High resolution photos of posters

lexicondevil

As an artist, I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't bother me if someone copied my work without asking permission. I've actually had a guy with a small home brew operation use my work on their label without asking me. I was pissed.

elwayvedder

Spiritual_Chaos said:

elwayvedder said:

more reasons I'm moving on to getting out of collecting merch as this ruins the hunt
SMH
I'm close to going back to the 90's where I just worried about new songs, new albums, tour dates and seeing friends

I don't think that collecting stuff should be "a hunt". It's weird to begin with. And so cliche. Limited edition items and shit feels so out of date.
But agree with not buying bootlegs etc.

part of the fun of collecting is the chase...the hunt.
when stuff starts getting bootlegged, fanmade, copied, whatever..it ruins it. for the artist and the fan.  imagine 3 derivative owners from now of that illegal Pitt 13 poster on Facebook being debated not knowing its a fake or a phony and they dropped $500 on it or something.  Ruins the spirit of collecting from so many directions

Spiritual_Chaos

lexicondevil said:

As an artist, I'd be lying if I said it wouldn't bother me if someone copied my work without asking permission. I've actually had a guy with a small home brew operation use my work on their label without asking me. I was pissed.

The difference is that in this case you can't go to the artist and say "I would like to pay for one of your posters to hang on my wall". It's a limited item pretty much exclusively available at the specific concert.

It's not like buying a burnt DVD from some counterfeit market instead of buying it from Amazon.

Just to play the devils advocate.

tempo_n_groove

angry_skull said:

Print them smaller and frame for cheap. Same feeling of nostalgia, obviously they are not real, and you save space on the wall to put up more.

Or buy a book from the artist and cut out that print.  Ames has a book, Sperry, Stout do too.

tempo_n_groove

Spiritual_Chaos said:

elwayvedder said:

more reasons I'm moving on to getting out of collecting merch as this ruins the hunt
SMH
I'm close to going back to the 90's where I just worried about new songs, new albums, tour dates and seeing friends

I don't think that collecting stuff should be "a hunt". It's weird to begin with. And so cliche. Limited edition items and shit feels so out of date.
But agree with not buying bootlegs etc.

If everything was easy to obtain then collecting wouldn't be any fun...

Spiritual_Chaos

elwayvedder said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

elwayvedder said:

more reasons I'm moving on to getting out of collecting merch as this ruins the hunt
SMH
I'm close to going back to the 90's where I just worried about new songs, new albums, tour dates and seeing friends

I don't think that collecting stuff should be "a hunt". It's weird to begin with. And so cliche. Limited edition items and shit feels so out of date.
But agree with not buying bootlegs etc.

part of the fun of collecting is the chase...the hunt.
when stuff starts getting bootlegged, fanmade, copied, whatever..it ruins it. for the artist and the fan.  imagine 3 derivative owners from now of that illegal Pitt 13 poster on Facebook being debated not knowing its a fake or a phony and they dropped $500 on it or something.  Ruins the spirit of collecting from so many directions

Yes. I do not disagree with that.

But I don't think things should be made "limited" just for the hell of doing it "limited" to begin with. In general. Don't see the benefits for fans. Not counting for the few who gets something out of this overpriced "hunt" you are talking about. But this is offtopic.

Just don't like the idea of fans having to "hunt".

Indifference71

elwayvedder said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

elwayvedder said:

more reasons I'm moving on to getting out of collecting merch as this ruins the hunt
SMH
I'm close to going back to the 90's where I just worried about new songs, new albums, tour dates and seeing friends

I don't think that collecting stuff should be "a hunt". It's weird to begin with. And so cliche. Limited edition items and shit feels so out of date.
But agree with not buying bootlegs etc.

part of the fun of collecting is the chase...the hunt.
when stuff starts getting bootlegged, fanmade, copied, whatever..it ruins it. for the artist and the fan.  imagine 3 derivative owners from now of that illegal Pitt 13 poster on Facebook being debated not knowing its a fake or a phony and they dropped $500 on it or something.  Ruins the spirit of collecting from so many directions

I guess everyone has different definitions of fun.  Chasing down merch being sold wayyyy above face value is not fun.  At all.  

Obviously bootlegging posters and selling them is not cool, but I don't see the harm in creating your own print to hang up for yourself.

i_lov_it

Just do a Search on the Internet...download the Picture and go to your chosen Photo Centre...

BF89905

Indifference71 said:

I guess everyone has different definitions of fun.  Chasing down merch being sold wayyyy above face value is not fun.  At all.  

Obviously bootlegging posters and selling them is not cool, but I don't see the harm in creating your own print to hang up for yourself.

I agree that reproducing someone's artistic work without their permission is not cool; additionally, people reselling this same artwork way above face value is also slimey in my opinion. 

Another rather obvious perspective is that many people/fans/10C members never want to see the day that Pearl Jam posters and other miscellaneous items start being mass produced due to the fact that this would reduce their materialistic sense of self-worth. What! I can no longer re-sell my $40 concert poster to a fellow fan for a ridiculous mark-up!  ..... I can't come to these boards to re-sell an artist's artwork, at prices that I would shame if the artists chose similar prices at their original point of sale!  Oh, the humanity

igotshit

Everybody needs to relax a bit, I just want to finish my collection of posters of shows I have been too, not looking to sell them, and I have looked all over the internet to find them but some can’t not be foubd

drakeheuer14

igotshit said:

Everybody needs to relax a bit, I just want to finish my collection of posters of shows I have been too, not looking to sell them, and I have looked all over the internet to find them but some can’t not be foubd

It will never truly be complete then...

JojoRice

Screw the bootleggers and shoe the shoeless!!

willbarclay

Indifference71 said:

Obviously bootlegging posters and selling them is not cool, but I don't see the harm in creating your own print to hang up for yourself.

THIS

cp3iverson

drakeheuer14 said:

igotshit said:

Everybody needs to relax a bit, I just want to finish my collection of posters of shows I have been too, not looking to sell them, and I have looked all over the internet to find them but some can’t not be foubd

It will never truly be complete then...

willbarclay

Its true it wont be a complete set. I for one only like the original thing.

But in OP's case I cant say its a bootleg if they just want one print to frame, hang and enjoy in the privacy of their own home.

Seems like we have gone off the main road here a bit on this one. I dont think Bootlegging Posters was the plan here.

tempo_n_groove

BF89905 said:

Indifference71 said:

I guess everyone has different definitions of fun.  Chasing down merch being sold wayyyy above face value is not fun.  At all.  

Obviously bootlegging posters and selling them is not cool, but I don't see the harm in creating your own print to hang up for yourself.

I agree that reproducing someone's artistic work without their permission is not cool; additionally, people reselling this same artwork way above face value is also slimey in my opinion. 

Another rather obvious perspective is that many people/fans/10C members never want to see the day that Pearl Jam posters and other miscellaneous items start being mass produced due to the fact that this would reduce their materialistic sense of self-worth. What! I can no longer re-sell my $40 concert poster to a fellow fan for a ridiculous mark-up!  ..... I can't come to these boards to re-sell an artist's artwork, at prices that I would shame if the artists chose similar prices at their original point of sale!  Oh, the humanity

I'll buy your house for what it originally went for!

HesCalledDyer

willbarclay said:

Its true it wont be a complete set. I for one only like the original thing.

But in OP's case I cant say its a bootleg if they just want one print to frame, hang and enjoy in the privacy of their own home.

Seems like we have gone off the main road here a bit on this one. I dont think Bootlegging Posters was the plan here.

Yep. No need to overreact and get into a heated discussion that wasn't intended.  I totally get where the OP is coming from. I've thought about doing this with the Pitt Missing Link quite a bit.  The highest resolution image I can find though would only be good enough for a 5x7.

willbarclay

HesCalledDyer said:

The highest resolution image I can find though would only be good enough for a 5x7.

That's the issue. If you can get a decent image id suggest doing an 11x17 or 13x19

I know from past experience the 18x24 just wont turn out the way you want.

angry_skull

tempo_n_groove said:

BF89905 said:

Indifference71 said:

I guess everyone has different definitions of fun.  Chasing down merch being sold wayyyy above face value is not fun.  At all.  

Obviously bootlegging posters and selling them is not cool, but I don't see the harm in creating your own print to hang up for yourself.

I agree that reproducing someone's artistic work without their permission is not cool; additionally, people reselling this same artwork way above face value is also slimey in my opinion. 

Another rather obvious perspective is that many people/fans/10C members never want to see the day that Pearl Jam posters and other miscellaneous items start being mass produced due to the fact that this would reduce their materialistic sense of self-worth. What! I can no longer re-sell my $40 concert poster to a fellow fan for a ridiculous mark-up!  ..... I can't come to these boards to re-sell an artist's artwork, at prices that I would shame if the artists chose similar prices at their original point of sale!  Oh, the humanity

I'll buy your house for what it originally went for!

Haha! Be careful...some of are still underwater with our mortgages. I might make a 20K profit if I took you up on that offer.

Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning

I am afraid that you're looking at a copyright issue with the artist. I understand the OP's intent but I'd avoid getting involved with making copies in any way, shape or form of posters. Just my chicken-sh%t two cents...