polaroid isn't making polaroid anymore.
pardon me while i gather the shards of my shattered heart from the cold wooden floor, after which i will go sob on the couch. good afternoon.
1 week ago
19 February 2008
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polaroid isn't making polaroid anymore.
11 comments:
But polaroids are the only reason to buy polaroid! I guess that they want their sales to drop. =(
-mary
Why aren't they making polaroids anymore!?
what.
you're joking.
they have a website that appears to be selling the film. just click here.
um, they're stupid.
they're bankrupt (why? how? i don't know), so they've decided to call it quits.
they'll continue selling it until 2009...but after that, goodbye.
no joke.
SO DEPRESSING.
well, if they go belly up that means their patent is over and any company can begin to market film and instant-print cameras. several years back they forced kodak (in court) to cease selling "polaroid" cameras. this strong-arming of competition squelched creativity and progress within their own company (i'm afraid).
Well, their patent might not be over. They could be really cruel and keep renewing it over and over again so no one can copy them ever. But that would take 30,000 dollars or so every 17 years, which they could do. A patent only prevents people from making something, it doesn't give you the right to make it. We just studied patents the other day in class. heh.
Hopefully, they would be offered a whole lot of money for it and sell it so that Annie can still have her polaroids. :D
sad day! poloaroids are magic.
no, they seriously are.
i'm not giving up hope.
-kyrie
the wonderful things to be photographed in this world will still be around even if a polaroid camera isn't around to take their pictures.
and JESUS will always be KING.
so. . all is not lost after all!
:-)
p.s. i've always wanted a polaroid camera
so true, linnea! thanks for the happy words. heh heh. :)
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