Do THUGS really just like to take pictures? Is it true that I can’t prevent my pictures from being copied by THUGS? These and more myths explained.

Some THUG & MORON myths explained.

You will read many comments on the Loserphotographers.com and Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 blog. Invariably, most are extremely negative, wishing death, pestilence, and serious bodily harm on us (now you know why we call them THUGS). There are also comments that make preposterous claims such as the ones in the title. Let’s go over some of the most popular myths:

1. We just like to take pictures/I shoot for myself/Photography is my hobby

MYTH. This is a special kind of lie because it’s designed to paint THUGS & MORONS as victims, poor babies who were just minding their business and enjoying photography when Loserphotographers.com thundered on the scene.

The fact is, however, that photography isn’t really a hobby, like say, mountain biking or fishing. There’s no intrinsic pleasure in simply taking a picture, for most of the population. For a majority of the rest, it’s about the photography gear itself, and not taking pictures (gearheads). Taking pictures is simply a part of a bigger process, designed to either produce satisfaction (at a later part of the process) or income. The actual taking of pictures is rarely an end unto itself.

Apart from the real artists, the remainder are the THUGS & LOSERS. Why do they take pictures? Simple. It’s all about taking a picture (usually, a stolen composition that has some artistic validity), uploading it to any of dozens online photo “sharing” or “critiquing” sites, and feeling what can only be described as a sexual experience from the praise and comments bestowed by fellow losers. Pretty sad, right? We think so too.

2. Is it true that pictures can’t really be copyrighted? I can’t copyright my picture of Tunnel View or Mt Hood?

MYTH. Completely untrue and contradicted by every piece of law and case law ever written! This deceptive claim is written in a facetious manner as if to claim that copyright would prevent anyone from ever taking a photo of iconic scenes. That’s completely untrue! Copyright is designed to protect an artist’s unique expression of an idea or scene. Now, those two words are the key. Most thugs have no idea what “artist”, “unique”, or “expression” means. To pieces of shit like Miles Morgan, being an “artist” simply means exactly copying what others before you have achieved, and acting as if you thought it up all along. And most artists would probably interpret the same in several different ways. Unlike THUGS, who just seek to exactly replicate the work of Galen Rowell or Ansel Adams, a true artist hears the scene call to him in an unique manner, and his/her work reflects that. THAT’s what copyright is designed to protect, so THIEVING SCUM like Miles Morgan can’t just lay claim to what YOU thought up in the first place!

3. “If I prevented my images from being copied, I’d be the most hated person in the photography world (next to Marc Adamus LIES 2.0 and Loserphotographers.com, of course).

Well, if LOSERS and SCUM who want to exactly copy your images are going to be offended, who cares? You can’t please everyone, and certainly not the dishonest and immoral. This bullshit claim is like saying that we shouldn’t focus attention on the horrors of the holocaust because one would become the most hated person in neo-Nazi circles. Who cares? You don’t need to provide an account to thieves, morons, and immoral scum (like Miles Morgan). Your work deserves protection. If someone can’t understand that, they don’t respect you, don’t value your work and time, and they don’t deserve your attention.