New research says executive-level marketing and intellectual-property skills are in short supply. Though the underlying causes for the shortage differ, market conditions are exacerbating recruitment problems.
AGE is the latest traditional agency to introduce a midstock price offering in an attempt to defend against microstock's steady cannibalization of traditional RF sales.
Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization and its Geneva neighbor, the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues, hosted a two-day congress to examine the economic importance of copyright. While a number of issues made it onto the agenda, attendees overwhelmingly focused on copyright's role in the global creative industries.
If Getty assigns a significant portion of its existing editing staff to concentrate on searching Flickr for images with that "different look," the odds of getting an image accepted may be better by having it available inn Flickr rather than in the Getty queue.
London-based moodboard is encouraging amateur photographers to get in touch prior to the launch of its next business phase, which the company said "will open up more earning potential for amateur and hobbyist content than rivals such as iStock." Company founder and ex-Digital Vision owner Mike Watson said he planned to unveil developments at PhotoPlus in October.
This week, the American Society of Media Photographers announced that it expects the next iteration of the House version of the proposed U.S. orphan-works legislation to be released imminently. ASMP has tentatively endorsed the House bill, though it has continued to lobby for additional improvements that would offer greater protection to its photographer members.
AGE has launched its low-budget royalty-free (LBRF) model easyFotostock that it first outlined in October 2007. This new Web site is designed for customers who want images of average quality, but are not prepared to pay RF or RM prices.