If readers of this blog found me promoting (or having) a photo contest, and in the T&C was language akin to “you grant perpetually all rights for free when you enter…” or some variation thereof, not a single person would believe me if my excuse was “oh, the lawyers wrote that up, I didn’t see … Read more
“I’m just not cool enough to be a Mac person.”So says Lauren, in one of Microsoft’s latest commercials.Now, I’m not saying Microsoft isn’t cool. They have some awesome applications – like Expression Media, Sea Dragon, and so on, and they are spending much more time being photographer-centric. In fact, I run a HP Windows Home … Read more
Sources are telling Photo Business News that Getty Images has laid off their entire creative department in Los Angeles, although the LA office remains open – likely with editors, photographers, and sales people still hanging in there.However, that was a part of a much more global round of layoffs. While we are prepared for this … Read more
This falls into the “what were they thinking?” category.Would you agree to these terms, or are you contractually allowed to if you are already represented by a stock agency?YOU authorize The COPYRIGHT REGISTRY to represent INFORMATION, YOU and your CONTENT in collective bargaining for use of CONTENT by third parties and to execute licenses on … Read more
Whenever you read “I want to leave to spend more time with my family”, or some variation of that sentiment, almost always, that means the person was forced out. But, well, maybe that’s not the case with the departure of Bruce Livingstone, the CEO of iStockphoto and also Senior Vice President of consumer markets for … Read more
Anytime additional resources and time are devoted to the disbursement of business knowledge to the photographic community it is a good thing.Yesterday, ASMP announced their Strictly Business Blog, and I encourage you to check it out. There are two videos there, one about how several notable photographers got started in the business, and the second, … Read more
The atmosphere in the audience at the panel discussion was very tense, I am told. Recently, Forbes wrote about one of the proponents of spec work, CrowdSpring, in this article – The Creativity of Crowds, 1/22/09.The short answer: OF COURSE Spec Work is evil! However, it is of great value for you to hear from … Read more
Last week, PDN wrote GM Stops Paying Advances for Photo Shoots, which got a number of people up in arms, and rightly so, about how Omnicom (NYSE: OMC) is, quite literally, passing the buck. The ASMP has penned a response to this position, which they forwarded to me, and I post below, in its entirety, … Read more
The scene from the movie Titanic where the musicians continue to play (info here) as the ship is sinking, is, to me, evidence of the musicians’ head-in-the-sand (pardon the soon-to-be-pun) mentality they exhibited. Just as the water breached the hull, filling decks, trapping passengers unaware, so too, is the sinking hulk of Getty Images doomed … Read more
In an internal e-mail being sent out, Getty Images has announced “Today we are announcing that approximately 110 employees globally, which is roughly 5 percent of our workforce, will be asked to leave Getty Images”.We recently wrote about planned departures because of the Getty aquisition of JupiterImages (Boo Hoo, and Buh-Bye, 3/5/09) but the announcements’ … Read more
