Founded in 1948 by Moses Asch and Marian Distler, Folkways Records was responsible for recording and publishing some of America’s most iconic folk songs and artists, including Woody Guthrie. The label was instrumental in bringing folk music into the American mainstream. From 1948 until 1986, the tiny staff of devoted musicologists released 2,168 albums, encompassing …
Guest post by Alisa Steck Hooray, the graphic design is completed & you’re ready to replace the holder image with the real deal. Now comes the challenge of finding the perfect image that will fit the bill, fast. There are several tricks that could help narrow down your stock photo image search to quickly hone …
For those of us who missed the Chicago based conference in October, do not fret! You can peruse the sessions at your leisure with your morning coffee for a small fee thanks to PACA and ReeldealHD: http://video.pacaoffice.org/en A wide range of relevant topics with industry leaders include two Buyer’s Panel Discussions, Industry Forecasting, Keynotes on …
Visual Connections 2012 New York continued the outstanding tradition of bringing image buyers and ‘sellers’ together to meet, greet, and open the doors to the extraordinary visual possibilities that image users demand and sellers provide. The afternoon was filled with buyers visiting image purveyors from around the world. My personal experience as a buyer has …
We are living in a world of ever-changing and advancing technology. This can be confusing for a still image buyer because there are so many options to choose from in terms of footage formats. Melinda Hood, Archive Director at Global ImageWorks offers some guidelines: It is important to know what master format is needed by …
Photo pros are spoiled for choice next week in the Big Apple and with so much to choose from, do not let this panel presented by Visual Connections and tailored specifically for the buyer, slip under the radar. With an unparalleled panel of leading experts in copyright, digital media law, licensing, moving and still imagery, …
The licensing of electronic rights is growing steadily and dare we say, will soon eclipse print rights. Web use, smart phones, tablets; there are so many ways to display and absorb content that the traditional may soon become ancillary. Rights-managed licensing for electronic rights is unclear and varies greatly from source to source. Trevillion Images …
Cathy Carapella makes it very simple: Most people hear a song and think of it as a single entity as in “Wow, that song was great”. But people who clear music for a living think differently. A clearance professional knows that every song is comprised of two unique copyrights: The musical composition & the sound …
Noted IP expert and Advisor in Chief to deviantART, Joshua Wattles, clearly defines Creative Commons for us: You use a Creative Commons License for only one reason: to provide the broadest possible distribution of the work – for free – holding back only as much as you need for your own comfort zone. Creative Commons Licenses have …
Cathy Carapella, VP of Global ImageWorks discusses basics for searching out and using footage: Yes, licensing footage is different from licensing photographs. But the differences should not overwhelm or prevent you from using footage in your next production. Our goal is to provide you with useful and practical information about footage licensing so you can …