I don\'t know, and in fact don\'t really care. I just worry about myself and others have to worry about themselves.
Yet, you slam the OP for trying to assess his scenario, and trying to understand the world he was trying to operate in as being \"high horsed\" and accuse the entire FM membership of being copyright violators ...
So, if others were volunteering to do your job for free and your employer decided that you should work for free also just like them ... you\'d say \"Sure, sounds like a fun time.\" without trying to understand why he expects you to work for free ... or assessing whether or not you should continue to do business with him.
I\'m not slamming amateurs ... been there done that, know some really good ones, know there are even greater ones out there that I\'ve never met. THE POINT is that as long as there are people giving stuff away for free incessantly, it presents an environment that diminishes the opportunity to do so for profitability ... it\'s not rocket science.
Most amateurs aren\'t giving stuff away for free to Ad Agency\'s because their work isn\'t up to the criteria an Agency requires, so there is very little/no threat from amateurs in that genre. Change genre\'s to the OP\'s realm and the criteria that the client will accept changes, along with the relative influence of others giving away work for free.
It is reasonable and fair to assess why someone would expect you to work for free ... that\'s not being \"high horsed\" ... it\'s being objective. Realizing that potential clients (for a given genre, locale, venue, etc.) are getting what they need for free (and have a high probability to continue to do so), means that there isn\'t much opportunity for business there ... low \"O\", high \"T\" = \"Pass\" (imo).
Trying to sell dictionary\'s and encyclopedia\'s door to door isn\'t something we see much of these days ... the need for information hasn\'t changed, but the ability for family\'s to get it without paying $$$ for a set of books has. Time for a revised game plan, the opportunity has changed, the competition has changed (i.e. internet) and its likely not going to change. So, it is with those areas where people are giving there pics away for free ... reduced \"O\", high \"T\" ... and likely not to change since technology isn\'t going to slam itself in reverse.
Jan 31, 2012 at 05:58 PM
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