[MR] society of friends was Re: use of photos

[Becky McEllistrem]

> 
> (This is greatly oversimplified, by the way, but I wanted
> to be brief.)
> 
> Having said this, however, my personal belief is that if I
> take a picture of, for example, Duke Logan in a really cool
> combat pose, that picture belongs to him as much as me.
> Without him, there would be no cool picture, so to claim
> that I have an intrinsic right to profit from his image, or
> exclusive ownership of said image is just... wrong, however
> technically legal it might be, without involving him in some
> way. 
> 
> We are a society of friends, in my mind, and to take
> advantage of that friendship for mere profit or to claim
> exclusive ownership of someone else's image would be a
> disservice to us all. In the mundane world, I might feel
> differently, especially if I were a professional
> photographer, but we live in a far different and (I hope)
> better world when we leave our mundane life behind and go to
> SCA events. 
> 
> I know what I can do legally, and what I should do in a
> society of friends, and there is no doubt in my mind which
> path I intend to follow. I feel privileged to record these
> images and even more so to be able to share them freely with
> the subjects of the photographs.

> 
> Ursus of Anglesey

Well said!  And it's not just that we're a society of friends.  Take that to the scope of the society which says we are a society of courtesy.  And it's not just about courtesy to those of higher rank than us.  It's also about courtesy to those of lower rank than us.

If we are in a society of courtesy then we go the extra mile to be courteous.  We don't do what we can because we can get away with it.

We need to learn to be more genteel to each other overall.  The picture conversation is just an example of that issue.

Rebecca
and no I'm not perfect.  But I'm not afraid to take ownership of what I've done instead of bullying people to my way of thinking

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