Because of my personal distaste and dismay of the Stock Photo industry which started with the Getty Images Extortion Demand Letter, I have taken steps to personally boycott the Stock Photo Industry and advocate not using stock photos altogether. The stock photo industry seems to be rapidly consolidating into two companies: Getty Images and Corbis, …
Tag Archive: photographers
Dec 20 2011
Getty Images Prefers to Settle with Photographers and Filmmakers on Infringement Claims
According to Getty Images Inc, Quarter 1-2008, Form 10-Q filing with the SEC under the Legal Proceedings section on page 23, they state the following: “We have been, and may continue to be, subject to legal claims from time to time in the ordinary course of our business, including those related to alleged infringements of …
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