Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why blame Corbis. The economy sucks everywhere. There are alot of cut backs throught our economy. Why should they be exempted. mike - --- Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> wrote: > Is Corbis owned by Microsoft? > > feli > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > FYI - from the email summary of > > ------------------------------------------ > > NEWS... > > ------------------------------------------ > > Decisive support by Cartier-Bresson > > > > Henri Cartier-Bresson has issued a blistering > attack on one of the > > world's largest picture agencies in support of a > group of photographers > > taking strike action. The legendary French > photographer wrote a > > hand-written letter to the Corbis-Sygma employees > who are striking > > against the agency's decision to lay-off 42 > photojournalists and issue > > new contractual arrangements. 'I am scandalised by > the casualness and > > the cruelty of the massive firing by Corbis of 42 > Sygma photographers,' > > he writes. 'The compilation of an image bank, as > well stocked as it > > might be, will never match the work of an author.' > > > > Corbis took over Sygma - formed in France 30 years > ago - in 1999. In the > > two years since the take-over, losses have > accelerated and photographers > > have been in perpetual dispute with their new > employees. > > > > (Read more in this week's printed issue of BJP) > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to > smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) > 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html