Guide Note

The stock photo site Getty Images and the photo-sharing site Flickr announced on July 8, 2008, the formation of a partnership wherein Getty Images editors will surf Flickr looking for marketable and sellable images. Select Flickr users will then be invited by Getty Images to have their photos licensed and sold at the same rates that professional photographers in the employ of Getty are paid.¹

Fast Facts

1. Date partnership announced: July 8, 2008
2. Amount exclusive Getty Images photos sold for: $500 to $600¹
3. Percentage paid to photographer for exclusive images: 30% to 40%¹
4. Amount non-exclusive Getty Images photos sold for: $250¹
5. Percentage paid to photographer for non-exclusive images: 20%¹
6. Parent company of Flickr: Yahoo
7. Getty Images is largest photo distribution company on Earth¹

Jonathan Klein, the CEO of Getty Images claims that while the deal will not financially benefit his company or Yahoo, the parent company of Flickr, thousands of Flickr users may begin receiving payment for their photography.¹