On 7/21/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/21/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)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