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ILL-NOISE - We lost
Vincent Johnson, Photographer
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Chicago | IL | USA | Posted: 12:57 AM on 04.09.08 |
->> Illinois We Won
http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=28983
We" is a subjective term for people who are currently employed in the business of "Newspapers".
I'm sure that web based media will be excluded for years to come. I for one I am glad that I no longer run a web based media company, because at this point I would feel that I had just been sold out.
Illinois didn't win, newspapers did win, but only temporarily. What in fact looks to have happened is the IPA made a deal or thought it would be a good idea to get our state congressmen to halt a bill that would in fact benefit them along with other media including web based media and clear up what has been a gray line for many.
After reading the terms of the agreement, it looks like a cozy way of keeping new media parties out of print medias hair & out of VIPs reprint sales.
With a deal like this in the works, the IHSA will still be able to keep the reins on national & regional companies like Max Preps, High School Sport.net or Prep Sports Online. While newspapers will be able to rule the prep sports world for one last decade.
Don't get me wrong, newspapers will not go away anytime soon, but it is more clear than ever that a medium change-over is upon us. This could be the last time in history that the news print medium has enough clout to be able to right wrongs. So for the IPA to ask for a bill to be pulled when it looks like they had the IHSA on the ropes, can only be construed as they either didn't have the votes or it wasn't in their best interest.
I was at the Atlanta PJ conference in 1998 and Dirk Halstead had a small room off the main floor. He was talking about this crazy idea he called the Playtapus, I had not planned on going to see him talk, but a friend dragged me in to the session. While you all have heard the call to transition to a still/motion photographer, the part of Dirk's speech that stuck with me was this.
He said that the reason the railroad business went bust by the mid century was because the railroad companies thought they were in the railroad business, when in fact they were in the transportation business. Basically over looking trucking and planes. The newspaper business needs to stop thinking they're in the paper business and start thinking they're in the news business.
I hope that the IPA's reasoning behind this is not only an interested in the print dinosaur, because I fear they're failure to see this all the way through will be remembered by photographers as one of the biggest follies since we started letting the papers keep our copyrights.
On a softer note, I would like to thank Rob Dicker for all the hours he has put in working on this issue. All of us IPPA members (not IPA) owe you a big thank you and a beer or two. |
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