Posted by Steve on 2/6/2006, 0:57:58, in reply to "Re: Is the handwriting on the wall?" I can't tell you how many times I wanted to document a scan in my collection -- whether it be "ad" or "ed" -- and I could just go to BWgreysacale.com and find it. It was just an amazing resource. The truly sad thing, however, is that the companies that brought this legal action, gained nothing. They have the power to compete, enlighten, inform, and, yes, of course, publish in the digital milieu, yet the choose not to do so while continuing to hide behind a barrage of lawyers. Astonishing, when you really stop to think about it. We are in the digital age -- without a doubt -- yet certain segments of our economy refuse to acknowledge this and continue to hide their heads in the sand. It seems to me only a matter of time before the true content providers (the photographers, the modeling agencies, the fashion houses and advertisers) realize that Conde Nast and their ilk are just distributors -- and archaic ones, at that. It would be pure poetic justice if an enterprising "start-up" put the pieces and the players together to challenge these "past-time" cash cow publishing houses and force them to face reality. Somewhat akin to the leveling influence Apple Computer is exerting (directly and indirectly) on the recording industry today. An industry, like that of the traditional publishing houses of today, that ignored the fact that people weren't going to be boxed in to a single, uniform distribution channel. We shall see.
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This is a crying shame!
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