From time to time something good comes along from Getty Images. Such is the case with the latest announcement that people trolling Flickr for free photographs can license the photographs via Getty. I see this as a bit of a mixed bag, but with a net positive effect. The BBC reports here on the subject, … Read more
All over the place, all manner of “free” content is made available, provided – and this is the big caveat – that it’s used for “non-commercial” use. However, at what point does a personal use become a non-commercial use, become a commercial use?Over at “A Photo Attorney”, attorney Carolyn Wright has a great explaination of … Read more
This is a remarkable way to reverse the way people look at publishing. (Comments, if any, after the Jump)POST JUMP TEXT.Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo Business Forum Flickr Group Discussion Threads.
Below is a painful video for ANY photographer to watch. I’ve known a few photographers whom have suffered this indignity.(Continued after the Jump)One thing that strikes me immediately is that, while the photographer clearly had two camera bodies, he unfortunately placed both of them at risk in this situation. Surely, we commend him for his … Read more
Today, Creative Business Wire, launches, billing itself here as “Creative Business Wire is a digital imagery news service that specializes in business photography, and only business: the economy, Washington D.C., leaders, trends and other business related images are produced on a daily basis by our stable of acclaimed professional photographers.” On the eve of their … Read more
In New York City, the government entity that is charged with managing the city’s assets on behalf of the people of New York, so that the city gets its’ due for the use of city assets, and does not interfere (or if it does, you may more) with the comings-and-goings of New Yorkers, is looking … Read more
Sygma, purchased by Bill Gates’ wholly owned and privately held company Corbis back in 1999, has filed for bankruptcy protection according to a report in the French press here (via Thoughts of a Bohemian, 5/21/10), with tax debts of approximately 73 million euros. As Paul Melcher at Thoughts of a Bohemian wisely surmises, French laws … Read more
MediaStorm is the preeminent outlet for multimedia stories by photojournalists that incorporate still images, with intermittent video, and incredible audio to tell a story in an increidbly immersive way. Brian Storm, who founded the company, has been a leader in the industry for a very long time, and also spends a great deal of time … Read more
Everything is about business. Plain, and simple. Getty Images continues to travel on its path of corporate suicide with their latest – slashing non-exclusive stock images to what amounts to a flat rate of $50. Yes, this is somewhat of an oversimplification of the deal, but for all intents and purposes, it’s accurate. The subsciption … Read more
In a stunning move, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, in a lawsuit has found that not only is the methodology of how Corbis was registering the copyrights to images and their database flawed, but also the registration of images by Corbis, on behalf of photographers under its contract are … Read more
