Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Suggesting that somebody steal intellectual property isn't becoming of a > photographer. Hmmm? How is this any different than a previous suggestion that we request the "artist's" discount on frames? > Misrepresenting yourself to pay a lower licensing fee is > reprehensible. How would you feel if an ad agency did that to a > photographer? "Oh, it's just local circulation." And then you find out > that the ad was running globally? More'n likely I'd be pissed. But then, I'm one person, whereas Adobe is a rather large corporation. Call it unethical if you like, but I really have little trouble with those who would pirate Microsoft or Adobe (or whomever's) software. Not everyone who would like to can afford Photoshop or Office Professional. > And you wonder why John Q. Public has no respect for photographers' > intellectual property rights when we appear so cavalier about other's rights > ourselves. I doubt that that John Q. Public, like most rational people, finds little common ground with the corporate bohemoths. > Eric - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html