Active Flickr users have chance to earn money now
Getty Images, one of the world’s largest media licensing companies, has partnered with Flickr to add a broader selection of pictures to its online catalog. Getty will hand-pick a number of Flickr members to participate in the program, with a goal of acquiring thousands of images in the next few months. Getty editors will use a set of tools jointly developed by the two companies that will enable them to easily scan through Flickr photos to find the best of the crop. Each selected member will have their images licensed through a special Flickr-branded section of Getty’s site, and will receive portions of the licensing fees collected by Getty (there is no set payout structure - each selected participant in the program will need to negotiate their own deal with Getty).
Flickr members will likely try to do anything they can to become a part of the program, which stands to offer them both wide exposure and compensation for their work. Unfortunately, there’s currently no way for a Flickr member to apply to become a part of the program - they need to be “discovered” by Getty’s editors. It’s also hard to tell how lucrative the deals will be for photographers, as Getty has yet to form any partnerships. Getty also runs a site called iStockPhoto, where amateurs contribute photos that the company markets at lower rates. The photos on Flickr are of sufficent quality to demand higher prices, Mr. Klein said.
Source: Washington Post, Cnet
Good luck getting paid.
Ahhh, just the kind of news I like to read when I go to a site with “hot info about new scene releases!”…
As a photographer who posts work on there occasionally, I have to agree with BSG! I don’t post my work to stock sites because the “pay” is not worth it in the long run. These sites and companies just seem to be out for themselves.
I’ll stick to making it my own way and get exposure slowly but surely! I hope
Now back to the scene …
i don’t know if i’m asleep but i didnt understand a thing of thie post
Someone can translate this? resume
*Me: Try coffee first.
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Due to the fact that a lot of graphic designers are using some picture from flickr for their works in some agencies (a friend of mine told me about this, a guy she was working with told her that for him, flickr was like a free database, he just cropped the pictures so nobody will recognize them), the Getty’s deal can’t be a bad thing.
This is b.s. Pillaging of sorts…
Are you really sharing your photos on fickr so “they” can license them out (for big $$$) and toss you a few pennies?
@7 if it’s unrecognizable then it’s legal. He wouldn’t have to license the photo anyway.
How do i earn money?
@9: get a job (lol)
@9: you can beg for it too….