I see you have not tried to send paper to Europe from the Unite States. Had the privilege of overnighting a single sheet to Rome and the cheapest I could do it for was $75.
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2023 Wall Calendar Highlighting Apple's Major Software Announcements Launched on Kickstarter
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They did. It was $300
“Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design
Apple today announced the release of a new hardbound book chronicling 20 years of Apple’s design, expressed through 450 photographs of Apple products.
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bLackjackj
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Because they are a technology company, not a stationary company.
garrick2007
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great idea but he should switch gears for 24 and develop a digital hanging calendar that can be updated
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Cameront9
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Your photos are automatically your copyright under US copyright law.
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He has every right to take his photos and make a calendar. So do you.
It's his second calendar, actually.
lazyrighteye
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Pure profit? Who said anything about that? To be clear, I don't think he made pure profit nor do I think anyone would expect he would/did. As most anyone knows, that's simply not at all how it works.
I've been in the graphic design industry for over two decades. Thus, I have an intimate understanding of what is required for things like a photo shoot, photo editing, page layout, printing & shipping costs, etc. There are costs associated to each step of the creative & production process. I factored them in to my assumption that, at $32/ea., he likely turned a pretty decent profit in the end. An assumption I maintain.
Let's pretend he did use VistaPrint. Let's also pretend he paid an asinine $30 to print each calendar. If so, that would have cost him $33,000 to print 1,100 calendars. If he sold each calendar for his asking price of $32, his would bring in $35,200. That $2,200 delta would likely not cover the shipping of all 1,100 calendars - which gets to my overarching point: he made more than $2,200. For starters, all printers (even VistaPrint) offer price breaks the higher your print qty. climbs. Once something is on press, printing 100 or 1000 is no real difference. What you pay for is all that goes into "getting something on press." So the $30 per calendar rate would be drop significantly at a qty. of 1,100. Additionally, there is literally no end to the number of print vendors, both big and small, with whom he could have sourced a better rate than, say, VistaPrint. Maybe he has a print contact he has worked with before that offers him a friendly rate. Maybe he works at a print shop and can get an even better deal if he tags his print job onto another client's job (super common). These, and other reasons, lead me to my original claim that this venture was, and likely will be, pretty profitable. Pure profit? Nothing is. But certainly justifies all that goes into the entire project. For sure.
Who knows... Maybe he is in it for 15-seconds of fame. And is in a position to take a loss with each calendar year. I've certainly heard of weirder. 😜
The difference is whether you are using someone else's art to make money for yourself. If you make an appreciable difference then you are okay. So you have to have a purpose for those images.Your photos are automatically your copyright under US copyright law.
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He has every right to take his photos and make a calendar. So do you.
It's his second calendar, actually.
For example, if you were to tell a story with those photos (and this is what he is doing) then it is perfectly allowable.
If you are just taking photographs of the products and selling those images, then that is an entirely different thing. As we know, Apple sues the hell out of people who use an image (logo) that could be confused as theirs as they are making money using Apples name as the incentive.
I did an art piece where I used a painting from the 1600's as the base (Garden of Earthly Delights - which is no longer covered by copyright), I made replacements within the painting with "copyrighted" images gleaned from the internet. I am 100% covered due to doing the art piece and the purpose of its use. Despite being a photography piece, I didn't take a single photograph and was clearly covered by copyright. It all has to do with the changes made, and the context of the use.
Richard Hamilton pioneered this and Andy Warhol followed.
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fuchsdh
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So what? Again, you're the person who made the asinine assertion he was making $35K off it. Now you're backpedaling.
He's a widely known and respected person in the Apple community, which is why people buy the calendar. He's raised more money each year for charity than you'll ever donate in a lifetime. He's not in it for the "fame" of a Kickstarter with some fun photos of Apple products.
lazyrighteye
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Good grief man…
What does $32 (the price he’s selling each calendar for) multiplied by 1,100 (the number of calendars he sold last year) equal? Exactly: $35,200.
I never once claimed that was pure profit. Thus, no backpedaling on my part. I simply stated that, knowing what goes into such a production, the guy likely enjoyed a pretty decent take home (and yes, that is after all the obvious fees, tied to such a production, are deducted). I even declared him a “genius.,” ffs.
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Your reply is an experiment in and of itself. Shows that at least 2
Firstly, raising money != donating money. Secondly, you honestly don't know what I do each year and I wouldn't make such claims 😉