iStockphoto has announced a plugin that enables Microsoft Office users
to search and purchase more than 6 million photos and illustrations.
Getty Images has built and launched
Stockphotorights.com,
an educational Web site that aims to guide users through the
complexities and legal issues involved in image uses. The company said
that the launch responds to the findings of a new survey, which
identified a lack of understanding of such issues among many image
users.
Eugene Mopsik, the executive director of the
American Society of Media Photographers,
has received the 2010 International Photographic Council Photographer
Leadership Award. IPC is a a United Nations organization that promotes peace through photography.
Historical archive
Roger-Viollet
has updated its Web site to include larger images, easier access to
editorial content and new technical functionality. Roger-Viollet
currently offers more than 6 million photographs that cover 150 years
of French and international history, including events, arts, portraits,
politics and everyday life.
London-based law firm Mishcon de Reya is joining the
PicScout legal
partner program, which helps the company’s image-tracking clients
pursue compensation for use of their visual assets. Mishcon is known
for intellectual property litigation, particularly through its
TULIP—turning profit into loss—program, which PicScout says is
reminiscent of its own “every image gets its credit” motto.
The third
New York Photo Festival is open through this weekend. The event features day and evening programming and numerous events.
The brainchild of two Boulder architectural designers who say they are fed up with lack of relevant imagery is slated to come out of beta this June.
First
launched in October,
Fotolia’s Microsoft Word and PowerPoint plugin—or ribbon, as Microsoft
now calls them—has gone global with support for 10 languages, one for
every country of Fotolia operations.
U.K.’s Press Association has launched an online archive of video news. The
offering contains 40,000 clips from the past and present, ranging from current affairs to sports and entertainment news coverage.
London-based Panos Pictures, which specializes in social issues, has
announced a series of changes, ranging from a Web site relaunch to new
staff members and photographer collective. According to the agency, the
changes herald its 25th anniversary, upcoming in 2011.