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Comment by mibbitor

A webapp is run as a service. You're charging people for a service you provide. That makes it very hard to copy.

A photo isn't a service. It's a collection of bytes that is trivial to copy.

If you want to make money as a photographer, you need to structure it in a way that means it's hard to copy. But these days, anyone can take pro quality photos with minimal talent. If he's an exceptional photographer, he should be able to charge for his time when taking photos. But that's about it.

With the music industry, artists can move from selling CDs to doing more live tours. Not sure that's something photographers can really do.

parent mibbitor 15 years ago

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