I see why they feel threatened, but I don't agree that it's this photographer's fault. If the consumers don't want/need high quality, paid photos in their publications (as voiced by their dollars) then maybe the market for them is disappearing.
I am surprised that a protectionist, union-esque good-ol-boys club of photographers hasn't emerged that would use money to encourage organizers to prevent this person from taking photos. Seems every industry threatened with technology and the cheapening (or "hobbying" or "freeing") of their product tends to fight the producers at the expense of the consumers thereby accelerating their downturn.
Because it's at the expense of the consumers causing them to turn to the alternatives faster than they otherwise would were no protectionists measures in place (of course tech advancements are the real accelerator).
I am surprised that a protectionist, union-esque good-ol-boys club of photographers hasn't emerged that would use money to encourage organizers to prevent this person from taking photos. Seems every industry threatened with technology and the cheapening (or "hobbying" or "freeing") of their product tends to fight the producers at the expense of the consumers thereby accelerating their downturn.