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.
What is top-quality photography for a major advertising campaign worth?
Evidently, art buyers at Campbell-Ewald, one of the largest advertising
agencies in the U.S., think $2,500 for “all advertising” and “all
print” rights is fair and reasonable, as evidenced by a recent
negotiation for the use of one of Hans Halberstadt’s photos.
Is it time to institute a system of floor prices for the use of
rights-managed images for editorial purposes? Is there any price so
low—$50, $30 or $20—that the image creator would prefer not to make the
sale?
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.
A New York court has ruled that
copyright registrations obtained by Corbis for images submitted by at
least one photographer-contributor are invalid, in part due to Corbis’ failure to list
the names of the photographers—the authors and owners of the copyrights
in the registered images—on registrations submitted by Corbis.
ApplicationGap, founded by former Getty Images’ executive Robert
Giroux, has announced an update to Easy Release. First launched in
March, version 1.6 of the iPhone app that handles model and property
releases features iPad and landscape-mode support.
Magnum is commemorating World Press Freedom
day with the launch of an iPhone app featuring legendary images.
The American Society of Media Photographers Foundation has become a founding sponsor of the Young Photographers Alliance by donating $50,000 to fund the development and launch of two key mentoring and internship programs and two scholarships.