Honestly…take a look at this!
Can’t see it yet? Here…take a look at this:
And just in case you think it’s just a little of my photoshop skills at work, here is the site url:”
or here:
http://www.citypages.com/photoGallery/index/1400947/3
Ok…so maybe I’m NOT a famous photographer, but it makes me wonder – I didn’t submit this picture to City Pages even though I did take this about 11 years ago. Should I expect some type of “compensation”? The only way I think they got this picture of Twin Cities own Musician, Jeremy Messersmith, is through Facebook. Which leads me down another trail.
Is what you put on Facebook really yours? If it is, then how did a picture I took, with MY camera, using MY money to develop MY film, and then scanned in MY scanner get used without my knowledge – or even more disturbing – without my permission?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still an advocate for social networking, but this cool instane of a photograph of mine finding it’s way onto a major publication here in the Twin Cities has me rethinking the whole idea of ownership and use of the web.
What do you think?
(p.s. Jeremy and I went to the same college and lived on the same floor. Truth be told, the Everquest poster behind him is a clue to the greater fact the we were nerds…or geeks…or whatever! Jeremy, if you’re reading this, let me know how much I owe you for using your Everquest account. I’m good for it now!)
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