Freely available historic images from the Public Domain.

[Bill Brooks]

I hear about the growing number of free public domain images all of the time.

 

The Smithsonian is not the only museum doing this. What is the sale value of a stock image curated from the public domain?

 

https://petapixel.com/2020/02/25/the-smithsonian-just-released-2-8-million-images-into-the-public-domain/

[Allan Bell]

Wonder how many will appear on stock sites for licensing?

 

Allan

 

[John Mitchell]

On 26/02/2020 at 08:06, Allan Bell said:

Wonder how many will appear on stock sites for licensing?

 

Allan

 

 

I guess there's nothing stopping their being offered for licensing on stock agencies.

[meanderingemu]

7 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

 

I guess there's nothing stopping their being offered for licensing on stock agencies.

 

some MS agency's rules do. (though review process being what it is, it will likely go through based on some of the reports i see in Forum at one of these)

[John Mitchell]

5 hours ago, meanderingemu said:

 

some MS agency's rules do. (though review process being what it is, it will likely go through based on some of the reports i see in Forum at one of these)

 

There is no shortage of public domain images here.

 

However, Bill's question is a good one.

Edited February 28, 2020 by John Mitchell

[meanderingemu]

6 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

 

There is no shortage of public domain images here.

 

However, Bill's question is a good one.

 

 

but is it against Alamy guidelines?   it's one of the optional info to provide with the image, so I assume Alamy is fine with it, 

[spacecadet]

15 minutes ago, meanderingemu said:

 

 

but is it against Alamy guidelines?   it's one of the optional info to provide with the image, so I assume Alamy is fine with it, 

One of the warranties in the contract if you don't own the rights to an image is that it's free of copyright.

[meanderingemu]

7 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

One of the warranties in the contract if you don't own the rights to an image is that it's free of copyright.

 

which seems to imply that Alamy is fine with Public Domain images.   

[geogphotos]

19 minutes ago, meanderingemu said:

 

which seems to imply that Alamy is fine with Public Domain images.   

 

 

Alamy accepts Public Domain images. 

[Michael Ventura]

Yes, most large agencies do provide public domain images.  You have to look at it as more of a service of making photos easy to find and use.  Any buyer willing to take the time to find the PD photos, can find them for free but those who want to get everything easily can get them at places like Alamy or G&#ty etc....   Everett Collection (a contributor to Alamy) has made quite business by collecting and selling PD images.

[John Mitchell]

3 hours ago, Michael Ventura said:

Yes, most large agencies do provide public domain images.  You have to look at it as more of a service of making photos easy to find and use.  Any buyer willing to take the time to find the PD photos, can find them for free but those who want to get everything easily can get them at places like Alamy or G&#ty etc....   Everett Collection (a contributor to Alamy) has made quite business by collecting and selling PD images.

 

Yes, one-stop-shopping seems to be what it's all about. However, I imagine that individual PD images don't exactly fetch high prices.