Ethan G. Salwen wrote an article titled "Basic Metadata: Don’t Process Without It. Adding Contact and Copyright Metadata to Your RAW Processing Workflow" which was published in the March ’08 edition of Rangefinder. This is an article for professionals protecting themselves. People think it is no big deal to scan, print and distribute images taken by a professional. This is why small businesses can't survive and why the U.S. is going to become one giant figurative Wal-Mart. Why do my daughter's school pictures cost so much? Because some parents buy the smallest package, scan, print and share. Why does computer software, I need to run my business, cost ten times it's actual worth? Because people pirate it. Good times ahead... Just my two cents. -Cal
Metadata & piracy
This is an article for professionals protecting themselves.
People think it is no big deal to scan, print and distribute images taken by a professional. This is why small businesses can't survive and why the U.S. is going to become one giant figurative Wal-Mart. Why do my daughter's school pictures cost so much? Because some parents buy the smallest package, scan, print and share. Why does computer software, I need to run my business, cost ten times it's actual worth? Because people pirate it. Good times ahead...
Just my two cents.
-Cal