[Leica] Re. Be enlightened: Work for free!

[Peter Klein]

Thank you, Ric and Ted!  Yes, "they" do it to everybody.

They even do it to Harlan Ellison. For those who don't know, he is a 
celebrated Science Fiction novelist, screenwriter and scriptwriter. He 
wrote "The City on the Edge of Forever," often rated the best the Star 
Trek episode ever.  I love the rant below (Warning, lots of profanity).  
I only wish I had the attitude and clout to pull it off.  On the other 
hand, he's been married five times, so the attitude might have a downside...

In print:
<http://www.printmag.com/obsessions/harlan-ellison-on-getting-paid/>
Or as a video:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE>

--Peter

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 > I do notice that they charge for all their products.

 > in the immortal words of Frank Zappa,
 > ?Now, who they jivin' with that cosmic debris??

 > ric carter



 > On Dec 11, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
 >
 > Hi Peter,
 > Good for you, proper & polite response.
 > cheers,
 > Dr. ted  :-)
 > PS: If they all work for free? How do they get their food, clothes & 
beer?
 > Pay their rent or mortgage? Buy their cars? And when you check them 
out on
 > GOOGLE and see they are an international RIP-OFF organization? Do 
they also
 > get "FREE AIR TRAVEL?" HOTELS ETC.?
 > Dr. ted  :-)
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
 > Behalf Of
 > Peter Klein
 > Sent: December-11-16 2:10 PM
 > To: lug
 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Be enlightened: Work for free!
 >
 > Thanks for all the comments.  Of course I said "no."  Here's my reply to
 > them and their response:
 >
 > ------ I wrote --------------
 > The answer is no. And you might consider that by basing your calendar
 > business on the "work for free" model, you are furthering an economic
 > model that is devaluing all creative work and contributing to a decline
 > in all the arts.
 >
 >
 > ----- they replied ----------
 > Thank you your reply. We are sorry we won't be able to present your 
photo.
 > We all work for free as a labor of love, so the "work for free" model is
 > very familiar to us, but we certainly understand your point of view.
 >
 > Best of luck in all your endeavors, and blessed holidays!
 > ----------------------------
 >
 > --Peter
 >
 >> LUG:  I just received the following "flickrmail" request to publish one
 >> of my photographs in a calendar.
 >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/5265537626/
 >> For free, of course.  Here's the note I received"
 >>
 >>    "We have seen your touching photograph shown in the link below, and
 >>    would love to include it in our Prayer & Meditation Calendar 2018,
 >>    which can be seen here: PrayerMeditationCalendar.org. Due to budget
 >>    constraints, our nonprofit universal spiritual organization
 >>    publishes this calendar each year largely through the kindness of
 >>    photographers who donate their images. All of us serve as unpaid
 >>    volunteers to further the cause of love and unity among all beings.
 >>
 >>    "We offer to send a calendar to the photographers and provide the
 >>    credit lines they prefer. Would an arrangement like this be
 >>    agreeable to you? If so we will need the image highest res & 300 ppi
 >>    on the shortest side, your preferred credit line and your mailing
 >>    address."
 >>
 >> The signer has a one year-old flickr account with no photographs. This
 >> is the organization involved:
 >> http://truthconsciousness.org/about/truth-consciousness-organization/
 >> And I found this:
 >> http://www.westword.com/news/hide-the-swami-5055176
 >>
 >> Anyway, it made me feel pretty low.  If my work is only of value to scam
 >> artists and bottom-feeders, and only if I give it away, why bother?
 >>
 >> --Peter