On 7/21/06, Mark Wagner carnildo@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/21/06, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com 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.
At the same time, we have no incentive to increase the number of photographers. When you can just grab a picture off the web and stick it in an article, there's no incentive to get out there and start taking pictures. It's not like digital cameras are hard to come by -- every other cell phone has one, and cheap dedicated cameras can be had for $50-$75.
And anyone notice Fir2000, one of our best photographers (brilliant in my opinion), has mentioned he's thinking about hanging it up? Think we don't have enough photographers NOW? :-( --LV