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surrealAmerican

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4. Corporations never sleep.

Reply to Stonepounder (Original post)

Wed Aug 16, 2017, 05:25 PM

Aug 2017

They have no conscience, and they feel no guilt.

The photographer did the right thing, but it will not shame or trouble the entity that is "Fox News".

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Photographer perfectly shuts down Fox News' request to use his Charlottesville photos [View all] Stonepounder Aug 2017 OP

We should all treat FN as a symptom of this coup disease we're in. ffr Aug 2017 #1

I laughed in the face of the last person who told me they watched Fox news. And it wasn't Maraya1969 Aug 2017 #2

I've been doing protests in public places re Fox -- LuckyLib Aug 2017 #11

For years I have requested businesses... Pacifist Patriot Aug 2017 #15

One person saying NO is all it takes to start a movement. SusanaMontana41 Aug 2017 #38

Awesome reply oswaldactedalone Aug 2017 #3

Corporations never sleep. surrealAmerican Aug 2017 #4

What makes you think the Daily Kos compensated him for it ? nt MichMan Aug 2017 #23

Did I say that? surrealAmerican Aug 2017 #34

Daily Kos is a corporate media outlet MichMan Aug 2017 #39

I actually hope Fox News stays on message LiberalLovinLug Aug 2017 #5

I'm sure they already have that figured out - they'll support whichever position is more profitable groundloop Aug 2017 #6

"Trumptanic" northoftheborder Aug 2017 #37

And I bet they were only offering him a credit line. No licensing fee. progressoid Aug 2017 #7

I wonder how much he was paid by the Daily Kos? nt MichMan Aug 2017 #12

WTF? Stonepounder Aug 2017 #17

Don't you think photographers should be paid for their work? MichMan Aug 2017 #18

Well, I went and looked. Stonepounder Aug 2017 #20

When it says Getty, the website pays a monthly licensing fee for a set number of images. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #25

Posting a pic online does not make it public domain. Beartracks Aug 2017 #26

Well, here's the appropriate section of Twitter's 'Terms of Use": Stonepounder Aug 2017 #28

Damn, that license DOES sound... very public domain-y. Beartracks Aug 2017 #29

x2 - What a bunch of cheap fucks... In Perpetuum across their entire network for just attribution. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #19

So they stole it in other words MichMan Aug 2017 #22

Not steal it, they want it granted to them for free. Oh, we'll acknowledge you as the picture taker. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #24

What's the photog's equivalent of a "mike drop"? Fritz Walter Aug 2017 #8

"Shuttering?" MyOwnPeace Aug 2017 #14

Awesome "FU" response. And posters here are right, if FOX pretends to change flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #9

Perfect malaise Aug 2017 #10

Good for you keep it up hope you do very well with your photography blueinredohio Aug 2017 #13

YES! Nitram Aug 2017 #16

Truth True Dough Aug 2017 #21

Yeah, but how did the photographer REALLY feel... TheDebbieDee Aug 2017 #27

I can't give this enough recs! southerncrone Aug 2017 #30

Bam !! Head Shot to Fox News! yuiyoshida Aug 2017 #31

Both sides don't do this wallyworld2 Aug 2017 #32

Fox News nazis. How'd that grabya? oasis Aug 2017 #33

"...you empower nazis and incite racist violence..." Raster Aug 2017 #35

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #36