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Originally Posted by Barrykgerdes
.... However there so many people these days taking spectacular shots with iphones and pads who publish the pictures straight off the camera and don't keep originals. These are the ones who so often have their work abused. I hope this thread helps these people to see through the hype on legal v moral and take better care of their work.
Barry
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Maybe they don't care about IP.. personally, I wouldn't.
Like Paul mentioned earlier, if I publish a picture of anything, my (almost) only wish is that people that I know (and who know me) see it as quickly as possible... it is not "work".. it is sort of my message to the world.. and yes, it is nice to see my name as an author below (my peers WILL notice and that is what really matters here).. and that's about that. I don't believe in commercialisation of everything and anything. And I hope/believe many people are the same in that respect.
We can widen the field of our discussion and say that the same goes for any discussion on this forum, especially threads with technical advice offered - I am sure 90% of that may be commercially useful for someone.
Should we all stop giving technical advice here and start charging for it (or, start to communicate via PM with only people we want to tell certain things)?
Could any advice about products (for example, mounts and associated issues) turn into infringement of IP of manufacturer? Should we seek the permission from Meade for example when discussing the software that controls their mount?
I think that wouldn't be a good development.
If someone uses my shot(s) for commercial purpose (not that this ever happened), so be it and I don't care to know about it. This of course doesn't mean I don't value my own work, on the contrary - that is why I publish (when I do)