Digital BW, The Print

Bob_Michaels wrote:

>Keith:
>You and I share a passion for great images and the desire to create
>them,
>
True, and that's what I think we are both here to learn and partake in..

> but we come from different sides of the economic / political
>spectrum. 
>
That may not be so simple either...  For many years, I was a pure 
"supply-sider" - I was even an avowed  fan of the "Chicago School" and 
Judge Posner (I thought Lawrence Tribe was insane).  I still believe 
that in the VAST majority of cases the open economy does a MUCH better 
job of allocating scant resources and producing value for all 
participants.  Similarly, I think privatization of many government 
programs increases efficiency and gets us all more bang for the buck. 
What I do see, is that there are some instances where a pure focus upon 
profit creation actually causes a misdistribution of resources..

For me, government should generally err on the side of non-intrusion 
into the affairs of private individuals and companies..  I definitely 
don't favor reams of rule-making, etc..  However, I do believe if the 
private sector "takes unfair advantage" of a consumer or a company 
engages in clearly anti-competitive practices, that is a place for 
government intervention.

I just think that in a smaller market, all these questions are simpler. 
 But when people start using Copyright, Patent, and other laws to 
prevent the forward GENERAL movement of technology, as they were meant 
to do (in being designed to provide an incentive for invention AND the 
disclosure of  process - to drive innovation in alternative or improved 
processes to accomplish the same task), then I have a problem with 
tying... What should be an incentive to market development in such cases 
can become a bottleneck or straitjacket..

>But, that's OK as this is a group about creating images. 
>

Thanks BOB and if my tone was demeaning in ANY way, please accept both 
my public ONLIST apology and my affirmation that it was NOT so intended.


Keith

 

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Keith: No offense taken at all. Apology not necessary. I may be new
here, but I've already read enough of your posts to know you are a
person of strong conviction and not afraid to speak your mind. I knew
what I was getting into when I first replied to you. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V.
Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> Thanks BOB and if my tone was demeaning in ANY way, please accept
both my public ONLIST apology and my affirmation that it was NOT so
intended.
>