PhilDernerJr
2007-04-10, 09:26 PM
Johan posted something that I think everyone should read. I'm tempted to call for a boycott, at the least, I ask you all to keep this in mind when being a fan of either airline.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/av ... in/272357/ (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/aviation_photography/read.main/272357/)
Photographers,
I am sorry to say that Airliners.net has been contacted by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air requesting that we remove all photos of their aircraft from our photo print sales section. I initially refused based on conclusions drawn in this discussion, but they then contacted Photobox, the UK based company that handles the printing and shipping for us and they were not as willing to fight this as I am.
Therefore, all photos showing an Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air aircraft have been removed from the print sales section.
It is very sad to see that some airlines have lawyers with so little real work to do that they can spend time attacking the aviation fans, who love the industry and the airlines. The little you might make from selling a print of a photo to another aviation enthusiast (a photo you shot and own the copyrights to!) is taken away by corporate lawyers paid by airlines who seemingly think paying these guys is a good investment for their money.
Does the airline management even know what their lawyers (Klarquist Sparkman LLC) are doing and what huge loss of goodwill in the aviation community this will cause them? Airliners.net is the biggest aviation site in the world with hundreds of thousands of daily visitors. I will make sure people know about this. I suggest you guys do the same. If you work for any of these airlines or know someone who does, please point their management to this thread. I'm at loss as to how someone could pay lawyers to work on issues like these, don't they have any real problems to attend to? After all the negativity the airline industry received after 9/11 with people fearing air travel or dreading it due to extreme and time consuming security checks, sites such as Airliners.net are helping to bring the positive excitement, magic and beauty back to the industry.
Regards,
Johan Lundgren
[email protected]
Johan is so very on-point with this. I couldn't have said it better myself.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/av ... in/272357/ (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/aviation_photography/read.main/272357/)
Photographers,
I am sorry to say that Airliners.net has been contacted by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air requesting that we remove all photos of their aircraft from our photo print sales section. I initially refused based on conclusions drawn in this discussion, but they then contacted Photobox, the UK based company that handles the printing and shipping for us and they were not as willing to fight this as I am.
Therefore, all photos showing an Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air aircraft have been removed from the print sales section.
It is very sad to see that some airlines have lawyers with so little real work to do that they can spend time attacking the aviation fans, who love the industry and the airlines. The little you might make from selling a print of a photo to another aviation enthusiast (a photo you shot and own the copyrights to!) is taken away by corporate lawyers paid by airlines who seemingly think paying these guys is a good investment for their money.
Does the airline management even know what their lawyers (Klarquist Sparkman LLC) are doing and what huge loss of goodwill in the aviation community this will cause them? Airliners.net is the biggest aviation site in the world with hundreds of thousands of daily visitors. I will make sure people know about this. I suggest you guys do the same. If you work for any of these airlines or know someone who does, please point their management to this thread. I'm at loss as to how someone could pay lawyers to work on issues like these, don't they have any real problems to attend to? After all the negativity the airline industry received after 9/11 with people fearing air travel or dreading it due to extreme and time consuming security checks, sites such as Airliners.net are helping to bring the positive excitement, magic and beauty back to the industry.
Regards,
Johan Lundgren
[email protected]
Johan is so very on-point with this. I couldn't have said it better myself.