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Reading through the press release, this really stood out: > In 2016, we first met the Getty Images team. We weren’t sure they would see the world the same way
by rpdillon 6y ago
Reading through the press release, this really stood out:
> In 2016, we first met the Getty Images team. We weren’t sure they would see the world the same way we did given their business was largely built on licensing. Over years of conversations, however, we learned about the level of respect they had for the Unsplash community and the rights of creators to choose how and where their imagery is made available.
While this is written as though they had initially misunderstood Getty, it doesn't clarify at all how things have evolved. My unvarnished reading is "We were worried about Getty because they're all about copyright, but after talking for years, we've learned they're really all about copyright."
After reading this, I think your lack of optimism is warranted.
- tertius 6y ago> "We were worried about Getty because they're all about copyright, but after talking for years and waiting for our daily uniques to grow, they've agreed to our terms re: valuation." FIFY
- fastball 6y ago> "We were worried that selling are souls to the copyright czars would not be worth it, but after eating in to their business for years they've finally made us an offer we can't refuse."
- ljm 6y agoThe cynic in me says that they were just beaten into submission and after 5 years they said 'fuck it', because they weren't getting any better offers.
- lovedswain 6y agoThe quoted paragraph reminds me of something I once read from a blog post by the WhatsApp team
- mwambua 6y ago> the rights of creators to choose how and where their imagery is made available I didn't know that there's any way to control where the images show up. Isn't it just a free-for-all on Unsplash?
- benatkin 6y agoIt was when I read this that I thought of Elsevier. I'm not sure why I thought of them right then. I suppose the connection was forming in my mind while I was reading the preceding sentences. Going to elsevier.com I see this though: "How Elsevier supports Open Access" We're not bad, we're just misunderstood!
- KingOfCoders 6y agoI read it more like "The plan was from the beginning to exit to Getty so we had talks early on"