By "these people" do you mean the owners of Getty? Photographers aren't getting paid much, the current rate is about 80% to Getty and 20% to the photog. The ra

By "these people" do you mean the owners of Getty? Photographers aren't getting paid much, the current rate is about 80% to Getty and 20% to the photog. The rate used to be 40% Getty and 60% photog, some people are grandfathered but only if they've been on Getty for 20 years. Typical working photographers on Getty probably get paid dozens of dollars a month. Typical amateurs might get a dozen dollars a year.