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[OM] Re: Getty Acceptance Fee

Subject: [OM] Re: Getty Acceptance Fee
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:39:41 -0800
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I scratch my head sometimes. Getty Images, the big stock image  
> company, now charges the photographeer a fee for the images it  
> accepts for sale. So the photographer not only ties up his image, but  
> now has to pay for the privilege and underwrite Getty's cost if their  
> judgment that it will sell is faulty?  Wow.
>
> http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=356322
>   
I was wondering when something like this would happen. The advent of 
DSLRs has led to a huge increase of folks wanting to sell stock images.

One obvious way to control the deluge is to charge for inclusion in the 
catalog.

Moose

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