Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Uh oh, Jim. Watch out!! ;-) Just kidding of course. Tina's response was anticipated; as I said in my first email, "I hope Tina doesn't read this!" And her response, in most respects, is absolutely right: we shouldn't give away our hard work. It trickles down to devalue the whole profession. I completely understand and agree with her. But as you said, sometimes it's a good thing to be generous to those who are generous to us. My Board has kept me employed for many years, and were, in essence, honoring my work. A couple of other folks saw it and have purchased two copies of the full image, which somewhat justifies the free use of the image, but was completely unexpected. I was just glad I could do something for the hand that feeds me. Next month there will most likely be another "free image" of mine. It will be mailed to about 5,000 households and include my name and web address as well as a brief (and somewhat nauseating) artist's statement. Who knows, maybe I'll get a sale or two out of that too. So in essence with this "free use" I'm getting quite a bit of free advertising. At any rate, there are exceptions to every rule, but I think Tina's opinion about don't give away your work is correct 99.9% of the time. IMO, (and thanks for coming to my defense!), Bob On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Tina, > > Your response to Bob Adler strikes me as a little bit strong, unless it was > offered tongue-in-cheek. > > I just contributed a number of images to the Facebook web page created by > our local airport. I have enjoyed the friends and experiences made at this > facility since I started flight training in 1957, and have seen the > numerous > improvements made over the years, including transition to the world of the > internet. I think the web page will offer a new face to people who may not > be familiar with the value of this facility to the local economy, and I am > happy to contribute. I intend to continue to help with updated photos. > Somehow, from the EXIF data on my digital images, a number of the images > give me credit lines. > > In case you would like to see what I am talking about, here is a link to > the page. > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tullahoma-Regional-Airport/176056799142900 > > I don't feel that I gave a lot of value away. I see it as civic pride! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com