84. "A corporation only interested in money? Impossible!?!?!" In response to In response to 77
How is it a loss to black people if they end up in the public domain?
>>They are currently in black hands and see how that is >working >>out? I think the most important thing is that images are >>accessible to everyone and that might not necessarily be in >>black hands. In fact the best scenario is that no one owns >>them and they are in the public domain and everyone has >access >>to them. > > >Good luck with that. I'm apparently the most unrealistic >person in this thread and I'm not naive enough to think that >they should or will be public domain. And its clear that >whoever is actually running the company is not making a >decision based on protecting the legacy of the Johnson >Publishing Company...they are interested in money...and unless >this ends up with a Black institution (and I am assuming that >a Black institution that can afford this collection and has >the willingness to purchase it is equipped to handle the >financial and logistical responsibility that comes with >it)...we lost.
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