Here are a few gems from none other than Jonathan Klein co-founder and CEO of Getty Images..
“We’re comfortable with people using our images to build traffic. The point in time when they have a business model, they have to have some sort of license.â€
"...when their images are used for commercial purposes they are paid" here he is referring to Getty's "contributors"
"...we don't stop consumers from playing with our images..."
"we don't stop the proliferation of imagery..."
But he hasn’t eliminated the ability to right-click on a Getty photo and save it to your computer. Anyone with the most basic of Photoshop skills could easily get rid of the Getty watermark within minutes. That’s because he’s not concerned about people playing with Getty photos, teenagers using them for school projects, and folks putting them up on their personal blogs — or, at the moment, even Pinterest.
I can't watch or read it anymore this ass-hat ticks me off... I'm reminded of the site that was helping US Veterans, that got a letter from Getty, they made ZERO dollars, they did NOT have ANY ads to generate revenue..
Judge for yourself, and please share your thoughts on this:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/22/for-pinterest-revenue-will-turn-copyright-questions-into-problems/
“We’re comfortable with people using our images to build traffic. The point in time when they have a business model, they have to have some sort of license.â€
"...when their images are used for commercial purposes they are paid" here he is referring to Getty's "contributors"
"...we don't stop consumers from playing with our images..."
"we don't stop the proliferation of imagery..."
But he hasn’t eliminated the ability to right-click on a Getty photo and save it to your computer. Anyone with the most basic of Photoshop skills could easily get rid of the Getty watermark within minutes. That’s because he’s not concerned about people playing with Getty photos, teenagers using them for school projects, and folks putting them up on their personal blogs — or, at the moment, even Pinterest.
I can't watch or read it anymore this ass-hat ticks me off... I'm reminded of the site that was helping US Veterans, that got a letter from Getty, they made ZERO dollars, they did NOT have ANY ads to generate revenue..
Judge for yourself, and please share your thoughts on this:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/22/for-pinterest-revenue-will-turn-copyright-questions-into-problems/