It’s hard to include a free poster on a web site following a major event, like one heck of a gold medal hockey game.
Though, this is just the latest news event that provided a piece of art demonstrating the value of a physical product over collections of ones and zeros.
Barack Obama’s historic election victory in November 2008 saw collectors hitting eBay and paying more than $100 for a copy of The New York Times.
I was working part-time evenings in a call centre at the time and had a co-worker who was a big Obama supporter ask if she could have my copy of the local paper to hang on her wall. I obliged.
Right-clicking on a web site image and hitting “Save As” just isn’t the same as holding something in your hands, it would seem.
I suppose forward-thinking news organizations could consider adding a direct link to The Rasterbator for images that go with big news events but printing at home can still be pricier than the dollar picking up the newspaper costs – as well the extra work that goes along with putting the “Rasterbated” poster together.
