Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Photographic Freedom
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:44:41 -0600
References: <1EE0CA83-E971-455C-B1BA-63F3CD37F165@me.com> <17ED9AE7-7D34-420D-BD99-231CF2377418@frozenlight.eu> <CA+yJO1B0EbdGJQC69Oi2D1sxAhnW+538+9P2O6dWHTrCZqy5SA@mail.gmail.com>

On Jan 31, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> Alamy will stop you.  They have recently removed all photos of signs
> indicating the underground in London and all photos made in and of National
> Trust properties in England.  As soon as it becomes illegal to profit from
> photos of specific sights, Alamy will remove the photos from their
> collection.

Well there you have it.
We continue to witness the collusion between government and corporations;
behind the masks of "free enterprise," "freedom of the press," and "free 
countries."

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist







In reply to: Message from gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] Photographic Freedom)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Photographic Freedom)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Photographic Freedom)