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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 06/27/2007 08:12:00 AM · #1
for those who missed the news...

NY Times article

i believe you'll need to register and login to check it out: corbis' SnapVillage
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/27/2007 08:41:13 AM · #2
As I remember from being a buyer of Corbis images some years back, it was a horrible experience dealing with that agency. Not to mention, to this day, they are not yet profitable, I believe. Bill Gates was (is?) the biggest shareholder or owner, as I remember. They are playing a game of catch up.
Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 06/27/2007 08:44:07 AM · #3
Billgates is not the biggest stock holder, but your real real close as you said owner "Corbis, founded and 100 percent owned by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, has yet to become profitable".

Message edited by author 2007-06-27 08:44:33.
OM System OM-1
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 06/27/2007 09:14:40 AM · #4
Originally posted by RainMotorsports:
Billgates is not the biggest stock holder, but your real real close as you said owner "Corbis, founded and 100 percent owned by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, has yet to become profitable".

Originally posted by pineapple:
As I remember from being a buyer of Corbis images some years back, it was a horrible experience dealing with that agency. Not to mention, to this day, they are not yet profitable, I believe. Bill Gates was (is?) the biggest shareholder or owner, as I remember. They are playing a game of catch up.


What?



Message edited by author 2007-06-27 09:15:05.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/27/2007 09:30:19 AM · #5
Better read the fine print also. THis was a post from AlamyPro

Corbis has now added a new fee-category for the images on SnapVillage.
$125, which gives the buyer 'redistribution privileges'.
If someone buys an image $125 and redisributes = he's making money out of an image
bought on Corbis. Which means the photographer putting his image on SnapVillage in the
first place made a very bad decision.
and
That means someone else can then make royalties off the photographers'
images! Seems like a whole new industry is starting here! (Can't
compare with RF. Resale is not allowed.)

Message edited by author 2007-06-27 09:30:40.
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