I'm ambivalent about protecting my own intellectual property such as it is but believe that we shouldn't have asymmetrical capitalism. All should share the good and the bad and the ups and downs of the market. I Wickied the history of copyright, etc. and learned quite a lot. One of the more interesting is in the pre-history section regarding the "book curse." Perhaps picture curses cold act a deterrent for some. I'm sure some of you could could think of some really nasty contempory ones. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] RE: Adobe is watching you..... > From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wed, January 02, 2008 3:33 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > At 02:40 PM 1/2/2008, you wrote: > >If you can express the value of your home and land in dollars, why > >does it make sense to deny a similary valuation of a piece of art? > > > >Art should be free? Artists should stay up 8 hours a day working in > >Wal*Mart or at Toyota on the production line so they can spend 8 > >hours of their own time creating their art for others to use for free? > > > >What a crock. > >-- > >Emily L. Ferguson > Amen, Emily! > http://rising.blackstar.com/why-photographers-hate-creative-commons.html > Tina > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com
