La Prensa, without either getting permission or paying, published three photographs from Eric Jackson's copyrighted book, "90N: dispatches from Panama 1994-2000." Now the daily newspaper insists that it was paying Jackson a compliment.

This partial apology for not informing of the theft of intellectual property, which included no recognition of the value of the work or the violation of Panamanian and international copyright laws inherent in La Prensa's piracy, let alone any offer of compensation, has been rejected by both Jackson and Sun Publishing, the parent company of The Panama News.

Because La Prensa refuses to acknowledge any responsibility to follow Panama's copyright laws, and moreover, because a former foreign minister of Panama condones the flagrant violation of the Universal Copyright Convention, a treaty to which Panama is a party, Eric Jackson is urging the national government of Panama, the municipal government of the capital and the United States Embassy to desist from purchasing advertising in La Prensa. To continue to do so, now knowing that La Prensa reserves to itself the right to steal the fruits of other people's labor, would be a form of governmental corruption, according to Jackson.