The content provider announced last week that it was planning to file in Delaware bankruptcy court after its near $4 billion merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed due to British antitrust challe…
  • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
    971·
    24 hours ago

    Because I love companies selling historical images that should be public domain and than adding their fucking watermark to all images of theirs that appear in search engines. Fuck Getty Images.

    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      17 hours ago

      I saw someone on YouTube made a image archive of a ton of public domain videos and images that is easy to use like Getty. Don’t remember the title though. Was a cool idea.

        • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          6 hours ago

          The “worthless middleman” provides images immediately at a much lower cost then hiring a photographer and a helicopter in another country.

          • daggermoon@piefed.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 hours ago

            I don’t have all the answers. I just think it’s outrageous to have to pay for a photo of Kurt Cobain. I fucking hate Getty Images.

            • Cellery@quokk.auEnglish
              1·
              4 hours ago

              Haha well yeah, in that case I agree that any photo of him has at this point made the money it’s gonna make and it should be free.