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.And another $20 to ship a bit of paper to Europe.
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.And another $20 to ship a bit of paper to Europe.
They did. It was $300I like it.
I also don't understand why Apple doesn't do something similar.
They could tie it in with their various charities, like Product RED, and underline their charity efforts.
I also don't understand why Apple doesn't do something similar.
Why'd they release a book then?Because they are a technology company, not a stationary company.
How is this legal in terms of Copyright law?
So I can pick any band, take my own photos at a concert & then create a Calander with milestone dates & wallpaper to sell for profit? No difference. Expect a letter from Apple in the mail.
I doubt he's making pure profit on manufacturing and shipping these...
Not to mention the time it takes to shoot and edit the photos.
He's not making a killing on this. Anyone who thinks otherwise has clearly never run a crowdfunding project before.
EDIT: As a point of comparison, a small custom photo wall calendar on Vistaprint.com starts at $30...
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.
So stupid. What the hell's the point of this. Add a bunch of this to your iPhone's calendar if you're a big fan.
So what? Again, you're the person who made the asinine assertion he was making $35K off it. Now you're backpedaling.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. 😜
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.
Your reply is an experiment in and of itself. Shows that at least 2It's an experiment. It's to see how manysuckerspeople there are who will pay $32 for a wall calendar just because it has pictures of Apple stuff in it.
Last year, there were 399suckerspeople who bought the wall calendar for $30 and 681 who bought the entire package for $42.
Firstly, raising money != donating money. Secondly, you honestly don't know what I do each year and I wouldn't make such claimsSo 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.