Back in the free-wheeling days of the early 80’s, drug use was rampant. It was, however, much more intense (and deadly) than that of the 60’s, where it was free-love and pot, with the occasional ‘shroom and LSD for the heavy. Cocaine, Heroin, Speed, Crank, Meth, and so forth and so on, were the problems … Read more
Nelson DeMille, one my most favorite fiction authors, wrote one line for one of his characters in his book Plum Island, and it has remained with me for atleast a decade. He wrote (for his character) “The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished.” I have endeavored, as I recall … Read more
When it comes to being exploited, the next chapter in the realm of those soon to be screwed are real-life actors. Below, an amazing 5-minute video demonstrates how Tom Hanks will be able to literally phone in his performance.It’s only a matter of time before movie studios will be able to take a few frames … Read more
Ah, it’s a nice sight when the worm turns. It seems that those point-and-shoots that your friendly self-employed realtor was using just isn’t cutting it anymore. Quality image production (which comes as no surprise to we photographers) should be left to the professionals. Yea! Someone freaking gets it.Our quality results come from more than just … Read more
Over in the Flickr forums, Scott Hargis asked about contract terms & conditions being put onto the CD that is delivered to clients, and whether or not to do it, if I did it, and so on. Yes! Yes! Yes!Every CD contains a TEXT file, titled “ReadMe.txt”, and within that text file is:READ ME FILE … Read more
This Term lays out several definitions of words that will be used in the contract. Why is this necessary? Because lawyers love to debate (usually in court, often in settlement agreements) EXACTLY what was meant by a term, who was included (or not included) as a licensee, and such. This helps set forth what things … Read more
Each week, my subscription to BusinessWeek arrives and I look forward to reading it. Yes, yes, there are many articles which don’t apply to me, but I do appreciate keeping up with other fields, and I really enjoy seeing the work my colleagues produce for this publication, and I’ve had an assignment or two grace … Read more
If you’re a Pablo Picasso, and your work has sold for millions, and you donate a work to charity, you may only donate the cost of the canvas and oils. Sad, but true.For years, a bill has been percolating on Capitol Hill whereby an artist could donate their work, and take a deduction up to … Read more
The Associated Press is reporting that “Two Missouri lawmakers are challenging a National Football League policy prohibiting local television stations from covering games on the sidelines…Legislation filed Tuesday would force the NFL to allow local TV cameras on the sidelines of games hosted by the Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams, both of whom … Read more
First things first: the page title. Here it is: “ALL SERVICES AND LICENSES OF LICENSOR ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS”. Why waste a post on this? Well, because we are dissecting the T&C, that that means everything. What if the title said “Proposed Terms & Conditions”, or “Terms & Conditions for Photographic … Read more
