Tom Bean Wins Copyright Infringement Case Against John Wiley & Sons

By Jim Pickerell | 279 Words | Posted 7/12/2012 | Comments
In late March In the case of Tom Bean vs. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Judge Frederick J. Martone GRANTED partial summary judgment to the plaintiff on the issue of defendant's liability for copyright infringement of 26 images used in seven titles.

Granger Collection Represents National Geographic Vintage Material

By Jim Pickerell | 381 Words | Posted 7/12/2012 | Comments
Thousands of images from the National Geographic Stock: Vintage Collection are now available at The Granger Collection. The rare historical catalogue, part of the National Geographic Image Collection, documents the world and its inhabitants, including indigenous people, their cultures, the environment, and the natural world from the 1880s through the 1970s.

SuperStock Acquires Science Faction Images

By Jim Pickerell | 262 Words | Posted 7/9/2012 | Comments
Jacksonville, FL based SuperStock has acquired Seattle based Science Faction Images. The 40,000 tightly edited high-end science and high technology images in the Science Faction collection will allow SuperStock to “better serve our clients in publishing and advertising,” according to Lanny Ziering, CEO of SuperStock.

Using Social Media To Market Photo Services

By Jim Pickerell | 38 Words | Posted 7/6/2012 | Comments
ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) has published a free guide designed to assist photographers in unilizing social media to market their businesses. The guide can be downloaded at http://asmp.org/free/guide-mdeb

Getty On Track To Get New Private Equity Owner

By Jim Pickerell | 443 Words | Posted 7/5/2012 | Comments
At least five private equity firms are bidding to buy Getty Images from Hellman & Freedman (H&F) in a leveraged buyout worth an estimated $4 billion.

Trends At iStockphoto: Unit Sales Decline

By Jim Pickerell | 3983 Words | Posted 7/3/2012 | Comments
Based on our recent analysis of sales made by 193 of iStockphoto’s top sellers, total company downloads may have declined by as much as 22% in the first 6 months of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. This story will walk you through how we collected the data, arrived at this number and explain why such a small sample of contributors is representative.

Foap.com: Reaching Out To Amateurs

By Jim Pickerell | 847 Words | Posted 7/2/2012 | Comments
Professional photographers shooting travel photos have another new competitor. Foap.com is collecting iPhone photos from tourists and selling them for $10 each. To get started uploading pictures all the photographer needs to do is go to iTunes and download the app.or go to foap.com. The photographer receives a 50% royalty, payable through PayPal monthly.

ABC News’ VideoSource Expands Stock Video Library

By Jim Pickerell | 353 Words | Posted 6/29/2012 | Comments (1)
ABC News VideoSource has upgraded and expanded its website to provide greater and easier access to ABC News’ vast archival footage online.  Producers and researchers will now be able to browse, license and, in some cases, immediately access tens of thousands of video assets from ABC News’ expansive archives with the click of a mouse. It offers customers, including documentary filmmakers, educators or anyone with an interest in archival video footage, historically-rich news video from a vast collection spanning from 1896 to the present.

Specialist Footage Research from Robert Harding

By Jim Pickerell | 297 Words | Posted 6/29/2012 | Comments
Following its acquisition of Specialist Stock and its move into the footage side of the stock image business Robert Harding World Imagery has created its Comprehensive Research Facility (CRF) which not only offers research of its own collections but will also research a range of satellite suppliers including BBC Motion Gallery, NHNZ, Footage Search and SKYWORKS amongst others.

Alamy White Paper: 21st Century Image Licensing

By Jim Pickerell | 916 Words | Posted 6/28/2012 | Comments (4)
Alamy has published an 11-page white paper that examines the challenges current pricing and licensing models face. The paper summarizes a round table discussion where key industry decision makers, including picture buyers, photographers, journalists, commentators and stock image providers, examined the issue.

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