On Jan 12, 2008 1:41 AM, Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.yu wrote:
On Friday 11 January 2008 04:35, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
On Jan 10, 2008 7:37 PM, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
There is an awful lot of material we use and justify by saying "well, we couldn't use anything else" - we should be very wary of believing this to be a justification that we *need* it.
I agree with this sentiment entirely. Just because an image is irreplacable does not mean it has intrinsic value. For instance, the cover image of a book or CD or DVD is hardly "important". That is, unless there is something special and unique about that particular cover that makes it worthy of pointing out especially.
I find cover image of a book a part of essential information about this book that I want to see if I want to know about the book. At least for me, as a reader, it is important. The same for CD/DVD covers, movie posters and whatnot.
"I find it useful " is not likely to fly in a court