On 11 August 2014 at 12:01:38 am, Tom Morris (tom@tommorris.org) wrote:
Thomas Morton wrote:
> I find this a bit distasteful, rather akin to rubbing it in the
> photographers face.
>
> Its fine to take a stand on a point of copyright.
>
> But being dicks about winning is surely not the sort of attitude we want
> to display? Hardly helps support our stance as serious, rather than
> trollish.
>
Agreed. It is rather tacky, juvenile and slightly unpleasant. Be
magnanimous in victory and all that. It'd be nice to know who thought
"take a photo with the monkey selfie" was a useful and productive piece
of free culture activism. Because it just makes us look like mean jerks.
--
Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>
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