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Old September 20th 07, 02:22 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Tony Polson
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Default Getty initiative riles photographers - BJP

"Facing tough competition in the market for pictures used online,
Getty Images has devised a new licencing model - and photographers
don't like it, reports Diane Smyth.

"Groups representing more than 12,000 professional photographers are
urging Getty Images to drop rights-managed images from its new $49
'web use' licence.

"The offer, launched on 11 September, features images from virtually
all of Getty's collections at 72dpi for just $49, or £39 in the UK.
Royalty-free images have already been made available for one-year
periods under the new licence, but Getty plans to add rights-ready and
rights-managed images in the coming weeks, plans which photographers
and their representatives have met with outrage.

"The UK's Association of Photographers has joined with the Stock
Artists Alliance, the American Society of Media Photographers, the
Advertising Photographers of America, the Editorial Photographers and
the Canadian Association of Photographers to write to Getty, urging
the organisation to drop right-managed and rights-ready collections
from the web licence deal."


For the rest of this excellent article, please go to:

http://www.bjp-online.com/public/sho...ml?page=469019

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Old September 20th 07, 06:00 PM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
just bob
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Default Getty initiative riles photographers - BJP

reading their website:

Q. Is this a new product?

A. Yes, the 500KB 72 dpi file is a new size. Please note that 500KB is an
estimate and depends on a few variables such as color versus black and
white.

How come these guys don't work in pixels? It's for the web, right? Why not
say max size will be 400 pixels, or whatever?


"Tony Polson" wrote in message
...
"Facing tough competition in the market for pictures used online,
Getty Images has devised a new licencing model - and photographers
don't like it, reports Diane Smyth.

"Groups representing more than 12,000 professional photographers are
urging Getty Images to drop rights-managed images from its new $49
'web use' licence.

"The offer, launched on 11 September, features images from virtually
all of Getty's collections at 72dpi for just $49, or £39 in the UK.
Royalty-free images have already been made available for one-year
periods under the new licence, but Getty plans to add rights-ready and
rights-managed images in the coming weeks, plans which photographers
and their representatives have met with outrage.

"The UK's Association of Photographers has joined with the Stock
Artists Alliance, the American Society of Media Photographers, the
Advertising Photographers of America, the Editorial Photographers and
the Canadian Association of Photographers to write to Getty, urging
the organisation to drop right-managed and rights-ready collections
from the web licence deal."


For the rest of this excellent article, please go to:

http://www.bjp-online.com/public/sho...ml?page=469019

.



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Old September 21st 07, 12:48 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Paul Furman
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Default Getty initiative riles photographers - BJP

just bob wrote:

reading their website:

Q. Is this a new product?

A. Yes, the 500KB 72 dpi file is a new size. Please note that 500KB is an
estimate and depends on a few variables such as color versus black and
white.

How come these guys don't work in pixels? It's for the web, right? Why not
say max size will be 400 pixels, or whatever?


I agree that's strange but that number is about right for 400 pixel wide
tif files... assuming the end user might want to do a little cropping,
resizing and choose their own compression. In that case that's a rather
small file size but most web images outside of photo galleries are well
under 400 pixels and that makes it completely useless for magazines.

"Tony Polson" wrote in message
...

"Facing tough competition in the market for pictures used online,
Getty Images has devised a new licencing model - and photographers
don't like it, reports Diane Smyth.

"Groups representing more than 12,000 professional photographers are
urging Getty Images to drop rights-managed images from its new $49
'web use' licence.

"The offer, launched on 11 September, features images from virtually
all of Getty's collections at 72dpi for just $49, or £39 in the UK.
Royalty-free images have already been made available for one-year
periods under the new licence, but Getty plans to add rights-ready and
rights-managed images in the coming weeks, plans which photographers
and their representatives have met with outrage.

"The UK's Association of Photographers has joined with the Stock
Artists Alliance, the American Society of Media Photographers, the
Advertising Photographers of America, the Editorial Photographers and
the Canadian Association of Photographers to write to Getty, urging
the organisation to drop right-managed and rights-ready collections
from the web licence deal."


For the rest of this excellent article, please go to:

http://www.bjp-online.com/public/sho...ml?page=469019

.






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