The numbers are well known -billions of photos shared every day- and the habits well-entrenched- checking social media 40 times…
Category: Microstock
The great collapse of copyright
One of the foundations of photo agencies is to provide its customers with safe, secure, properly vetted visual content. In…
Certain uses of protected content by online services
The European Directive on Copyright is passed, and along with it, the infamous "Article 13", now Article 17 in the…
The photo industry is its worst enemy
After over twenty plus years working in and observing the photo industry, one conclusion is clear: One of the worst…
Who is afraid of Unsplash ?
About a week ago, Unsplash announced that they had raised $7.25 million, along with plans to bring cryptocurrency to its free stock photo…
The 3 news that matter this week
All really deserve a post of their own but my schedule will not allow the necessary time for a deeper dive.…
Shutterstock jumps into the future
Some acquisitions have far wider implications than others. While it made perfect sense for Shutterstock to acquire a company like Rex…
Free photos: threat or opportunity?
Similarly to what occurred a few years back with the introduction and rapid rise of low-cost microstock, current trend indicate…
Shutterstock shivers
Word on the street was that if Getty sneezed, the industry was sick. But what about Shutterstock? Has it taken…
The next big frontier
At a recent DMLA panel I organized, Craig Peters, COO of Getty Images, pointed out that the vast majority of…
