On 7/21/06, Stan Shebs <shebs(a)apple.com> wrote:
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
In any case, I think the worry about copyright is ignoring the real
problem: WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PHOTOGRAPHERS! Even if we ignore the
advantages of being able to work with the creator, when the copyright
holder uploads their own content our problems are greatly reduced.
Here's an evil hack - waive the one-month requirement if we see the
image has metadata showing camera as the source...
That is an evil hack... mostly because it wouldn't be hard to implement.
But seriously, I'm not sure we can do much to
encourage photography;
it's like trying to get people to write about the Sphaerosepalaceae
rather than Friends episodes.
Is it really the same thing?
Writing about Sphaerosepalaceae and Friends episodes both require real
work.. both are creating content. The imbalance we see is because
more people are interested in Friends. Photography isn't like
that.... I'd agree it would be the same if I was lamenting the lack
of illustrations on [[Sphaerosepalaceae]] verses [[Friends episode
X]].
I've always regarded our lack of photographers as a product of the
greater startup time consumption (can't really take half a picture),
combined with our culture which isn't that friendly to photographers.