Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wal-Mart is certainly capable of coming up with some ridiculous policies. i ran across this about a year age when I went to buy some lithium batteries for a wireless alarm system. I needed about a dozen so I picked up six packs of two. At checkout, I was informed that the computer would only let me buy 3 packages of lithium batteries. i asked the manager why, and was told that lithium batteries are used as an ingredient in making methamphetamine, and with the epidemic of meth labs in the rural south,Wal-Mart limits you to 3 packages.I was told that no one could possibly need so many batteries and there was no way to override this policy. I could have bought 3 8-packs of AA lithiums, but only 3 2-packs of CR2. So i canceled my purchase and went to Office Depot. This sort of nonsense seems to be their corporate ides of "social responsibility". Allen >The story about not printing "professional" images just means that Wal-Mart >is still stinging from a few lawsuits about copying professional images. It >seems a few enterprising studios registered some images, then toddled over >to a few Wal-Marts and made quite a few copies. Receipt in hand the next >stop was the friendly solicitor. > >As good Luggites you will know that it didn't take much legal muscle to win >a few million dollars in the legal lottery. I would assume that the >corporate office sent a few vaguely worded but very specific memo's out. >Probably on the lines of, if you copy an image that is protected you and >your little dog will be toast. With the law pretty vague on what a >photographer has to do to mark a protected image the only safe route for a >deep pocket is to decline to reproduce images that are questionable. > >Don >dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information