That’s a useful summary, Ken. I have only about 150 images on Alamy, but I’ll
increase that as I withdraw from paid work over the next 12 months. I have
threatened my current Boss with retiring in June or July so I had better get
used to the idea.
The CEO of Alamy used to hold contributor meetings a few years ago, but clearly
that sort of contact was too stressful for him.
Chris
> On 24 Dec 2018, at 07:22, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm selling both direct and through Alamy. It groused me greatly when
> they decided to get into microstock. Fortunately, they've been trying
> to unwind that mistake as bet as they can.
>
> I have most images setup as Rights Managed, but some as Royalty Free.
> The decision of which is which is based on whether or not it's an
> image that I'm, uh, proud of. :) And also if it's just an illustration
> or a work of art. An image of a sign post along a roadway isn't the
> type of picture that really needs rights managed as it can sell over
> and over again and be used for a myriad of purposes with no
> exclusivity--it will usually be used as part of an image composite.
> But if the picture has any uniqueness or can be used for any form of
> display purpose, I'm certainly going to keep it Rights Managed.
>
> That photographer's bridge picture is a more unusual situation because
> it's an unique enough of an image that it should never have been put
> on that particular microstock site, and the customer should never used
> it because no exclusivity means that the same image could have been
> used in the same market.
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