[Leica] More Stock Woes

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Even the manufacturer who licensed the photo has done nothing wrong!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 9:13 AM Christopher Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> 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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