Comments on: Updated: Getty Images To Resell Photos From Hand-Selected Flickr Users

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:41:34 +0000

You write… In a way, Flickr is kind of the unofficial stock photo service of new media,

I sure hope not. Flickr doesn't license images so any new media company treating Flickr that way is violating the copyrights of the image owners and is setting itself up for some lawsuits.

A stock photo service — a legitamite one, anyway — is selling only images to which it has the right to do so. Aside from representing the image copyright owner, the agency is also guaranteeing that the images aren't violating anyone's privacy rights.

By: Dina

Dina — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:19:45 +0000

Since Getty finalized its private acquisition earlier this week, they're no longer a traded company. Might want to discontinue using the ticker symbol in posts, just a heads-up.

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:56:22 +0000

Just an FYI Clarification. The 2,500 photos at launch number that was presented today at Microsoft is in fact incorrect. Getty clarified the number with me in an email earlier today.

From an email I received from Bridget Russel at Getty:

"You have in fact been given an incorrect number. We intend to launch our Flickr collection in the coming months with tens of thousands of images, with thousands more added to the collection each month.

Let me know if you have any more questions. "