Re:Photographs of Hidden Spain
by ecocentrik on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:06PM
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Professional photographers haven't had an easy time protecting their work in the digital/internet age. I'm guessing you don't believe their craft has any value that can't be easily replaced by a hoards of amateurs with digital image collection devices in their pockets and crowdsourced curation. Even then, you'd have to admit that people who were making a living at this thing and were forced to abandon it by changes in technology should be afforded some consideration.
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inability to right-click+save some how protects their work?
Photographers achieve success not due to successful prevention of users from downloading images they've made available on the internet. Skills, marketing, client-base, luck, are things that determine whether photographers are successful.
Re:Photographs of Hidden Spain
by ecocentrik on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:16PM
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>inability to right-click+save some how protects their work?
There was a time, not long ago, when photographers (and apparently some courts) thought this would keep people from appropriating work without permission.
In the end, it's a very minor inconvenience that can be easily bypassed. I'm not sure why it would inspire so much ire from anyone.
You don't see why ineffective government action that fails to do the one thing it was designed to do, but inconveniences everyone else would draw so much ire?