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How can you have an article about how things look without plenty of pictures? This article has one picture at the start to catch your attention but it isn't a p
by raspyberr 3y ago
How can you have an article about how things look without plenty of pictures? This article has one picture at the start to catch your attention but it isn't a picture of anything that's specifically referred to in the text.
- smusamashah 3y agoI scrolled over and thought something must be wrong with my browser or the ad-blocker is being too aggressive. Came here to see if people have been discussing any screenshots.
- superhumanuser 3y agoCame here to ask this very question!
- danhau 3y agoI instinctively scanned the article for pictures, but didn‘t find any. I closed the tab after 6 seconds.
- dvh 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphomania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphomania
- teddyh 3y agoUsually, these articles about movies, clothing, art, or geography don’t have a single picture, even though what they are discussing is inherently graphical. I suspect that it’s because people who read these articles don’t care, because they don’t read them to become actually informed, they read them simply to feel smarter. (Repost of <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30349455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30349455>) A related phenomenon is the same kind of article, but full of irrelevant stock images. (<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37167492 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37167492>)
- IshKebab 3y agoI think it's more likely because the effort of finding and licensing images is way more significant than that of writing text.
- teddyh 3y agoAn article doing analysis and/or criticism doesn’t need a license; that’s what “fair use” is for.
- kalleboo 3y agoThe lawyers required to argue that in court cost way more than the approx $60 in ad revenue this article will bring in
- teddyh 3y agoAnyone could sue anyone for anything and wipe out any profit in anything you do. What you have to figure is the likelihood that someone will sue you for using reference images in an article about industry practices. Unless you’re a very small media outlet and are using images from especially lawyer-happy large corporation, this isn’t likely.
- IshKebab 3y agoYou clearly haven't been following photo licensing lawsuits! https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-getty-copyright-20160729-snap-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-getty... That's a particular extreme example, but Getty are notorious for being sue-happy.
- teddyh 3y agoThat example only applies if the image you use is also in some way sold by Getty Images. This is not likely to be the case in this instance.
- crazygringo 3y agoIt drives me nuts as well. I can sympathize with the writer: they're often paid by the word, and finding/producing good illustrative images and securing the rights to them can easily double or triple their work, with no additional pay. On the other hand, I have zero sympathy for the editor: it's their job to realize the article needs pictures, and pay the writer extra, or pay someone else, to source them!
- Michelangelo11 3y agoThe editor is often in a similar bind, a freelancer paid by the word or per article, who doesn't really have an incentive to go beyond ensuring some minimum level of quality. The publishing industry is just in a very bad place right now, mainly because it's so unprofitable for all but the biggest few players and the spigot of VC money has been turned off.
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
- moritzwarhier 3y ago> If you prefer to read in print, you can also find this article in the October 23, 2023, issue of New York Magazine I'm not sure, but maybe the reason is related to the source of this article (and again, a missing license agreement)?