I had a difference of opinion about the value of digital post-production work with a client and there was a bit of a stand off that was broken after casually mentioning that I had registered the group of photos with the copyright office. Copyright still does have some value.
David Sanger
· 2 months ago
Mark, Patry doesn't ever say that copyright is not a valuable, even essential system. His point is that there are many ways in which right now it is not as effective an incentive for authors and that the language used to talk about it (or at least by the most strident advocates and reformers) is too adversarial and moralistic.
markharmel
· 2 months ago
My simple point is that it is still useful in moving a negotiation forward.
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Thanks for taking the time to read the tome and posting an overview here.
Very informative post. Every photographer should read it.
Jim Pickerell
FYI Bill Patry has a blog in which he actively discusses some of these issues on an ongoing basis.
moralpanicsandthecopyrightwars.blogspot.com