Comments on: Getty and Flickr http://www.microstockdiaries.com/getty-and-flickr.html For People Selling Photos Online Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pdtnc http://www.microstockdiaries.com/getty-and-flickr.html/comment-page-1#comment-14632 pdtnc Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:33:12 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/?p=275#comment-14632 That is interesting... could mean the start of an influx of Flickr photographers into stock after a couple of sales via Getty, though I suppose that all depends on what the Getty / Flickr user agreement / Contract reads. If it ties the photographer down to being exclusive with Getty it would be good for Getty, but potentially bad for the Photographer unless the Getty earnings are good enough. Photographically the Image buyer will have a free-er reign on the genre and type of images they buy, not all buyers will want the 'stock - Stock Photo', so hopefully a wider gamut of styles will work their way into popular design. I'd say this is a BIG plus for photography! Things depend on how it works with Flickr, if its just Getty's Image monkeys that sift through Flickr's photographers it might limit the variety of work available to buy. But if the ability for a buyer to state interest in a particular shot or photographer is available, which in turn alerts the Getty Image monkeys to inspect and add the proposed image to the Getty/ Flickr pot, it should be good. Overall I guess it could create more competition among the already established stock agencies...... lets wait and see. My Flickr shots probably won't make the grade! :) That is interesting… could mean the start of an influx of Flickr photographers into stock after a couple of sales via Getty, though I suppose that all depends on what the Getty / Flickr user agreement / Contract reads.
If it ties the photographer down to being exclusive with Getty it would be good for Getty, but potentially bad for the Photographer unless the Getty earnings are good enough.

Photographically the Image buyer will have a free-er reign on the genre and type of images they buy, not all buyers will want the ‘stock – Stock Photo’, so hopefully a wider gamut of styles will work their way into popular design. I’d say this is a BIG plus for photography!

Things depend on how it works with Flickr, if its just Getty’s Image monkeys that sift through Flickr’s photographers it might limit the variety of work available to buy. But if the ability for a buyer to state interest in a particular shot or photographer is available, which in turn alerts the Getty Image monkeys to inspect and add the proposed image to the Getty/ Flickr pot, it should be good.

Overall I guess it could create more competition among the already established stock agencies…… lets wait and see.
My Flickr shots probably won’t make the grade! :)

]]> By: Jim Talkington http://www.microstockdiaries.com/getty-and-flickr.html/comment-page-1#comment-13782 Jim Talkington Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:16:20 +0000 http://www.microstockdiaries.com/?p=275#comment-13782 It's an interesting development, not fully unexpected, I'd imagine. It seemed a matter of time before the vast Flickr photo resource was opened to monetization. It will be interesting to see how, if at all, this affects the standards of what has been (till now) an open photographic community. Getty has been granted to the first key to entry, will more follow? It’s an interesting development, not fully unexpected, I’d imagine.

It seemed a matter of time before the vast Flickr photo resource was opened to monetization. It will be interesting to see how, if at all, this affects the standards of what has been (till now) an open photographic community. Getty has been granted to the first key to entry, will more follow?

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