Flickr is useless to Getty or any other stock agency. I'd be shocked if 99.9999% could even be cleared for stock usage. Copyrighted material in pictures, lack of model and property releases, and generally unsuitable for stock usage.
What would be more likely is being sold to another hosting site, like imgur or an investment or holding company as portfolio piece. Alphabet may have an interest, but they already have G+. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > ... but if you have images on Flickr you'd better pay attention: > http://petapixel.com/2016/02/03/flickr-to-be-scaled-back-as-yahoo-trims-1700-jobs/ > > Reading between the lines, I'd say that Flickr is For Sale and I think > the likely buyer could be someone like Getty Images (with whom Flickr > already has a relationship). If such a thing happens, I'd pay VERY > CLOSE attention to any changes in their Terms of Service (You know, > those things that most people seem to click through without a moment's > thought?) > > Flickr could be a Gold Mine for a stock service like Getty and your > images could be getting licensed for a fraction of what they could be > if Getty (or someone similar) takes a service like Flickr over. > > I'm currently investigating ways to get my stuff OFF Flickr, as I feel > it is coming sooner rather than later. > > > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- My Year38 365 project http://year38.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
