Two-year-old Cambridge, Mass.-based ImageRights International has
launched a free version of its flagship service, which helps
photographers and illustrators monitor the use of their content and
recover licensing fees.
Successful stock shooter Jonathan Ross has invested in all tiers of today's stock image market. His experience says that the way to a profitable future is rooted in a unified approach to pricing and quality. Read this transcript of Ross's recent presentation at the New Media Conference, which took place during the CEPIC Congress in Dublin.
The Picture Archive Council of America has filed an
amicus—“friend
of the court”—brief in Muench Photography, Inc. v. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company,
pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York. PACA is urging the court to reconsider a
recent summary judgment that deemed Corbis’ copyright registration processes to be invalid.
Stock image producers often have two misconceptions about
subscription licensing services: They believe subscription licensing is
simple and that for a very low monthly fee customers are allowed to use
any image for any purpose. Neither is true.
So says Polylooks, the microstock owned by T-Mobile parent Deutsche
Telecom, which just surveyed 2,200 Brits and says the results make for
interesting reading.
Universal Images Group,
the distribution business unit of the Virtual Picture Desk, has been
awarded a contract by the Encyclopaedia Britannica to provide an
extensive online library of low-resolution (150 dpi) images suitable
for educational use. The images will be supplied by numerous producers around the world and, together with Britannica's wholly owned content, will become part of a new subscription service, Britannica Image
Explorer.
After PicScout announced that it now offers image crediting free of charge,
some questioned the terms of use on the PicScout signup page, which
describe having to pay fees. PicScout has clarified the details of the
free and pay-for portions of its ImageIRC service.