This story pulls together statistics on Internet use from a variety of sources including: Andrew Kantor's seminar at Internet World, Barbara Brundage's presentation at Photo East, a PACA seminar, and a recent TrendWatch report.
With this file you can print out the entire November 1998 issue of SELLING STOCK which includes stories on the new TSI and FPG web sites and a long analysis of why photographers will continue to need both domestic and foreign stock agency representation, even when we go to full digital marketing.
PhotoDisc and Corel are involved in suits for allowing use of photos without proper model releases. West Stock and Zephyr are also involved in the PhotoDisc suit. The settlement in the PhotoDisc suit could be more than $1 million for according to Forbes Magzine.
Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images gives the Keynote speech at Photo Expo in New York. The agencies Getty represents are expected to have gross sales of approximately $185 million in 1998. Included is the full text of his speech plus response to questions.
This story looks at the services domestic and foreign stock agencies provide and explains why most photographers will still need stock agency representation even when it is possible to market images directly online.
FPG has launched a web site, but searches pull up surprisingly few images. See chart comparing FPG, TSI, TSM and PhotoDisc on various keyword searches.
The long awaited Tony Stone images web site is now on-line at www.tonystone.com. Many photographers are still negotiating with TSI on the new contract and their images are not included on the site.
In a preliminary action AOL was fined $20,050 for failing to provide legitimate information and thwarting the discovery process. The $5 million copyright infringement suit is set to go to trial November 16th.
TrendWatch survey reports on creative activies on the Internet - 98% of graphic designers are involved in web design, only 33% of commercial photographers say business conditions are excellent and 23% say they are poor or much worse than the last six months, etc.
This strory reports a number of announcements from various stock agencies, both in the U.S. and abroad.