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dave gaines
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Les Kamens: Stand Strong!!!!!!! The music industry is notorious for poor deals regarding images and their usage. When i was a Kid and went to shoot Santana and wanted to get paid from the management...His response was," there are 10's of thousands of people out there with cameras willing to give me photo's for passes to the next show. Why would I want to pay you?" Was an eye opener and decided to move specialties to still life and table top. What did I learn? Agency's pay and rock and roll not so much.
Next we should turn our efforts on FaceBook that blatantly say all images posted are theirs no if, ands, or buts.
This is a big deal. Facebook has it buried in their terms and agreements. As a result I only post small, low res images on FB. More people should be aware of this.
Calvin Chann: Sorry, but for me the colour of the thing is a serious point. I haven't bought any of the Oly lenses that are mentioned in this preview, because of the colour of the things. All my camera bodies are black (except a white G3 that I bought by mistake) and to me, a silver lens on a black body is not discrete enough.
Looks like Oly have lost me as a potential customer!
Get some black paint. This lens will be worth the trouble. Or get a silver body. Practically speaking, silver stays cooler in the sun, reducing thermal effects on the glass elements, inner workings, etc. And you can find it in a dark closet too!
This news is affecting their stock value. It has nothing to do with the great value of their cameras and lenses. Olympus will continue to produce the most popular mirror-less ILC and the versatile 4/3 format DSLR's that make fine photography with excellent optics affordable.
The Wall Street Journal had an article on Monday describing the conflict. He was fired by a stacked board. Is this SOP for Japanese companies?
So on being fired he went public with the damaging info. Once its revealed and verified he'll have reason to sue for wrongful termination. And why not, they sacraficed his career to protect corporate corruption.
The Journal can't come right out and say Olympus exec's are corrupt but it's pretty clear if you read the facts and put 2 and 2 together. This kind of corporate greed and corruption is common throughout the world. European and US corporations are no exception. This story may explain why Olympus doesn't spend more money on R&R.
Clearly the video is a duplication of the photograph. They copied the photo as closely as they could, down to the shape of the room, positiion of doors windows and furniture, radiating colors in the windows, colors and stripes on the wall and number and appearance of the players. The color of the "singer's" hair. The idea for and creative portrayal of S&M is copied. There is nothing original in the DefJam video that can't be found in the David LaChapelle photograph.
If my work were copied like this I'd sue. If others have gotten away with this plagersim in the past it is no resaon to tolerate it today. Just because copyrights have been infringed upon in the past doesn't mean it's okay for anyone to commit the crime today
In the digital age when copying is so rampant and easy, the penalty should be stiff. Finding and catching the thief is very hard. The penalty should be high.