Tsunami of PD already coming in

[geogphotos]

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today nearly 88,000 images of artworks from its collection are now available for free download on its Open Content database under Creative Commons Zero (CC0).

 

https://www.getty.edu/news/download-edit-print-your-favorite-getty-artwork-for-free/

 

 

Have a look on Alamy for Van Gogh Irises as an example. 

 

 

Edited April 10 by geogphotos

[geogphotos]

For around £300 I bought a set of 20 large glass plate negatives created in 1875 by a professional photographer - they are unique, but there is no copyright, and so they have to be PD on Alamy.

 

Compare with Van Gogh Irises from The J Paul Getty Museum. 

 

I don't think it makes Alamy look good to be offering for sale what Getty is giving away to benefit the common good. 

 

 

My suggestion is that Alamy needs a tighter, clearer definition of what PD is and what it wants. This is a mess and long overdue for a tidy up. 

Edited April 10 by geogphotos

[NYCat]

Oh dear. The ugly avatars are proliferating.

 

Paulette

[John Mitchell]

The thing is that PD images (CCO) can be used commercially, and many Alamy clients are willing to pay to license them. This actually makes sense in that "one-stop shopping" here can save customers a lot of research time. Surfing from one PD source to another can get pretty tedious. Given Alamy's open door policy, the tsunami of Van Gogh Irises is bound to continue unabated. There might even be an influx of ugly avatars as well by the looks of things. 👹

 

 

Edited April 10 by John Mitchell

[geogphotos]

13 hours ago, John Mitchell said:

The thing is that PD images (CCO) can be used commercially, and many Alamy clients are willing to pay to license them. This actually makes sense in that "one-stop shopping" here can save customers a lot of research time. Surfing from one PD source to another can get pretty tedious. Given Alamy's open door policy, the tsunami of Van Gogh Irises is bound to continue unabated. There might even be an influx of ugly avatars as well by the looks of things. 👹

 

 

 

 

Would it make more sense for Alamy, or a chosen supplier, to do this themselves and have one copy of each available rather than multiple PD factory contributors creating crazy duplication. 

 

Or have some sort of check at submission for PD images:

 

'Before submitting this PD image can you confirm that you have checked that an identical image to this is not already on Alamy?'

 

 

Edited April 11 by geogphotos

[John Mitchell]

On 11/04/2024 at 00:40, geogphotos said:

 

 

Would it make more sense for Alamy, or a chosen supplier, to do this themselves and have one copy of each available rather than multiple PD factory contributors creating crazy duplication. 

 

Or have some sort of check at submission for PD images:

 

'Before submitting this PD image can you confirm that you have checked that an identical image to this is not already on Alamy?'

 

 

 

Yes, that, or something similar, makes sense. Probably impossible to enforce, though, as PD factories tend to submit images en masse.

Edited April 14 by John Mitchell