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Looks like the jury's still out...
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/242347/you-can-use-getty-images-for-free-sort-of/
And also
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/07/photographers-getty-images
You can argue that they've shot themselves in the foot here... numerous times. If getty had come up with a reasonable pricing structure and usage/subscription types i.e. from private blog to commercial advertising them they wouldn't have got in this mess.
As it is they've expected top whack for all their 'images'. If they had come up with a pence per usage model for the majority of non-news and aged photos then they might not have needed this, and the photographers would still be getting paid.
It was a model that may have worked in the analogue era where there was processing costs and a limited range, but the digital era has done away with that.
Is it going to change things.... no, right click will still predominate.
As it is they've expected top whack for all their 'images'. If they had come up with a pence per usage model for the majority of non-news and aged photos then they might not have needed this, and the photographers would still be getting paid.
It was a model that may have worked in the analogue era where there was processing costs and a limited range, but the digital era has done away with that.
Is it going to change things.... no, right click will still predominate.
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