Tom Miller posted this to Pinhole Visions and the Spitbite Pinhole Mailing List. I’m re-posting it in its entirety:
Dear Photography Enthusiast,
The Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD) coordinators noticed that commercial pinhole cameras engraved with our name and logo are being offered for sale. This is being done without the authorization of the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day organization.
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is a community service organization operated as a not-for-profit; we are not a commercial enterprise. We don’t sell anything, but exist only to benefit all people by providing information about pinhole photography and by providing a gallery open for all people to post one pinhole photograph as part of the annual Pinhole Day celebration.
While we encourage people to use our artwork to promote the Pinhole Day event, we do not authorize use of our name and artwork for commercial purposes. Please keep this in mind if you are considering a purchase of a camera with our name and logo on it, as the purchase does not benefit Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day. Thank you for your understanding.
Tom Miller, on behalf of the
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day Coordinating Team