Comment Re:Don't let your wedding photographer bully you! (Score 1) 739
They are for the most part getting screwed.
Software (the favorite here) is a different deal. The creation of it is a group effort for the most part, but I bet if you asked one of the coders at MS if he thought he should have a piece of the Windows take, he would say yes. He is compensated with stock and other items to make it worth his giving up the copyright on what he creates.
Photography is more akin to a book or music.
Just because I buy a copy of say "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" doesn't mean I can go ahead and photocopy it and sell copies of it. That is what photography is, moreso then software.
Software (the favorite here) is a different deal. The creation of it is a group effort for the most part, but I bet if you asked one of the coders at MS if he thought he should have a piece of the Windows take, he would say yes. He is compensated with stock and other items to make it worth his giving up the copyright on what he creates.
Photography is more akin to a book or music.
Just because I buy a copy of say "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" doesn't mean I can go ahead and photocopy it and sell copies of it. That is what photography is, moreso then software.
