centuryegg said:
Alright I apolgise, whining might not be a good term to use and I am sorry for that. My only aim is to bring across my opinon that is my own and you guys and girls can choose not to take it.
I shall say it once and for all here. Why I said let and let live is that I noticed that photographers here, seemed to like to whine and complain about everything and anything. About security guards, about places that cannot shoot, about police, about rights, about each other. However when solutions are offered, it is still complain complain complain. And end of the day no photos.
Why not take these obstacles as challenges? Instead of whining about it? Or is Singaporeans really a whining bunch as SM Goh once said?
Our terms for the request for an apology is listed in the petition. It is not a matter of ego. Let me make it clear that I am not getting anything out of this and I am more in a position to lose because of the nature of my work. if I were interested in whining alone then this letter would never have existed.
Let's make it clear, photographers complaining about police, security guards, each other, has been beneficial to the community of photographers. In the nature of internet forums, there tends to be quite a high number of emotional outbursts but the sharing of experiences among the photographers has educated a significant number of us on the finer points of our rights under the law.
I hope you understand that an institution like the Straits Times has to set a good example of respecting IP and in case of any error hold itself up to the highest level of accountability. If it was some tom dick or harry frankly I wouldn't even have bothered with the letter.
btw the number of photographers signing the petition made up only a fraction of the signatories.
I like your attitude of taking obstacles as challenge. I take the obstacle of the venerable ST infringing copyrights as a challenge and am trying to make sure that this apology makes the public record otherwise it is easy to deny this in the future.
So to make it clear, the solution to this is easy. We just want an apology in print in the newspaper which the offending article was published in. And if anyone wants to whine about it, do feel free to give the editors below a call to make yourself heard. Each person's voice does make a point, and the number of signatories in the letter did make a point.
Han Fook Kwang
Editor Office: (65) 6319 5421
Home: (65) 6288 2696
Felix Soh
Deputy Editor Office: (65) 6319 5313
Hp: (65) 9683 0663
Ms Sumiko Tan
Life! & Sunday Life! Editor Office: (65) 6319 5345
Kong Soon Wah
Forum Page Editor Office: (65) 6319 5438
Internet Memories are short, newspapers are forever (in the public record). (Hey! sounds like the pitch for the next ST ad campaign)