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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2832093, member: 20480&quot;]I think there are two extremes to consider here . . . (1) protection of creative works, wherein a novel approach has been used, as in use of light, application of color, distortion of form, etc . . . and (2) the protection of realistic reproduction, as in capturing the image the way that most people will remember the subject matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two approaches are diametrically opposed, yet are both deserving of protection for very different reasons.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I greatly admire the skill demonstrated by those photographers who can portray subject matter so completely that I feel almost nothing is missing when I examine the photo.&nbsp; Naturally, it is not possible to capture all of a coin&#039;s information in a single 2 dimensional photo, but some photographers come amazingly close.&nbsp; That level of skill takes a great deal of time and effort to develop, and should be justly rewarded.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Copyright law was instituted to discourage the taking of product desired by those who did not create it.&nbsp; While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, making it difficult to characterize desirable product, it is usually evidence enough that work is good if someone has decided to take it for his / her own use.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I ask you all to be honest with yourselves . . . is it therefore not wrong to use another person&#039;s skills to save yourself the time and energy you would otherwise have to expend yourself?&nbsp; If you still think it&#039;s not wrong, then we are indeed further into the grey . . . as for me, I always try to do it myself and, if I fail, I always ask before using another&#039;s photos . . . always.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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