Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] Sell your Instagram photo—for $90,000
From: csaganich at gmail.com (CJ andS)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 13:18:37 -0400
References: <B2B0EEF1-4754-46B0-B4C5-F6A53C824BE0@bex.net>

What isn't rational is everyone uploading everything into these places.  At
least he is upfront about it.  I'd like to see a corporate accounting of
profits gleaned from this image fodder.

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Prince is at it again, selling the work of others (and this time it?s not
> even ?work?).
>
> That a galleryful of poster-size enlargements of snaps purloined off
> Instagram, with fashionably nonsensical and self-consciously whimsical faux
> comments added, can be sold out at $90,000 per, is a comment on the, um,
> ?artist?s? notoriety and a topic that I can?t even think rationally about.
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/05/25/a-reminder-that-your-instagram-photos-arent-really-yours-someone-else-can-sell-them-for-90000/?tid=pm_lifestyle_pop_b
> <
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/05/25/a-reminder-that-your-instagram-photos-arent-really-yours-someone-else-can-sell-them-for-90000/?tid=pm_lifestyle_pop_b
> >
>
>
> ?howard
>
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Chris Saganich
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Sell your Instasgram photo?for $90,000)
In reply to: Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Sell your Instagram photo—for $90,000)