Virgin Mobile, a UK mobile phone company with global reach, is using amateur photos in a major advertising campaign promoting its services in Australia. All photos were obtained from Flickr, where these were posted by users under a Creative Commons license.
This edition includes stories on: Morris to Run Jupitermedia Online Biz; Xcavator.net Adds iStockphoto Images; Thought Equity to Distribute NBC News Footage; age fotostock Expands in Sweden; and Corbis Awards Miami Ad School Student.
There are traditionalist out there who are very upset that microstock exists and wish it would go away. It won't. It's here to stay and one way or another traditionalists need to find a way to live with it. This article tries to take a balanced look at microstock and how it will affect everyone's future.
Wellcome Trust, a U.K.-based charity that spends £500 million per year to fund biomedical research, has launched Wellcome Images. The online library offers access to an unprecedented number of medical images, manuscripts and illustrations exploring the past and present of the art and science of medicine.
Two weeks after the much-publicized launch of the Corbis microstock offering, opinions vary. Some think SnapVillage is a bad deal for photographers and that the existence of micropayment brands will end up restricting photographer access to the premium stock-image market.
This edition includes stories on: Apple Sued Over Image Use and Masterfile Continues Design-Based Strategy, Wins More Awards.
This edition includes stories on: Micro Segment Grows at Macro Pace and Fotolia Announces First API Partnership.
This edition includes stories on: FeaturePics Surpasses 300,000 Images and AP Adds Medical, African-American Imagery.
This edition has stories on: Sierra Stock Offers Photographers 70% Commissions and Fotegrafik, a Singapore based agency is expected to launch by the end of the year with a focus on Asian content.
This edition includes stories on: Corbis Restructures to Focus on Stock and Rights Services; International Fight League to Sell Photos by Getty and Mainstream Data Acquires Newscom.