Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/04

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Subject: [Leica] A good while ago
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Apr 4 08:57:40 2007
References: <C7F2156D-CF9F-4971-8739-866E8805FD12@mac.com> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1DEF@case-email> <7.0.1.0.2.20070404084846.02686278@comporium.net>

"Crowdsourcing" has always been the staple of small newspapers and  
inhouse publications.
Heck, after all, doesn't Peter Parker/Spiderman start off as a  
crowdsourcer.

Here's another interesting one.
http://tinyurl.com/24flax

Slobodan Dimitrov




On Apr 4, 2007, at 5:49 AM, Tina Manley wrote:

> At 08:45 AM 4/4/2007, you wrote:
>> The digital photography phenomenon has had a lot of fall out. I've
>> heard Tina talk about current "rates" as well. Royalty free CD's full
>> of stock images are part of this equation. Auto focus and an SLR in
>> every soccer mom's front seat is part of this equation. Parents with
>> decent digital cameras are having a serious effect on what used to be
>> called "school" photography. What year did the sporting event
>> photographers become that absurd gallery of motorized bs? And since
>> the digital era - it gets more crazy and crowded every season.
>> They're all getting the same shot. So what's that shot worth?
>
> An interesting article on CNN Money today about "crowdsourcing" and  
> microstock:
>
>
> <http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/ 
> 2007/04/01/8403372/index.htm?postversion=2007040405>
>
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
> http://www.tinamanley.com
>
>
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In reply to: Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] A good while ago)
Message from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] A good while ago)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] A good while ago)