Getty to Offer Flickr Images for Sale
By Brian Auer • July 8th, 2008
photo credit: Thomas Hawk
So this should be quite an interesting show to watch… Getty tapping into Flickr. Thomas Hawk wrote up some very in-depth discussions about this new development on his blog (link below) and on the Flickr image above.
I’m really curious to see what comes of this partnership, but I can’t say that I’ll be quick to jump in. If it turns out being similar to microstocks or other low-cost royalty-free arrangements… well, I’ll probably pass it up altogether. Not that there’s anything wrong with these setups, but I tried that route a while ago and I found that it doesn’t suit my needs.
What I’m most interested in seeing is how things pan out with the pro-stock crowd already with Getty. I mean, think about it… now your buyers are going to be turned loose on Flickr! Hey, Flickr may have a lot of amateurs mulling about, but there’s a whole heap of really great photos over there. Personally, I’d be more than a little concerned about competing with the collective Flickr crowd.
Read more at Thomas Hawk’s Digital Connection…
Yahoo and Getty Strike Deal to Sell Stock Photography Through Flickr
Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from San Diego, California. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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Brian,
This does leave a lot of questions for the Pro Stock crowd… But its great news for smaller design houses and amateurs! Lets see how this pans out.