Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans Pahlen writes: |Anders, are you saying that the Leica community site is a bad idea? I could kill it, if it makes you feel better. |/Hans In response to Anders: |> >It is my understanding Bill Gates is the owner of THE largest stock |> photography |> >collection in the known world. |> |> Yes, but that is not a reason to give him more for free. I think that the site is a great idea and well implemented. It gives us a central place to place photographs for critique by Leica users plus anyone else than wanders onto the site. My understanding is that the stock photography rights owned by either Gates or Microsoft was purchased for money consideration and not stolen or misused from web postings. I really don't know why Mr. Gates would want photography to which he does not own copyright nor to which he has access to any subject releases. I interpret the usage phrase as meaning that MSN can copy it to a feature page (which I would love) to show what a great photo site they have without any commercial endorsement involved. Perhaps some of our Leica attorneys and/or lawyers would care to question my interpretation. In the meantime, I think that the site provides a very valuable visual appendix to the LUG. I intend to take my Midway portfolio down when I get bored with receiving no comments. (As a result of the portfolio, I have captured some of the Yemenite photography market in my area).