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Crafty Angler · 06-24-2009, 01:16 PM

I know what you're saying Joe - piracy on our copyrighted work cost my wife and I a photography business we'd had for over 20 years...and we had it happen with both our commercial work and the things we did on a retail level toward the end of the biz...

Despite all the benefits of digital imaging, copyright violations - and the expense involved in pursuing them - are the other ugly side of the coin for people who try to make a living on their creative skills. And I've got the attorney's fees to prove it.

On the other hand, Joe - in terms of competition - you've got the one thing that can't be bootlegged...

Charisma....

06-24-2009, 01:16 PM	#4
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	I know what you're saying Joe - piracy on our copyrighted work cost my wife and I a photography business we'd had for over 20 years...and we had it happen with both our commercial work and the things we did on a retail level toward the end of the biz... Despite all the benefits of digital imaging, copyright violations - and the expense involved in pursuing them - are the other ugly side of the coin for people who try to make a living on their creative skills. And I've got the attorney's fees to prove it. On the other hand, Joe - in terms of competition - you've got the one thing that can't be bootlegged... Charisma....
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.