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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
by ecocentrik 8y ago
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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- jordache 8y agoinability 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.
- ecocentrik 8y ago>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.
- davvolun 8y agoYou 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?
- jordache 8y agoyou've failed to articulate how forcing google to disable this convenience feature contributes to photographer's bottom line.