This article has short items on: Corbis Partners with Fratelli Alinari. Ressmeyer Moves to RGB Labs, Media Bakery Offers RF Assignment Services, Wonderfile Offers Visual Search, New Deveopments in Zefa/Masterfile Alliance and the Move to Digital Production.
It is time for many photographers to take another look at Royalty Free. Sometimes it is wise and prudent to re-assess long held strategies and philosophies and make dramatic adjustments rather than doggedly sticking to a long held idea or approach. This article explains why.
Getty has made dramatic changes in the results they deliver when customers do searches on gettyinages.com. This is likely to lead to a dramatic increase in RM sales for the 3rd quarter and a corresponding decline in RF sales for the same period, as well as a decline in the sales of 3rd Party images.
The stock photo industry is rapidly moving to the point where there are more photo subjects you can't use for commercial purposes than those you can. Everyone wants ''iconic'' photos that viewers will instantly recognize, but many such subjects can not be used due to property and trademark rights. The ''List'' will grow!
The stock photo industry is rapidly moving to the point where there are more photo subjects you can’t use for commercial purposes than those you can.
The StockArtistsAlliance (SAA) takes issue with the OnRequest Images business model Selling Stock discussed in Random Thoughts 574. They are deeply concerned about the effects this new assignment service may have on the stock photo industry and believe this business model will be detrimental to the interests of Rights Managed stock photographers. In this story they provide their analysis.
This issue includes stories on: Getty Having Best Year Ever, Getty's RM Pricing, list of Leading Stock Sellers, Is Corbis Headed For IPO?, NFL Closing Photo Library, Iconica, Solus Rumors, RF Seat Licenses, Vitucci to ImageState, ArtToday Acquired, OnRequest Images and SAA's reaction to story, and more.
This group of stories includes: Corbis Sues Amazon; new Masterfile promotion; changes in RM Pricing, Search Result Methodology and Photographer's Choice at Getty; General Motors Launces PhotoStore; Digital Workflow at Corbis; Clement Mok Offers New Subscription RF Pricing Strategy; Book Sale Statistics; On-Request Images and more.
ArtToday.com and its Photos.com subscription service was recently acquired by Jupitermedia. Photos.com has 70,000 images online, and has been more than doubling revenue every six months. Alan Meckler, Jupitermedia's Chairman, expects Photos.com to generate more than 50% of the ArtToday division revenue in 8 to 15 months. Photos.com is seeking RF content from photographers and agencies.
Rumors have been floating around the industry that Solus Images has been sold, but Ari Kopelman, President of Solus, says they are ''categorically incorrect.'' Solus is still owned by Kopelman, Ira Shapiro and the investment bankers. For more about Solus see this story.