tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post7283791296236486038..comments2024-03-07T11:47:12.092-05:00Comments on Photo Business News & Forum: The BBC & The 'Infinite monkey theorem'John Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-71536726128394986302007-11-26T18:43:00.000-05:002007-11-26T18:43:00.000-05:00the saddest part of it... Proclaimed their flagshi...the saddest part of it... Proclaimed their flagship technology show... they used a couple crappy non credited video grabs as an excuse for photographsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-13291776878974159412007-11-26T07:58:00.000-05:002007-11-26T07:58:00.000-05:00"Could it be that these "frustrated" and "born fro..."Could it be that these "frustrated" and "born from failure" photographers are living out their retribution?"<BR/><BR/>Is that why Bruce Livingstone goes by the name of Bitter?<BR/><BR/>If the micros serve a new, community market why does iStock offer a 500,000 print run licence that community groups don't need.<BR/><BR/>Change this and the micros could be forces for good. Don't change it and they purposefully undercut the rst of the stock business.<BR/><BR/>Ian MurrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-61470649988382929092007-11-26T07:02:00.000-05:002007-11-26T07:02:00.000-05:00I think "balance" is something you tend not to fin...I think "balance" is something you tend not to find on the iStock forum. I note that one of their head cheerleaders has singled me out for his "hate", as he puts it, because I've been known to express the opinion that getting 25 cents for an RF license might not be such a great idea.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing you're not on his Christmas card list this year, either, John. <BR/><BR/>Excellent point on one of their top excuses, which is that the micros are in a different market. While that might be true to some extent, there clearly is a lot of overlap with traditional stock and they do nothing to selectively target only genuinely micro uses. And I note that some of the posters in that thread find it ridiculous that Alamy and other agencies charge hundreds of dollars for a license. So, which is it? They say they're no threat to traditional agencies but yet happily talk about selling their stuff for 1% or less the going rate.Mark Scheuernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276892867286487970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-89148053450603596002007-11-26T04:15:00.000-05:002007-11-26T04:15:00.000-05:00It makes me laugh that the BBC has the cheek to wr...It makes me laugh that the BBC has the cheek to write such an article - it's very hypocritical... but that's something that 'Aunty Beeb' is very good at! Check out their standard rights grab for 'reader' image 'submissions'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-79331632556813861922007-11-26T02:09:00.000-05:002007-11-26T02:09:00.000-05:00"iStalkers..."(heh heh heh...)"iStalkers..."<BR/><BR/>(heh heh heh...)David Hobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303290880581288834noreply@blogger.com