Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Julian Thomas wrote: > > http://www.handheldmagazine.com > > > Wow!! How do these on-line magazines make any money? This is top quality > stuff for free! Isn't the internet wonderful! > Julian, It depends on which side of free you are on-- the getting or the giving. You may have no idea of the resistance in the publishing industry to paying much of anything at all for photos or other content on the web. The NY Times grossed over $24million in ad revenue on its website last year and refuses to pay for web useage without a battle. A friend sold a travel photo to them for the Sunday section and found it on the web, too, despite delivery memo forbidding such without approval. It took three months of exchanges with NYT attorneys to get the $50 she requested. And with the check was a letter stating that she would never again do business with the NYTimes. As magazines move from paper to web publishing they are establishing a precedent that photos have little value for web use. Professional photographers are in a serious survival battle. I can tell you from personal experience that photos on public access web sites such as those of AOL pay photographers little more than the cost of the film to shoot it on. Isn't the internet wonderful? donal __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com