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.
The Stock Market (TSM), announced that it has installed a Live Picture Image Server, Enterprise Edition for securely distributing and viewing high resolution images across the internet.
Have you started thinking about Y2K. Rohn Engh of PhotoSource International explains how it may impact photographers and stock agencies, even if they aren't heavily computized.
This strory reports a number of announcements from various stock agencies, both in the U.S. and abroad.
PNI has launched a new site at www.picturequest.com, and images from FPG and TIB can now be found there as well as all the Publishers Depot images. Photographers for FPG and TIB take note. The percentages you receive for sales made by PNI in the U.S. may be different from other U.S. sales made by your agency.
This issues contains: New TSI Photographer Contract, Similars, The Classroom in 2005, Graphic Design:USA Survey, Stock Agency News, and Myths About An Electronic Future.