interesting read

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

be sure to read the comment following the article....Looks like Getty might get a taste of thier own medicine.

[SoylentGreen]

Thanks for posting this.  Wow!!  This is not good.

Hopefully, most hard working freelance photographers have (or will demand) clear agreements from those that they work with.  If these photographers don't enforce their rights, this will surely happen again to others.

A question, though... was it Getty's responsibility (the buyer) to investigate the origin of those photos?  Or was it the fault of the seller in this case?

I guess that if we went by Getty's "rules", it would be Getty that's responsible... you know, it's the "end user" that should pay up.

S.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

I concur, Getty should follow their own example...they state over and over again, "we don't care where or how you got the image, we own it so pay up"... In regards to the earthquke images those weren't even purchased, they grabbed them off his twitter feed and feel cuase they were on twitter they're in the public domain free for the taking.... interested to see how this shakes out... Since I became involved in this I have purchased a high-end DSLR and now take all of my own images, hence getting involved with a very popular DSLR forum, in relation to another posting here, I have posed the question to the minions in regards to whether or not it's standard practice for photogs/artist to sell their images to multiple companies, IE Getty, Corbis, IStock... if this turns out to be standard practices I think this whole getty thing will eventually blow up in there faces..

[Lettered]

good info ... thanks!  Another interesting article on the same story:

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/blog-post/1651170/agence-france-presse-slap-photographers

I hope photographers wise up and come to understand that Getty et al are ruining their livelyhood.  I too have bought a high end camera and will never purchase content again.

[Oscar Michelen]

Very interesting indeed. I think the image warehouse would be responsible