mike furline wrote:
I haven't had time to read the entire thread and I can understand how Mark is a bit upset about spending a lot of time & effort posting pics and then someone else uses them to sell on ebay, but most of the pictures Mark has posted (which I enjoy) are "public domain".
As an example, the majority of the Naval Aviation pictures (no matter where he sourced them from) originate from and are kept at NARA (College Park, MD) in the RG-80 collection. They are free to anyone who wants to go there, look through the boxes of pictures and scan them. I have hundreds/thousands of these scans myself. I've spent days/weeks/months going to NARA making these scans, and if I chose too I could sell them, post them, etc..
Again, I get how you feel slighted and I certainly don't mean any disrespect, but at least you got to do this from the comfort of your own home. Your sourcing pictures from the internet (excluding your own private photographs), posting them, and are upset when someone else sources them from WIX.
Again, No, no, no!!!!! not upset at all, just a bit annoyed and taken back and was hoping NOT to come across as 'upset' or 'wronged'. If I did it was not the intention and if you go back and read
my posts, it should be fairly clear how I feel. I know where I get most of my photos from and I'm well aware most are "public domain" photos that ALL can access ... that's not the point I was trying to make here, it's simply that I was reconsidering (and still somewhat am) whether I want to continue to post photos that I take the effort to clean up, crop, re-size etc. in photoshop and other software, post them on WIX and then within hours see the exact photos with my work done to them show up on Ebay. No more, no less.
I know what I'm doing and I know there are others who have no problem taking advantage of situations, no matter what the reasons. That's life for ya. I do this for free for those of you who want to have them for free. I have no interest in people who want to try to make money off of my work with these photos. Do your own work and sell your own results with your own photos no matter where you get them from as I could care less. I can certainly understand if someone wants to take my work and sell it, but I'm not sure I want to offer my work for anyone to grab and sell any longer.
That's the point I was making. Period!
This is the ONLY reason I brought this whole deal to the forefront here on WIX. If you no longer see photo threads from me you'll now know why. Nothing to do with WIX and nothing personal. It's just a choice I may choose to make.
BTW this is one of the reasons Jack Cook no longer posts much here.
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but most of the pictures Mark has posted (which I enjoy) are "public domain". ... but at least you got to do this from the comfort of your own home.
And many of them are of my own, taken by my dad or PAID for by me and not just scavenged off the internet. So if I choose there could be something I could be upset about when someone is trying to sell them on Ebay. But I also understand it's the risk I take to post them on the internet and your not the only one who has put in the time to collect photos beyond the internet or comfort of your home pal.
I'm also quite familiar with the RG-80 collection. Been there and have referred others there. Sorry your not the only one who knows about that collection.
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Your sourcing pictures from the internet (excluding your own private photographs), posting them, and are upset when someone else sources them from WIX.
(Negative!!! it might be best if you did go back and read the whole thing from the start
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