Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica]plutocrats
From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 19:47:01 -0700

Makes sense, I guess.

At 10:24 AM 8/23/98 , you wrote:
>Five Senses Productions wrote:
>> 
>> Why do you say "one of the country's largest sprinkler watering
>> system manufacturers"  AND  "this is a huge international
>> company all have probably heard of" instead of just using the name
>> of the company?  Just curious......
>
>Partly because it doesn't matter and this is a public forum and there
>are such things as libel suits (which, right or wrong, I can't afford to
>fight0.  If you use a model that turned out to be pretty bad, would it
>serve a purpose to tell us her name?  If the company I mentioned had
>done me dirt (like not paying a bill), I would mention by name so no one
>else gets hurt.  But this company has the right to do business as they
>see fit.  And photographers have the right to do jobs for whatever they
>want.  They even have the right NOT to use Leicas!
>
>donal
>-- 
>Donal Philby
>San Diego
>http://www.donalphilby.com
>