Comments on: User-generated Content http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/08/31/user-generated-content/ "A fashion picture is a portrait, just as a portrait is a fashion picture." - Irving Penn Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Matt http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/08/31/user-generated-content/#comment-388 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:40:53 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/08/31/user-generated-content/#comment-388 Oh, and they want your image to promote their product worldwide... for free! Not only do they want you to design their ad so that they can make a buck, and not pay you anything for it, you also cannot resell your work in a way that competes with them. Of course, at that point, it isn't "yours" any more. Reading their fine print... They may have bought rights to Avedon's image, but he would never have given it away for free! Oh, and they want your image to promote their product worldwide… for free! Not only do they want you to design their ad so that they can make a buck, and not pay you anything for it, you also cannot resell your work in a way that competes with them. Of course, at that point, it isn’t “yours” any more.

Reading their fine print… They may have bought rights to Avedon’s image, but he would never have given it away for free!

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]]> by: mgm http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/08/31/user-generated-content/#comment-372 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:41:21 +0000 http://www.avisualsociety.com/2007/08/31/user-generated-content/#comment-372 I'm kinda tired of hearing/reading the words "user generated" relating to anything but this exploitation gets me thinking..... though it's not directly related imho useful art info isn't easily accessible online it often seems like "web 2.0" (another over used slogan" missed most of the art/creative world. I can think of a bunch of tech, business, health, car, and web blogs, sites what have you, to check out on any given day but few focused on creative matters that seem accessible. When I say accesible I mean in design, adoption of new useful web tech and in language. I follow photo news more than anything else but sometimes I hit design blogs or blogs focused and sculpture and the seem almost esoteric and lost in themselves.... it kinda sux. Just saying piece. I’m kinda tired of hearing/reading the words “user generated” relating to anything but this exploitation gets me thinking….. though it’s not directly related imho useful art info isn’t easily accessible online it often seems like “web 2.0″ (another over used slogan” missed most of the art/creative world. I can think of a bunch of tech, business, health, car, and web blogs, sites what have you, to check out on any given day but few focused on creative matters that seem accessible. When I say accesible I mean in design, adoption of new useful web tech and in language. I follow photo news more than anything else but sometimes I hit design blogs or blogs focused and sculpture and the seem almost esoteric and lost in themselves…. it kinda sux. Just saying piece.

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