This discussion seems to be similar to the one that erupted when coffee
table books arrived and museums were concerned about declining
attendance.  Even images at full 640x480/24-bit color are low-res
compared to printing, but they take forever to load and look good (given
the luminosity of the screen).  Other than the screen saver market, there
is little even the highest quality image meant for viewing (rather than
downloading) can be "used" for.

- Jonathan Franklin

Eric Siegel ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
:      At the Museums and the Internet conference we did here in NYC a
:      few months back, the Met discussed its plans for making images
:      available on the Net. They, too, are going to put lo-rez images
:      up to avoid theft.

:      I have no problem with this, unlike the respondant who said they
:      thought that the site would be less attractive with lo rez
:      images. Let ATT put its logo up with pristine clarity, and every
:      other commercial entity hogging the bandwidth. I think that
:      museum images will be of interest to visitors even at lo rez.

:      Eric Siegel
:      [log in to unmask]

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