[Leica] Fwd: Creative license. To steal.

[George Lottermoser]

Artists have always "copied" - "used" - "borrowed" from one another as well as nature. "Steal" implies "take credit for another's work."

Adobe suggests "looking at" - "be inspired by" - "see how others use the tools." "Learn through looking at work that relates to your way of seeing." It's called "art education."

No one can actually "steal" that which inspires and drives a true artist. The copyists and forgers and posers generally get "found out" and exposed. 

Does Alamy actually use the language "creative license to steal" somewhere? If so where and in what context.

a note off the iPad, George

On Jun 13, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Photographers:
> 
> Alamy is now ENCOURAGING photographers to steal work?  "Creative license.
> To steal." Is this true? Whether the work has been willing shared or not,
> the implication is that you should steal the idea and build on it.
> 
> I hope not.
> 
> Tina
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