Re: profiles

[CDTobie@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/02 7:56:13 PM, peegee@btinternet.com writes:

>don't wish to get into the profile swapping debate, but...
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>quite a few companies (John Cone etc) give away profiles for free... so
>are they breaking the law? 
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Cone is licensed to provide such services, but I have run into others who 
were not... 
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>been on this list for over a year, and it has always struck me as odd that
>people don't swap some of the most standard profiles for free. Lots of
>us must be using Gen4 on a 1280/ 1290, with Epson Archival Matt, or 
Hannemule.
>so why not exchange them? it makes a lot of sense...
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So does buying one copy of Photoshop and making copies for all the rest of 
us; and do you have the latest U2 album, while we're at it?
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>there are still many people who want their own unique profiles for their
>own specific machines, so nobody needs worry about their business model
>being too affected, surely?
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I believe that was the logic that Napster used...
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>can't we can exchange basic profiles between ourselves without all this
>angst? 

Depends where your angst line is drawn...

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@designcoop.com
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