[Leica] More Stock Woes

[Christopher Crawford]

The article seems to be designed to blame Walmart. It isn't their fault; they didn't license the photo, some manufacturer did and Walmart is selling the manufacturer's products. They're probably not the only retailer selling the stuff, but the article doesn't say if that's so. The writer left out a lot, in my opinion, in order to maintain the "Walmart is Evil" narrative.

At the end of the article, it says that Walmart reached out to the photographer on social media, asking him to contact them. That's a BIG detail, yet the writer does not say if the photographer talked to Walmart, or what Walmart offered him. To me it sounds like the company felt bad for the guy and wanted to compensate him, despite the fact that Walmart has no legal obligation to do so. If so, that's very kind of them, but that would ruin the 'narrative' wouldn’t it? I'd like to know if that's the case...wouldn't you?


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On 12/23/18, 10:27 PM, "LUG on behalf of Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG" <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

    That is the market. He should put up and shut up, or get out and do
    something else!
    
    Walmart did NOTHING wrong, I wonder if bashing them is the flavour of the
    week.
    
    Cheers
    Jayanand
    
    On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:32 AM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
    wrote:
    
    > PESO:
    >
    > This is what happens when you have no idea what you are doing:
    >
    >
    > https://petapixel.com/2018/12/22/photog-shocked-after-his-1-88-stock-photo-shows-up-on-walmart-goods/
    >
    > Comments are interesting, too.
    >
    > Tina
    >
    > --
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    > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley
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    > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
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