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Articles from July 1997
National Geographic takes hard line and refuses to provide any compensation to freelance photographers for use of their work on new CD-ROM project. Photographers and agents up in arms.
Comstock is producing ''royalty free'' discs. Five are our and 30 more will be released by September.
VCG of London becomes the worlds largest supplier of stock photography with the acquisition of FPG. Overall control of the industry makes another move toward Europe.
The Image Bank has acquired Archives giving them a strong historical division. They are rumored to be negotiating to purchase Picture Network International.
Carl and Ann Purcell's travel photography forum has been dropped by AOL. This network is no longer a friendly place for photographers to market.
A brand new Negotiating Stock Photo Prices with updated fees for every type of use is off the press.
Usages are priced much lower in the United Kingdom than in the U.S. or other major European Markets. Details in latest NSPP.
Major U.S. photographers represented by Tony Stone Images are unhappy with the editing of latest TSI catalog, ''Interpretations.''
MPCA photographers who have made sales through the MIRA Alliance can earn extra $$$$ by supplying Taking Stock with information.
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