Getty, Flickr reach deal: amateur photogs to get paid

[timr]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/369988_getty09.html

[sdurkin]

Is it specifically opt-in, or can Getty simply pay some amount to retrieve any photo on Flickr?

I find the latter concept disturbing.

[olefoo → sdurkin]

it would have to be opt-in. Flickr does not own the photos, they are merely a service that the owner uses to distribute their photos.

Now getty could distribute some cc-licensed works without payment, although I think they would shy away from that for a number of reasons.