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Author Topic: ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail  (Read 4912 times)

SoylentGreen

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ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail
« on: October 16, 2011, 12:25:30 PM »
ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail

This is from May of 2011, but still quite relevant, I think:

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has released a memo that all but advises Getty contributors to quit the agency and find other ways to distribute their stock photographs if they can.

American Photographic Artists (APA), meanwhile, has issued a veiled threat of legal action against the stock photo agency.
 
The uproar is over Getty's new contract terms for its contributors, which enable the agency to move rights-managed images that haven't been licensed for three years or longer to its royalty-free collections, and make royalty-free images available in its subscription products.


More of the article can be found:

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/ASMP-to-Getty-Photog-2608.shtml

S.G.

« Last Edit: October 16, 2011, 02:01:26 PM by Matthew Chan »

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Re: ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 01:05:26 PM »
I saw some threads regarding this on a photography forum where I am active, there have quite a few there who have bailed on Getty..
Most questions have already been addressed in the forums, get yourself educated before making decisions.

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Re: ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 02:00:16 PM »
A quick note to everyone, we should not cut and paste entire articles that we are referring to without risk of violating fair use.  This was the sort of thing that people got into trouble for with Righthaven.

There is no specific formula for how much is too much. But in my mind, no more than 20%-25% of the article should be excerpted.  You choose the most important sections and delete the rest. Of course, posting the web page address (URL) is entirely acceptable. (I have gone back into the original post to reduce the excerpt.)

Thanks for helping us make sure we don't get into another copyright infringement fiasco.

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Re: ASMP to Getty Photographers: Time to Bail
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 06:04:13 PM »
Good safety tip Matt There is no magic percentage but linking to it is probably safest

 

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