Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-)

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I see your point from posts I read after the one that triggered my reply.

The market place is apparently dominated by the few.

In my profession, there are niches that the larger CPA firms can't control
and compete for.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those
God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-)


> the are - to some extent.  But it's like the mom and pop stores trying to
> band together to fight Walmart... it's a tough fight
>
> tim a
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Roland
> > Smith
> > Sent: February 12, 2002 9:35 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of
> > those God Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear
> > again!;-)
> >
> >
> > Why don't the displaced photographers form their own association and go
> > after the business of their former employer?
> >
> > In other service professions that is what happens.
> >
> > Lawyers do this when separated from their law firm as do CPAs,
architechs,
> > engineers and others.
> >
> > Roland Smith, CPA
> > Oakland, California
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:01 PM
> > Subject: [Leica] The Decisive Moment or...sounds like another of those
God
> > Damn commie photographers is on some sort of socialist tear again!;-)
> >
> >
> > > 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)
> > >
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