyright watermark on my photograph.

If you look at the right side of my blog, I’ve stated that :

COPYRIGHT

All text, graphics & photographs on this site belongs to me, unless stated otherwise. Please DO NOT use them without permission or without linking back to me.

The photos in my blog means a lot to me. They are my precious memories of Japan. I had a lot of fond memories living in Japan. If the designer had informed me that he would like to use my photo as presentation material for Tokyo Olympic, I would have granted him the permission to use it.

メールやコメントをくださった日本人の方へ、

私が２０１１年に撮った羽田空港の写真が東京五輪のプレゼンテーションに使われていた件についてですが、ここでコメントをします。正直複雑な気持ちです。自分が知らないうちに、写真が２０２０年東京オリンピックのプレゼンテーションに使われていたことに驚きましたが、同時に東京オリンピックのような国際的なイベントのプレゼンテーションに使われて嬉しい気持ちもありました。しかし、私の写真を使用するに当たって、許可をとって欲しかったです。私が写真につけたコピーライトのスカシまで削除したことは道義に反した行為だと思います。

私がブログにアップしている写真は、自分にとってとても大切なもので、日本での貴重な思い出です。私の写真を使うのであれば、きちんと許可を得てから使ってほしかったですね。