Does this make me... Published?

A funny thing happened last night. I got an email (that wasn't the funny thing). It was from an advertising agency based in Barcelona (that's the funny thing). The woman wanted to know if they could use one of my travel photos for an ad campaign in Spain. Seriously.

I've heard the horror stories of artists having their work show up on logos and shirts without their permission, which is why I was so surprised to be reading the email. In the age of SOPA and PIPA, who asks for permission these days? So of course I thought it was some sort of scam at first, but I wasn't being asked for any personal information, just a "Yay" or "Nay." So I yayed.

This morning I woke up to another email, from the same woman representing the same company. It had an attachment. What kind of attachment? A legal document for me to review, sign, and email back to them. I guess it's to ensure that I don't turn around and try to sue these nice people for using my photo.

So, yah. That's it. Apparently my photo (and name, in the small print of course) will be the subject of some sort of Spanish ad. I'm really fuzzy on details, but I've been assured that I'll be able to see the final product. Huzzah! Oh, and for those of you interested. this is the photo being used:

I'm not quite sure why they chose it, but that's probably 'cause I have no clue what the ad will be for. And if the photo looks familiar, you might have seen it on my Flickr account or as part of a Photoblog.