Digital BW, The Print

Ernst Dinkla writes:

> In general my guess is that the magazines will be flattered that
> their tests and scopes are mentioned in the mailing lists as 
> being independent, thorough and by that unique.

Or they may be irritated that someone is reproducing their content and
allowing others to see it without going through their own site or
magazine and wading through the advertising that pays the magazine's
bills.

Why is it that so many people resort to the "free publicity" argument to
justify infringement?

> Most likely the
> messages have increased their sales instead of decreased as it is 
> nicer for a Dutchman or a German to read the original article in 
> total in his mother language than getting it partly served in a 
> mangled English without illustrations on a mailing list.

That's for them to decide, not you.

> Shall we end the thread with the inappropriate subject name ?  It
> should have been given the name "abusing bandwidth" from the 
> start.

That depends on how you look at it.

That's another odd thing about photographers: they are often ready to
execute anyone who dares to "borrow" their photos, but they plead the
noblest of altruistic motivations when caught infringing themselves.