Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, Adam, that is what I have in mind. And Google's earlier intention to scan all manner of books and make them available, with scant regard for copyright. And the privacy part--I assume that everything I send to a recipient on gmail, and everything I say in a Google Talk chat is going to be stored and used for whatever purpose Google sees fit. So, I would never put anything I really care about on any Google-owned web site. Nathan Adam Bridge wrote: > I'm not sure what Nathan has in mind either. > > I'm assuming he's all over the Belgian newspaper thing about IP rights > (no great loss in my opinion and frankly rather stupid on the paper's > parts) and the privacy part - that I'm not sure what he's driving at. > > Adam > > On 2/14/07, Phil Swango <pswango@att.net> wrote: >> Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >The gallery looks nice, but I would be reluctant to provide even more >> >free content to Google. Their respect for intellectual property rights >> >and privacy leaves a lot to be desired. >> >> >> Thanks for commenting, Nathan. I'm not sure what you're referring to >> exactly. Must be something I'm not aware of. I use Smugmug too when >> I want >> to spend time organizing a gallery, and I like it very much. It has >> more >> features than PicasaWeb and offers some really neat customization >> options >> for appearance, etc. PicasaWeb caught my eye when I was organizing some >> photos using Picasa and gave it a try just for fun. A few clicks and >> one >> minute later I had a gallery up so I thought I'd pass the word around. >> >> Plus their slide show feature looks really cool in Vista. ;-) >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!