Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you, Ric and Ted! Yes, "they" do it to everybody. They even do it to Harlan Ellison. For those who don't know, he is a celebrated Science Fiction novelist, screenwriter and scriptwriter. He wrote "The City on the Edge of Forever," often rated the best the Star Trek episode ever. I love the rant below (Warning, lots of profanity). I only wish I had the attitude and clout to pull it off. On the other hand, he's been married five times, so the attitude might have a downside... In print: <http://www.printmag.com/obsessions/harlan-ellison-on-getting-paid/> Or as a video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE> --Peter ---------- > I do notice that they charge for all their products. > in the immortal words of Frank Zappa, > ?Now, who they jivin' with that cosmic debris?? > ric carter > On Dec 11, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > Good for you, proper & polite response. > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) > PS: If they all work for free? How do they get their food, clothes & beer? > Pay their rent or mortgage? Buy their cars? And when you check them out on > GOOGLE and see they are an international RIP-OFF organization? Do they also > get "FREE AIR TRAVEL?" HOTELS ETC.? > Dr. ted :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Peter Klein > Sent: December-11-16 2:10 PM > To: lug > Subject: Re: [Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free! > > Thanks for all the comments. Of course I said "no." Here's my reply to > them and their response: > > ------ I wrote -------------- > The answer is no. And you might consider that by basing your calendar > business on the "work for free" model, you are furthering an economic > model that is devaluing all creative work and contributing to a decline > in all the arts. > > > ----- they replied ---------- > Thank you your reply. We are sorry we won't be able to present your photo. > We all work for free as a labor of love, so the "work for free" model is > very familiar to us, but we certainly understand your point of view. > > Best of luck in all your endeavors, and blessed holidays! > ---------------------------- > > --Peter > >> LUG: I just received the following "flickrmail" request to publish one >> of my photographs in a calendar. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5265537626/ >> For free, of course. Here's the note I received" >> >> "We have seen your touching photograph shown in the link below, and >> would love to include it in our Prayer & Meditation Calendar 2018, >> which can be seen here: PrayerMeditationCalendar.org. Due to budget >> constraints, our nonprofit universal spiritual organization >> publishes this calendar each year largely through the kindness of >> photographers who donate their images. All of us serve as unpaid >> volunteers to further the cause of love and unity among all beings. >> >> "We offer to send a calendar to the photographers and provide the >> credit lines they prefer. Would an arrangement like this be >> agreeable to you? If so we will need the image highest res & 300 ppi >> on the shortest side, your preferred credit line and your mailing >> address." >> >> The signer has a one year-old flickr account with no photographs. This >> is the organization involved: >> http://truthconsciousness.org/about/truth-consciousness-organization/ >> And I found this: >> http://www.westword.com/news/hide-the-swami-5055176 >> >> Anyway, it made me feel pretty low. If my work is only of value to scam >> artists and bottom-feeders, and only if I give it away, why bother? >> >> --Peter