Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I totally agree with you Marc, which is pretty much a first. ;-) Apart from anything else, this pamphlet seems to be little more than a minor rewording of Erwin's on-line material. There is little new. - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 059 303436 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:45 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Downloadable Erwin Puts Book > At 11:46 AM 9/26/02 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >No, but the existence of an obvious conflict of interest unavoidably raises > >the question of whether a person has been unduly influenced. And the > >person's work should be judged in light of the conflict, and the question. > >Particularly when the person in question vehemently denied - on this list > >and his own "private" list, the existence of such a conflict. > > BD > > What schlocky sort of a journalist are you? I was trained, back in my > journalism days, to develop a time line. > > IN THE PAST, Erwin has told us that he did not receive money from Leica. > The last such claim was about a year ago, if my memory is correct. > > TODAY, Erwin appears to have been the author of a pamphlet sponsored by > Leica. A slew of queries would occur to the non-doctrinaire journalist: > > a) Was Erwin paid for this work? > b) IF he was paid (and I am not certain that he was, having done unpaid > work for Leica myself), when was this a firm deal? Before or after his > last statement that he was independent of Leica? > c) If he knew of an impending payment, did this render him not > "independent" of Leica? Can there be a one-shot payment which does not > affect independence? > d) Does drafting a pamphlet make one a heart-and-soul slave of Leica? > e) Does taking money to draft a descriptive pamphlet necessarily invalidate > a lifetime of work? > > BD, I could run down the companies which own the companies for which you > work. Are you slaves to these? Be real, brother! > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html