This isn't true. There are sites that have public domain images and google has easy to use tools that sort images by licensing types. I make art and when I do

This isn't true. There are sites that have public domain images and google has easy to use tools that sort images by licensing types. I make art and when I do need a reference picture, I use these tools. Most folks can do these things easily. What Getty images does is sleazy because it makes it so that some of the tools available won't show a picture. Getty is charging for it and licensing it. This is different than them doing the work - they are taking it away.