So this all came about because someone who owns an original print had a scan of it made and someone else has a copy of the scan that person paid for afterward. Yet the one who owns the original print STILL owns an original print. A PHYSICAL print.
It must be a western idea but I really do not see what the problem is here. It’s hard to digitally lay claim to ownership of something without a digital watermark from the beginning. Yeah they paid for it to be scanned but really what were they planning to do with it after it was scanned? Sit on it and pass it on to their children? To do what? Continue to sit on it?
Maybe it’s good I missed all the drama of the past few weeks. Longtime lurker here.
I get that the main point of this post is just to say you’re unaware of what is going on. But yes, you are absolutely unaware of everything that has gone on, why it is important, what the intentions are for the prints and scans in question, and why those involved are concerned about unforeseen distribution of those materials. And I think most of those aspects have been discussed today as well as throughout the weekend, so the answers should be fairly near the surface if you’re looking to be a bit more informed. Writing it off as a western thing would be another option.
What I don’t get about this is that it technically wasn’t TN1’s fault. To be honest, and no disrespect meant, I’d say the whole thing was Mike’s fault, and person 2’s fault afterward. Person 2 should never have had access to person 3’s scan. Why did Mike give it to him/her, regardless of how trustworthy they were? If the purpose was keeping a backup in a different location, I don’t see why being in a different location makes it any safer. Now you just don’t have access to it and can’t protect it. Why didn’t Mike just keep the other backup? Whether it was with him or person 2 shouldn’t matter. Just my thoughts.
Person #2 had a copy because Person #2 actually paid for the scan. Please keep this discussion to the appropriate thread, it doesn’t belong here.