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Old 08-12-2007, 07:58 AM  
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Well, lets just expand a bit on this hypothetical situation...
Lets say that when they were together, the husband dealt with all the promo and the management of the website... Lets say that it had about 1000 members... Lets say that when they split, she let the site go to shit, didn't update, didn't promote etc etc... Pretty soon, (after a year or so...) the site has virtually no members and is financially screwed...

Now the husband is somewhat bitter about this (understandably) as its not just because he no longer benefits financially from the site, but because he has watch helplessly as a good five years or so's hard work, goes down the toilet...

Now the husband has no wish to use any content himself. Nor does he wish to be compensated for it. He looks at the site a bit like a dieing horse that needs to be put out of its misery...

So does he have the right to say. NO MORE USE OF THOSE PHOTOS. YOU EITHER START SHOOTING YOUR OWN STUFF, AND USE THAT INSTEAD!

?????

At this point you could say 'Don't be bitter, let it go etc etc, and that would make sense I suppose, but let me ask the same question using a different analogy...
Imagine a couple meet through a mutual love of customised modified cars... they marry, and over a period of seven years, they build their own car together. And its a good car. A VERY GOOD CAR... That car becomes their livelihood...

When they want money, they take that car out to a show, and people love it!
They say, hey can i take a picture of your lovely car?
I will pay you!
Can I interview you about your car? I will pay you!
Can I take a ride in you car? I will pay you!

Then they divorce. Obviously, the car cannot be cut in half, because then it would be worth nothing...
So the wife keeps the car, and promises to split the income it generates....

She fails to do so, but more importantly, she stops taking care of the car, and drives it carelessly causing bumps dents and scratches that dont get repaired...

Eventually the husband sees the car somewhere, basically on its last legs. The beautiful car he built and cared for is a worthless piece of junk, that hurts him to even look at....

In that scenario, would anyone blame him if he took a can of gas, covered the car, and set it alight?

Again, please remember this IS 100% HYPORTHETICAL...
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