Digital BW, The Print

--- Ricardo Lagos <ricardo@...> wrote:
> hmm .. i think that if someone takes a 640x480
> image from the web --
> manipulates it, and prints it .. (to hang on
> their refrigerator) -- they
> willl get a print that is far below in quality
> from something that the
> original photographer might be selling
>
> .. the kind of person that would print a
> low-res scan .. would not have
> otherwise bought the print from the
> photographer -- so i dont see where the
> income is lost (he was never part of the
> market) ..
> 

I don't think that whether the artist is selling
any images or not is the real issue. If an image
is posted on a website, it can be enjoyed by all,
on the web, in the environment that the creator
displayed it. 

> .. if someone wants to enjoy a low-res, low
> quality print of one of my
> photographs -- more power to them ..

That is your decision to make about your images.
Other people may not make the same choice.

Don Eby

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