Graham Mitchell
New member
I've been saying the same thing and I'm quite sure all the photographers here would be outraged to see their photos used without permission, or prints of their work sold without license at a low price, etc. Hipocrisy.Most of you are professional photographers, so just imagine somebody copies your pictures and sells them for half the price - not because he is working more efficient, just because he is using cheaper equipment, doens't have to think about much about lighting/framing (you already did) and selling it for half the price is just his business-concept.
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I'm sorry that I'll have to come up with these things over and over again, but whole industries died because of things like that!
What's worse than that is that some people here are going out of their way to promote the 'pirate' companies. Product piracy is a huge and very serious problem which has already put long-established and innovative companies out of business.
Please note that I am NOT objecting to fair competition which is GOOD for the consumer, I am objecting to pirate companies undercutting other companies who spend a lot on R&D. I don't think I'll post in this thread again, it's just upsetting me.