Vintage Computer Web Site - may not be???

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Cameron Kaiser wrote:

> > >  I just talked with Tix ( owner of the site ) and he
> > <...>
> > > I think that his intentions are good.
> >
> > I've met Tix in person and have communicated with him through e-mail a
> > couple times.  He's a very nice guy.  It is certainly not his intention to
> > rip off other people's photos without credit.
>
> I'm sure he's indeed a very nice guy, but whether it was his intention or
> not, he *did* do it. I don't see any credit on the images I know were taken
> from SWoC, and unlike the case wth Bryan B, he didn't even bother linking
> back.

But he's not personally doing it himself.  His users create the database
and upload images as new computers are added.  To build your collection
online, you pick & choose the computers from those already entered into
the database and add them to your own collection.  If you own a machine
that's not in the database, you have the option to create the entry and
then upload a photo to go along with it.  Folks who've been uploading
photographs have not been exercising proper courtesy.  Tix hasn't done a
good job monitoring his site.

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