For years, people have asked the ELI Community where people can buy images that DON'T Support Getty Images. As ELI Contributor, Jerry Witt, has pointed out, it is bad business to constantly threaten, extort, and sue your customer base. I wholeheartedly agree with Jerry.
For years, I had no "official endorsement or recommendation" because I really didn't know enough to make a recommendation.
I now have a "semi-official" ELI recommendation for people who really want and need to buy Images but DON'T want to give money to Getty Images or any of its affiliates.
The Seattle Times recently named their fiercest competitors that are winning market share against the lumbering Getty Images.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/getty-attempts-to-sharpen-its-focus/
My first choice would be Shutterstock.
My second choice would be Fotolia (owned by Adobe). I am not crazy about Adobe but I would rather give them the business than Getty Images.
The goal is to help commoditize (cheapen) stock imagery and help Getty Images further burn through their stash of cash. And all of you can use imagery legally and inexpensively. By redirecting all monies AWAY from Getty Images and by telling everyone of their extortionate ways, there is a very real possibility that the negative publicity, and the thousands of people they have pissed off and extorted over the years will help burn through the remaining cash they have by 2016. That will help put Getty Images out of their misery.
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/getty-images-said-to-run-tight-on-cash-as-profit-drops/
I said years ago, I am happy to have ELI shut down if Getty Images were to be killed off or crippled enough where someone swallows them up. It is quite encouraging for the Seattle Times to report on the cash burning months they have been happening.
They managed to extort millions of dollars of cash from thousands of people. It is only fitting to see the competitive marketplace (lead by Fotolia and Shutterstock) put them out of their misery.
For me, it is "GO SHUTTERSTOCK!" until something better comes along.
For years, I had no "official endorsement or recommendation" because I really didn't know enough to make a recommendation.
I now have a "semi-official" ELI recommendation for people who really want and need to buy Images but DON'T want to give money to Getty Images or any of its affiliates.
The Seattle Times recently named their fiercest competitors that are winning market share against the lumbering Getty Images.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/getty-attempts-to-sharpen-its-focus/
My first choice would be Shutterstock.
My second choice would be Fotolia (owned by Adobe). I am not crazy about Adobe but I would rather give them the business than Getty Images.
The goal is to help commoditize (cheapen) stock imagery and help Getty Images further burn through their stash of cash. And all of you can use imagery legally and inexpensively. By redirecting all monies AWAY from Getty Images and by telling everyone of their extortionate ways, there is a very real possibility that the negative publicity, and the thousands of people they have pissed off and extorted over the years will help burn through the remaining cash they have by 2016. That will help put Getty Images out of their misery.
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/getty-images-said-to-run-tight-on-cash-as-profit-drops/
I said years ago, I am happy to have ELI shut down if Getty Images were to be killed off or crippled enough where someone swallows them up. It is quite encouraging for the Seattle Times to report on the cash burning months they have been happening.
They managed to extort millions of dollars of cash from thousands of people. It is only fitting to see the competitive marketplace (lead by Fotolia and Shutterstock) put them out of their misery.
For me, it is "GO SHUTTERSTOCK!" until something better comes along.