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"Any image of Queen Elizabeth II is unacceptable for Royalty-Free content." In other words, if you want to release an image of the Queen under a royalty-free l
by troymc 16y ago
"Any image of Queen Elizabeth II is unacceptable for Royalty-Free content."
In other words, if you want to release an image of the Queen under a royalty-free license, you must also remove the royalty.
So, if you remove the queen and license the resulting image under a royalty-free license, you have an image that's royalty-free in two senses!
- Vivtek 16y agoYeah, I was also under the impression that Versailles has been royalty-free for many years now.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoThat must be a British thing; she's not my queen, she's an old lady in a funny hat.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoReally! I'm not British; I don't recognize Royalty any more than I recognize magic or spells or holistic medicine. Other than of course as "a funny little belief held by weak-minded persons"
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoRoyalty is a real as the law or countries. I'm afraid it doesn't matter if you choose to recognise it or not, it still exists. Whether it should is a different question altogether.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoLaws enforcing priviledge for some genetic line exist. The 'fact' of royalty is a myth. Magical thinking. The very word is cognitive nonsense.
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoLike I said "Royalty is a real as the law or countries.". Claiming it doesn't exist is nonsensical. But lets examine your "magical thinking" hypothesis. Are some people more able to govern effectively as dictators? Is it possible that this governing ability can be effected both by a highly tailored up-bringing and genetics? If both these points are true then a hypothesis that says that an ability to rule effectively follows a particularly family/group of families who have ruled over generations and established a specific training regimen for offspring could find high validity. As I've aged the idea of benevolent dictatorship has grown to be attractive. It seems all forms of [choosing] government are flawed and finding the least flawed is rather difficult.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoOne only has to examine the current crop of miserable selfish "royal" offspring to discount that theory. Anyway, if you Want talented dictators there are a dozen obvious ways to find them, the very lamest (ineffective) of which is "choose from the same inbred line for centuries".
- troymc 16y agoI'm Canada, and in Canada, the Queen is the head of state. All bills require royal assent before being passed into law, a task normally done by her representative in Canada, the Governor General.