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 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, > architects, > > engineers and others. > > Oh, and of course, in the case of the new mega firm you dealing with - say you as a CPA charged and industry standard rate of $100 hr. The mega-firm is now selling that expertise for $9.95 an hour. Why - because they have millions of dollars to burn in order to dominate the market. that's what Corbis has done tim a (who is, BTW a photographer who has helped form just such an organisation - so I happen to know what I'm talking about - we've got the pictures of the Enron crowd up and running, selling to outlets before Corbis has even managed to get theirs in their system...!). - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html