Comments on: Flickr Getty Licensing Deal, Code Named “Project Populace” UPDATED, to Launch With Tens of Thousands of Images in the Coming Months http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Latest Search Engine Marketing Agency News | webmara.com http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-318620 Latest Search Engine Marketing Agency News | webmara.com Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:57:11 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-318620 [...] morning’s launch it would appear that Getty is only offering 4,284 flickr images for sale. Back in July of last year I reported on the collection based on comments made at the Microsoft Pro P... iStockphoto is 100% owned by Getty Images. Dube told us at that time that the collection would [...] [...] morning’s launch it would appear that Getty is only offering 4,284 flickr images for sale. Back in July of last year I reported on the collection based on comments made at the Microsoft Pro P… iStockphoto is 100% owned by Getty Images. Dube told us at that time that the collection would [...]

]]> By: getty images representative philippines http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-285651 getty images representative philippines Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:56:16 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-285651 Project Populace is not a good project name, it should be Project Money. lol. Project Populace is not a good project name, it should be Project Money. lol.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-1347 Anonymous Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-1347 On a separate, much lighter note, Dude's hair is CRAZY.<br /><br />- fireinthesky On a separate, much lighter note, Dude’s hair is CRAZY.

- fireinthesky

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-1348 Anonymous Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:29:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-1348 '...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...'<br /><br />The comment from Ms. Russell is quite interesting. Gettys editors are barely able to edit 'ten of thousands' of additional images. So who is going to do this job? Maybe the 'inspectors' at iStock? This smells like a Microstock project with an agenda not yet disclosed. ‘…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…’

The comment from Ms. Russell is quite interesting. Gettys editors are barely able to edit ‘ten of thousands’ of additional images. So who is going to do this job? Maybe the ‘inspectors’ at iStock? This smells like a Microstock project with an agenda not yet disclosed.

]]> By: David Paul Ohmer http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-1349 David Paul Ohmer Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-1349 "The goal from Getty images perspective is to come up with a singularly different collection that is fresh, completely different, handpicked from the corpus of Flickr," said Dube. "These images will have nothing to do with traditional stock photography or microstock."<br /><br /> The above statement to me sounds like Getty is trying to find the new artistic, photographic style that the world is waiting for. I think Getty is betting that no one person will do this, but a collection of photographs from Flickr will. With some slick marketing they might pull it off.<br /><br /> On the other hand the millions of great photos by Flickr photographers won't make it because Getty would consider them too "stock". Some photos like a picture of a smiling baby never grow old. “The goal from Getty images perspective is to come up with a singularly different collection that is fresh, completely different, handpicked from the corpus of Flickr,” said Dube. “These images will have nothing to do with traditional stock photography or microstock.”

The above statement to me sounds like Getty is trying to find the new artistic, photographic style that the world is waiting for. I think Getty is betting that no one person will do this, but a collection of photographs from Flickr will. With some slick marketing they might pull it off.

On the other hand the millions of great photos by Flickr photographers won’t make it because Getty would consider them too “stock”. Some photos like a picture of a smiling baby never grow old.

]]> By: PXLated http://thomashawk.com/2008/07/flickr-getty-licensing-deal-code-named-project-populace-updated-to-launch-with-tens-of-thousands-of-images-in-the-coming-months.html/comment-page-1#comment-1350 PXLated Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=232#comment-1350 My impression - I've been on Fortune 500 projects where we've looked at 10,000 images for one project with a full-time librarian just to log/sort and keep track of them all - bought 500 - is they will be very discerning. They will look for "photographs" that they feel buyers with budget will be interested in. They will probably not be interested in "pictures". Unlike most web businesses, they have a long established business model (profitable). They sell quality, not quantity. My impression – I’ve been on Fortune 500 projects where we’ve looked at 10,000 images for one project with a full-time librarian just to log/sort and keep track of them all – bought 500 – is they will be very discerning. They will look for “photographs” that they feel buyers with budget will be interested in. They will probably not be interested in “pictures”. Unlike most web businesses, they have a long established business model (profitable). They sell quality, not quantity.

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