Ya, same reason why sharks don't eat lawyers, professional courtesy... On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:53 AM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: Bob Sullivan >> >> This stuff has been a problem for a long time. >> I'm a fan of the Chicago Bears Football team. >> At an outdoor art fair, I found a bunch of 1960's photos of Chicago >> Bear players. >> I bought several and talked to the old guy selling them. >> >> He turned out to be the photographer. >> George Halas, the team owner/coach/a founder of the league had hired >> him to take photos. >> Halas gave him a sidelines pass to the games, and then would review his >> photos. >> Halas then bought only copies of the photos he liked for the club to use. >> The photographer showed me a cover photo of Gale Sayers that appeared >> on the programs. >> >> Halas had a reputation as a tight fisted business man, >> but he out foxed himself in this case. >> He never bought the rights to the pictures or the negatives. >> I doubt he had the money (free cash flow) and was cutting costs. >> So this photographer had the photos and reproduction rights to some >> Hall of Fame shots. >> Stuff like Mike Ditka blocking for Gail Sayers, or >> Vince Lombardi, Bart Star, and Paul Horning talking over the next play >> against the Bears. >> >> Sometimes the photographer wins... > > That was then ... now it seems like only the lawyers win. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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