tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post4672551580196429150..comments2024-03-20T00:37:30.189-04:00Comments on Photo Business News & Forum: ...and then they were freeJohn Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-23798530987224991312008-04-26T07:32:00.000-04:002008-04-26T07:32:00.000-04:00I clicked the ad 30 times.I know it could have bee...I clicked the ad 30 times.<BR/><BR/>I know it could have been a waste of 30 minutes or so but I figure since my stock sales have suffered sine this microstock thing started.<BR/><BR/>They should have figured this into their "cost of doing business"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-1413025984021767762008-04-24T00:34:00.000-04:002008-04-24T00:34:00.000-04:00http://tinyurl.com/6hkkgyIf you really want to cos...http://tinyurl.com/6hkkgy<BR/>If you really want to cost someone money, you can get take a $41 chunk out of a student loan shark every time you click on one of their ads...Eric Schmiedlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754583876940071038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-36902544531992014192008-04-24T00:21:00.000-04:002008-04-24T00:21:00.000-04:00Now, I'm NOT condoning that, BUT, it would be funn...Now, I'm NOT condoning that, BUT, it would be funny! (to me atleast, surely not to those footing the click-thru bill!)<BR/><BR/> - JohnJohn Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-49220896076549480102008-04-23T19:56:00.000-04:002008-04-23T19:56:00.000-04:00So everyone here needs to click each Google pay li...So everyone here needs to click each Google pay link for "Free stock photos" a few hundred times without buying anything........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-83194900852696957372008-04-23T16:40:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:40:00.000-04:00as eric mentioned MS pays istock for those images,...as eric mentioned MS pays istock for those images, so they are not giving away anything for free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-71295818347332891882008-04-23T05:29:00.000-04:002008-04-23T05:29:00.000-04:00what the istock press release doesn't say is that ...what the istock press release doesn't say is that the images were not given away for free. microsoft bought extended licenses for the use. and, contrary to a normal extended license, you can't use those files commercially.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-20045610289494819812008-04-23T04:13:00.000-04:002008-04-23T04:13:00.000-04:00Reading further:"In partnership with its members, ...Reading further:<BR/>"In partnership with its members, iStockphoto has turned community into commerce, transforming the digital imagery market by encouraging passionate dialogue and education..."<BR/><BR/>Compare this for a moment to an article on another (and much more positive) Internet photography juggernaut: http://tinyurl.com/6q3k7z<BR/>"[Strobist] revenue is more than six figures, all from photographic-supply advertisers. His overhead is zero. [...] 'Strobes are integral to photography, but there's a great deal of mystery and fear among amateur photographers. David's made it accessible and given solutions to people that aren't beyond the reach of your average Joe.'"<BR/><BR/>iStock and Strobist both are businesses that both benefit from the influx of amateurs to the world of photography. Maybe it's time the photography world stopped worrying about how to cope with the threat of the amateur and started thinking about how to profit from it. (Don't take it the wrong way: when I say profit, I'm not referring to a zero sum game in which one party's profit is the other's expense. For the love of [your deity of choice], don't go starting a microstock site!)Eric Schmiedlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754583876940071038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-64837231928813177222008-04-23T03:44:00.000-04:002008-04-23T03:44:00.000-04:00From the iStock release: "“Being a Microsoft Offic...From the iStock release: "“Being a Microsoft Office Online content provider has [...] greatly accelerated iStock’s profile with several new types of users, many of whom have not used micropayment stock images before, [...] Since we began offering imagery on the Microsoft Office site, tens of thousands of Microsoft Office users have signed up to [...] take full advantage of all we have to offer.” <BR/><BR/>Knowing what kind of work Office clip art is used in, my suspicion is that this effort alone has introduced a lot of people to microstock who would never have thought about paying for photographs before. At the same time, these are the same people complaining that "you want it HOW MUCH? I can get it for a dollar!" just as others shrank from the "$40 roll of Kodachrome" when they could get a roll of film for $5 at the drugstore years ago.Eric Schmiedlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12754583876940071038noreply@blogger.com