I was just at a PPA conference (Imaging USA in New Orleans), and every session started with a PPA rep saying "No photography. All slides are protected by copyright." I don't even know where to begin.
You might steal their 1024x768 representation of a photograph with some of the worst color accuracy possible (because it's a projector) while still looking acceptable! And, with some up-scaling, might even be useful as a laptop's wallpaper. Well, as long as you can get rid of the distortions caused by your angle (maybe you used a tilt-shift lens?), and all the imperfections from the projection surface, fix all the color issues that came from the poor representation, and somehow explain why you needed a tripod in the back of the room. Oh noes!
I jest, but they probably put that their as a CYA :/. Also, technically, all of their slides and images are protected by copyright. They did, after all, create them.
Agreed. I'm a huge fan of his work, but every time I visit his site I cringe at that header. Maybe he has a wall-sized monitor and he doesn't notice the problem.
Look, some people just have different agendas than you do. It doesn't mean they're out of touch--just out of touch with your own agenda, the one you don't think you have, but do.
