Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:24 AM 6/19/98 +0000, you wrote: >Copyright is close to home, I agree. I do, however, refuse to take the interests of >Playboy, as they pertain to copyrights, at all seriously - public record be damned. >Glamour and/or soft porn is a fact of photographic life. Either we all learn to accept our >complete diversity or we lie about what exactly a Leica user can be. This point can't be emphasized too much. But I don't denigrate the public record. Rather, I recognize that in "media" cases, they are often overturned on appeal because the first court, and more likely juries, often get it wrong. We don't know the final disposition of this, and to point fingers at a person and claim they are violating copyright, when that person at least has a reasonable explanation for why he isn't guilty is unfair, and jumping the gun, of one asks me. (Nobody is, I might add). We are a diverse group, and we need to be more careful about attacking anybody, and try to understand the essence, or spirit of what they are talking about, and not be so quick to jump the gun. (Me included). Let's get back to our friendly talking about all things Leica. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill.