Comments on: Drowning in images http://blog.melchersystem.com/2007/10/09/drowning-in-images/ Another Photo Industry blog Sat, 19 May 2012 00:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: pmelcher http://blog.melchersystem.com/2007/10/09/drowning-in-images/#comment-477 pmelcher Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:11:53 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2007/10/09/drowning-in-images/#comment-477 Good point, flemishdream. Indeed art is now becoming disposable, a commodity that anyone can produce and sell. The RF license is the closest to Open source as it can be, only challenged by the San Fransisco based Creative Commons. Soon it will be easier to legally question the legitimacy of a copyright as the rights are becoming almost unlimited and no one is monitoring usage. as for the Mathew effect, describe in the wikiedia as : "In sociology, "Matthew effect" was a term coined by Robert K. Merton to describe how, among other things, eminent scientists will often get more credit than a comparatively unknown researcher, even if their work is similar; it also means that credit will usually be given to researchers who are already famous: for example, a prize will almost always be awarded to the most senior researcher involved in a project, even if all the work was done by a graduate student." you are also right. It has not been brought forth by the microstock emergence, however. It was already a truth in more traditional models. Good point, flemishdream.

Indeed art is now becoming disposable, a commodity that anyone can produce and sell. The RF license is the closest to Open source as it can be, only challenged by the San Fransisco based Creative Commons. Soon it will be easier to legally question the legitimacy of a copyright as the rights are becoming almost unlimited and no one is monitoring usage.
as for the Mathew effect, describe in the wikiedia as : “In sociology, “Matthew effect” was a term coined by Robert K. Merton to describe how, among other things, eminent scientists will often get more credit than a comparatively unknown researcher, even if their work is similar; it also means that credit will usually be given to researchers who are already famous: for example, a prize will almost always be awarded to the most senior researcher involved in a project, even if all the work was done by a graduate student.” you are also right.
It has not been brought forth by the microstock emergence, however. It was already a truth in more traditional models.

]]> By: Flemishdreams http://blog.melchersystem.com/2007/10/09/drowning-in-images/#comment-476 Flemishdreams Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:48:02 +0000 http://blog.melchersystem.com/2007/10/09/drowning-in-images/#comment-476 Microstock Photography sites follow the Matthew effect. A designer is not going to scan all possible sites but stick to a single site that offers *most*. Most stockers are site whores that upload everywhere. For a designer, who's only going to pay for one single site, the best strategy is to stick to the largest site which has *most* what he wants. A personal site is cool, in as far as it points to its portfolio with the big guys. Time is money and vice versa. A customer is not interested in the art of a single photographer but in the right shot for the right project. "Art" is disposable. Call it a return to the pre-Rennaissance concept of art: an anonymous serf community thing. Microstock Photography sites follow the Matthew effect. A designer is not going to scan all possible sites but stick to a single site that offers *most*. Most stockers are site whores that upload everywhere. For a designer, who’s only going to pay for one single site, the best strategy is to stick to the largest site which has *most* what he wants.

A personal site is cool, in as far as it points to its portfolio with the big guys. Time is money and vice versa. A customer is not interested in the art of a single photographer but in the right shot for the right project. “Art” is disposable. Call it a return to the pre-Rennaissance concept of art: an anonymous serf community thing.

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