On Monday, the President of the United States of America signed several bills into law. Among them was S. 3325, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act of 2008, which amends civil and criminal IP laws, establishes a new executive-level coordinator position and authorizes Justice Department grants to assist in combating IP theft and infringement.
According to the Picture Archive Council of America, copyright "has been a somewhat overlooked point of emphasis in the training of employees throughout the industry." PACA hopes to help address this problem with its copyright education program, posthumously named after stock-industry veteran Jane Kinne.
Finnish picture agency All Over Press International has opened a Moscow office to serve local, mainly editorial clients.
Though the American presidential race has placed the country's economy in the global spotlight, the economic crisis is also global and will have a profound effect on the advertising revenues of developed markets.
The Image Works, an editorial stock agency located in the historic New York state town of Woodstock, is celebrating 25 years in business.
The Francis Frith Collection documents the history of Britain from 1860 to 1970.
Leisa Mercer and Vicki Schelstraete have established a production company in Toronto.
Denver-based Thought Equity Motion announced that its library has grown to over 250,000 clips, which the company says is twice the size of its nearest competitors. Though Equity also claims to have the industry's most advanced delivery platform for high-definition content: Nearly all of the digital footage files licensed by the company are delivered online.
In an email letter to its business partners, Amsterdam-based features and images agency The Cover Story has announced that it is moving its sales and operations office to Bangalore, India, as of Nov. 1. The letter acknowledges that some may see the move as dramatic but claims that the relocation offers new opportunities.
iStockphoto and Avery Dennison Office Products have announced a multi-year agreement to cross-promote each other's offerings.
TinEye, the first image-to-image search engine developed by Canadian technology company Idée, will soon release a beta mobile application for the Apple iPhone.
Winning cover sports image of Spitzer by Getty Images/Contour.
When Photolibrary acquired IndexStock in late 2006, it took on the obligation of paying contributors all they were owed by the previous owners. To date, Photolibrary has paid out $1.96 million to 632 individual photographers. (All pre-acquisition monies owed to third-party suppliers have also been paid.) One of Photolibrary's first moves was to pay all contributors the amounts owed for sales booked in the six months prior to acquisition.
Professional and student photojournalists are invited to apply for one of Getty Images' editorial grants by Nov. 15.
Web-res offering expands inventory.
The world's preeminent photojournalism competition is now inviting entries for the 2009 contest.
California agency launches residential-architecture line that includes project information.
There are a number of reasons to believe that a rapidly growing supply of images may not be as big a problem for the buyer as some industry insiders think. Large image collections are outpacing tightly edited rivals in revenue growth in all pricing categories, suggesting that collection size and pricing are not the only factors influencing buyer decisions.
Paris agency hires four new sales and content executives.
Marketplace buyers want to be able to identify exclusive images.
Hamburg-based advertising photographer AL Accardo shoots rights-managed series.
PicScout remains exclusive Getty supplier of image-tracking services.
The new rights-managed editorial collection includes Heritage Images, which unites content from Britain's top museums and libraries.