Did any of you people actually READ what I was saying? Hint: I wasn't
supporting software piracy. Jesus Christ!
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Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Fort Wayne, Indiana
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
On 1/13/08 11:56 PM, "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I think you're right. Chris Crawford's photography isn't so important
>> in the grand scheme of life. In fact, the incremental cost of making
>> additional copies of his work is next to nothing. I think we should all
>> help ourselves to copies of whatever he's got. And give some to our
>> friends too. :-)
>
> Absolutely! I mean, I actually don't know anything about Chris Crawford
> [programmers], but I'll bet he's one of those rich photographers
> [programmers] whose wealth came about by pure accident -- a mere roll of
> the dice! -- instead of years of studying photography [programming].
> Why, he probably just points his camera at some random thing,
> photographs it, does something "artsy" with it in a few minutes and
> sells it for thousands, while honest working people [non-programmers]
> have to work hard to make ends meet and aren't "lucky" like he is.
> Sure, he'll go on and on, making high-falutin' arguments about how his
> photographs [programs] are his intellectual property and all, but we all
> know that's just some hyper-right-wing bullsh!t he's spewing. Power to
> the people, I say! Let's take his work from him, whether he wants us to
> or not! He's already got his life set up! Don't let him tell you
> anything to the contrary. What about the rest of us? Don't we deserve
> some of his wealth?
>
> Photographers [programmers]. Pah! All a bunch of rich scum sucking the
> rest of us hard-working Joes and Josephines dry. It's not like we need
> his photographs [programs]; they're just totally unimportant -- which,
> of course, explains why we steal 'em instead of paying for them. After
> all, if we actually *needed* 'em, why, we'd, uh, um... hmmm...
>
>
> Garth
>
> P.S.: Larry's been in my killfile for years, but it's time I added a new
> List member to it...
>
> Power to the *killfile,* I say.
>
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