you want my opinion?
the way i view photography as a means to generate income, is that i get a job where i take photos and then i give those photos to whoever paid me for them and let them do whatever they want with them
the photos i have now, go ahead, do what you will with them, i posted them on the internet knowing full well that anyone could rip them
otherwise i just would not bother posting them
also, for your information, i did not make the scan of the article, a certain someone at a high education insitution did for the whole class to read
i'm just spreading the info
so really, this is a case of you having too big a stick shoved up your ass, take it out, and relax.
"paid for only" information is a dinasour approach, too many magazines are going out of business as it is, because people dont bother with hard copies
and if you dont provide your articles in online format, what then, the world should suffer because your company cant post their stuff?
hey, i dont see you heckling Nesster for his never ending (and god bless him) postings of all the old school Pentax advertisements
how is that any different?
also, how about when Ben posted scans of HIS work from old magazines... which were not his
were you there then, heckling on him?
Originally posted by mtroute What if I took all your photos and, while giving you credit, put them all throughout my fictional dental office. I am not selling them, I am just using them to decorate my office...Would that be ok. It meets all your requirements, and is just like putting the copy of home and garden on the waiting room table...
Or if I put them in your fiends shitter so you could enjoy them while taking care of your business.
Bear in mind I am not asking your permission to do any of this...
I don't really give a shit what you do with the article, that is not my point. The point is that someone somewhere put work into this article, and had a reasonable expectation that they would be able to decide how it was used, I don't think Harpers would be to thrilled that you had posted it for the world to read, without permission.
Don't you want the same control of your work?