Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDAC8.FBEAA1B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Someone correct me if I am worng, but isn't Bill Gates doing exactly > this??? > > Seems about a year ago I heard about something along these > lines of him > doing something like this under the umbrella of Corbis. > Don't forget he > owns Corbis, one of the largest photo agencies/image databanks in the > world. > > ><devilsadvocate> > >So by extension of this analogy - if I were to take a copy of > >someone else's photo, and then "improve" it, say in Photoshop, > >and then sell it - is this a lesser offence? > ></devilsadvocate> > It's an example of the golden rule at work. He who has the gold... Paul Chefurka - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDAC8.FBEAA1B8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: [Leica] Re: Lens Designs and history- the only take</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> Someone correct me if I am worng, but isn't Bill Gates doing exactly </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> this??? </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Seems about a year ago I heard about something along these </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> lines of him </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> doing something like this under the umbrella of Corbis. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Don't forget he </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> owns Corbis, one of the largest photo agencies/image databanks in the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> world. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ><devilsadvocate></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >So by extension of this analogy - if I were to take a copy of</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >someone else's photo, and then "improve" it, say in Photoshop,</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >and then sell it - is this a lesser offence?</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ></devilsadvocate></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>It's an example of the golden rule at work. He who has the gold...</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Paul Chefurka</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BEDAC8.FBEAA1B8--