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123RF Partners with ZCool in China

By Jim Pickerell | 374 Words | Posted 5/17/2012 | Comments (1)
123RF has announced a partnership agreement with Zcool, mainland China's renowned creative designer platform for graphic designers. Designers show their work on Zcool and there is a degree of sharing of the work.

ASMP Submits Comments On New Copyright Fees

By Jim Pickerell | 375 Words | Posted 5/17/2012 | Comments
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), along with the Professional Photographers of America (PPA), has submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office in response to proposed new registration fees. In formulating the Copyright Office comments, ASMP surveyed its members about copyright registration and received nearly 900 responses.

Appellate Court Upholds $12.74 Million Damages Verdict Against Corbis for Fraud and Breach of Contract

By Jim Pickerell | 329 Words | Posted 5/17/2012 | Comments
A three-judge panel of the Washington State Court of Appeal has substantially affirmed a trial court judgment against Corbis Corporation for Fraud, Breach of Contract, Breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Unjust Enrichment over the ownership of Infoflows' Fedmark technology. The original jury awarded $36 million in damages. Following trial the judge reduced the damages to $12.74 million.

Fotolia Receives $150 Million Growth Investment

By Jim Pickerell | 389 Words | Posted 5/16/2012 | Comments (1)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, "KKR"), today announced a $150 million growth equity investment in Fotolia. In addition, KKR, TA Associates and Management worked with KKR Capital Markets and a number of relationship banks to put in place a $150 million senior financing for the Company.

Shutterstock Files With SEC For IPO

By Jim Pickerell | 235 Words | Posted 5/15/2012 | Comments
Shutterstock has filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO). The company intends to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SSTK” and hopes to raise around $115 million through this IPO. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have yet to be decided.

Stills or Video: Which Works Better In Online Advertising?

By Jim Pickerell | 886 Words | Posted 5/14/2012 | Comments
In web advertising what produces the best results still photos or videos? You may be surprised. This story outlines some of the things that are happening that will change the way customers choose their images and some of the things you can do to increase sales.

Getty Images 2011 Revenue: Creative Stills Declines

By Jim Pickerell | 1027 Words | Posted 5/11/2012 | Comments (1)
In March it was reported by Moody’s and Standard & Poors that the gross revenue for Getty Images in calendar 2011 was $945 million. This figure, and how the various lines of business break out, provide some interesting insights into the state of the stock photography business.

Broken Promises and Stock Photography

By Paul Melcher | 749 Words | Posted 5/10/2012 | Comments
The stock photography industry has to face the challenge of becoming relevant in an economy that has no patience for inadequate business models. Today the vast majority of photographs are used without any contact with the traditional photo industry, which has completely lost control of production and distribution. But the industry continues stubbornly to apply old rules to this new landscape. It does not see, or purposely wants to ignore, that their model does not fit current needs and thus is chasing customers away.

New Pricing Strategy For RM

By Jim Pickerell | 1092 Words | Posted 5/9/2012 | Comments
Evolveimages.com has introduced a new simplified licensing model for Rights Managed (RM) Images that they call EvoRights. EvoRights focuses on four primary price drivers: use type (commercial or editorial), intended media (print, digital or both), duration and geographic distribution and allows customers to determine the usage fee in as little as three clicks.

What Do Buyers Want? ImageBrief Will Tell You

By Jim Pickerell | 574 Words | Posted 5/8/2012 | Comments
An Australian company called ImageBrief, has developed a way for buyers to submit briefs directly to photographers for the images they need. This cuts out the stock agency middle men, and eliminates the need for buyers to wade through massive online databases of images.