Tom Biro

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  Tom commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  Dear Iditarod Participants and Supporters

  As someone who has actually met Nigel and personally knows the musher you're speaking about in your story, I found it more than amusing that you'd choose to use one of my photos in your story when I was alerted to it earlier tonight. While I can respect your beliefs and opinions on this subject, though don't necessarily agree with them, I felt that I had to drop a note here and say that, knowing said musher, she was surely falling over herself about this fine animal's disappearance during the events this week. You may not agree that it's the case, but there are plenty of people who would have her back on this - including me. She's also the person if, after being told she had to take a five hour break due to the "rules," she would take seven. I could go on, but know that we'd be here all day, and I'm not here to debate the broader issue here, just stick up to a friend of the family - we all have our opinions and beliefs, and you're certainly entitled to yours.
  
  Oh, and as a suggestion, most of us on the Web appreciate fellow bloggers having the decency to not hotlink to other people's images in their blog posts. The Star-Tribune and my account on Flickr shouldn't have to serve the bandwidth of your post because you chose not to host the pictures on your own blog. While I'm happy that you at least chose to link to my Flickr account in your footer, the original Star-Tribune photograph can be found in this story, and I'm sure they would have appreciated the credit for the photo that was clearly utilized to make your blog post that much more effective.