Commentary:

New York Times Journalist Takes Heat for Questionable Use of Flickr

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Tuesday June 30, 2009

Flickr continues to be the testing ground for appropriate user practices when it comes to images. When The New York Times' contributor Sonia Zjawinski wrote about her penchant for printing out images she finds on the photo-sharing Web site and using them as wall art, readers’ reactions were far from favorable. Yet some of the rules for such image uses remain confusing.


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Corbis Updates Storied

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Monday June 29, 2009

Corbis has added new commentators to Storied, a recently launched promotional sub-site that highlights culturally and historically important images from the agency’s collection. Among the additions are company owner Bill Gates, who offers commentary on his work over the last quarter of a century and on an image of himself with Paul Allen, and Buzz Aldrin, who shares his feelings …


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Photopreneur Releases '99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos'

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Monday June 29, 2009

Photopreneur, a blog dedicated to sharing money-making opportunities for photographers on the Web, has released 99 Ways to Make Money with Your Photos. The 340-page print book, which took over a year to produce, is billed as a comprehensive guide to making money with photography for both seasoned professionals looking to reinvent themselves and hobbyists that want to learn the basics of part-time stock production.


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TinEye Helps Recover Licensing Fees

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Monday June 29, 2009

TinEye, the image-to-image search engine developed by Toronto company Idée Inc., has the potential of helping photographers and small agencies uncover unlicensed uses of their images online. The company just announced one such success: TinEye helped Australian photographer Sheila Smart recover 1,000 euros.


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Getty Images: Cloud Flickr

By Julia Dudnik Stern  Friday June 26, 2009

The recently launched Flickr Collection has entered the second phase of its marketing campaign, which Getty Images refers to as the social networking and creative inspiration experience.


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