Category : Stock Industry News

Some More Pinterest Detective Work

I’ve been following a few threads on the net that I’ve found that have linked to my various articles on Pinterest and the copyright issues it faces.  One of them led to a discussion on Linked In, which I joined.  One poster mentioned that Pinterest usage is “fair use” and isn’t doing any damage, since they aren’t making any money off of the “pinned” image.  I disagreed, and the poster mentioned a specific business and that Pinterest “is a wonderful […]

A Short iStockphoto Year in Review

Here’s a collection of links from the iStockphoto forums, looking back at 2011…

Send an iStockphoto Holiday E-card on Facebook

Just in time for the holidays, iStockphoto unveiled their new Facebook E-card application last week. From the announcement thread in the forums: Now Facebook followers can use a selection of images, video and audio to send each other eCards for all kinds of occasions. The app is free and unlimited in use.

The Latest Rights Grab – Photobucket

With the wide open range of the internet, sometimes social sharing sites prove to be a bit inept at crafting legal terms that correctly encompass the rights they need to provide you with a service.  We last discussed this when Google+ started up, here.  Well, today we discuss something that just popped up on my radar – the Photobucket photo sharing site.

How Fotolia Missed An Opportunity

Fotolia misses the boat on trying to change the industry, if that is their intent.

iStockphoto to Add Getty Editorial Content

New content from Getty Images added to iStockphoto.

iStock News This Week

The iStockphoto news for this week.

iStock Editorial Goes Live

iStockphoto opens editorial usage collection for business.

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