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Written by Ron Rovtar, Managing Editor, the Stock Asylum
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
 Apple
Computer has released the first major update of its respected image
management and editing software. The company claims the new version
includes more than 100 new features.
Aperture
2 debuts with a $199 price tag. Owners of previous versions can upgrade
for $99, the company said.
According
to information released by Apple on this date, the new version
introduces new tools for highlight recovery, color vibrancy, local
contrast definition, retouching and RAW fine tuning.
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Written by Ron Rovtar, Managing Editor, the Stock Asylum
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 |
A letter in Paul Morris' daily mail was not the kind of missive any small business person looks forward to.
Printed on stationery of a well respected law firm, the letter informed Morris that his small stock photography company is using patented technology "for distributing over a computer network such as the internet, digital products such as digitized photographs that have been made avaialble by various providers such as photographers."
In other words, a company named Digital Patent, LLC, was claiming it had patented the basic computerized workflow of a modern stock photography distributor. The letter pointed Morris to a legitimate United States patent issued on Sept. 28, 2004 to Eiman M. Boesjes, of Eugene, OR.
Morris was urged to sign a license that would commit him to paying Digital Patent a "discounted royalty rate of 0.5 percent of gross revenue and a minimum of $500 a month." According to the letter, the offer was good for 60 days, after which the royalty rate would increase to 1.5 percent with a minimum monthly payment of $1,500.
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Written by Ron Rovtar, Managing Editor, the Stock Asylum
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
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The
New York Times reported on this date that Getty Images has received no
offers above the company's current market value of $1.6 billion.
Citing
"people briefed on the matter," the Times said the lack of such an
offer could jeopardize the sale of the company.
Investors
responded negatively to the news. The price of a share of Getty Images
stock fell $1.84 by mid morning to $24.78, a decline of almost seven
percent.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 February 2008 )
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Written by John Terence Turner
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Monday, 11 February 2008 |
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We’ve all been there. Let’s see if you recognize this situation.
I’m imagining a new stock photography project.
I have an activity in mind. I have a model in mind. I visualize a location with specific qualities –– the light comes from a certain direction, the background looks one way, the foreground another.
In my imagination, everything is perfect.
Then reality intrudes: “I’ll never find a place with all those features. I only have so much time before the seasons change. The model is available for only a few days." Any other number of real-life conflicts can put pressure on a photographer.
At this point, I sometimes remember a location with all the necessary features. But I’ve used it before. Is that a problem?
Where is it written that, “Thou canst not use the same location more than once or thy worthless carcass will be cast into the fires of hell?”
There is no commandment that says a location is good for only one shoot. And there are good reasons to milk a rare location for everything it is worth.
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Written by Ron Rovtar, Managing Editor, the Stock Asylum
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Friday, 08 February 2008 |
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Reuters
reported early this morning that Getty Images received at least one
takeover bid by last Monday, which was when offers to acquire the
company were due.
Citing
unnamed sources, the news service said it was unclear if there were
additional offers for the world's largest stock photography company.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 February 2008 )
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