Hi, I am creating a sport news portal and would like to know if anyone knows how the image license works? For exaple if I use an NBA game picture, by citing the source would get me a discount? Is it cheaper to get images from Reuters, EFE, etc than Getty? I'm kind of lost as I've seen Getty prices and that's out of the normal, does anyone know package prices or a way of showing images for free without having legal trouble? Thanks
it's almost always cheaper to get images from anyone but Getty, at least from my experience. Regarding showing the images for free... no, I don't know of any place. They all want to be compensated, as does the photographer.
Hey Xanth, thanks for the answer! Do you know any other place rather than Getty to get images from? NBA related? Thanks a bunch
The easiest way to get around this is to become an affiliate from amazon, posters, etc. If you pass yourself off as a news or editorial site, you may get away with using news ones, so long as proper credit, links, and disclaimers are clearly stated. I think that applies to getty images as well. That's probably the only way you would legally be able to use new pics and photos of sports figures and teams. Becoming an amazon affiliate or allposter affiliate can dress your site up with little fuss. Other options are getting them right from the publisher, like usatoday.com. You can contact them for buying and reprinting photos. Another way is to add feeds about sports from various sources, then photos pop up as well. But read the terms. Many don't allow commercial use. Stephen C
Hey Stephen thanks! Actually I'm an affiliate and we'll be selling amazon products in the site, so how is exactly that I can use and where do i get from those images? Thanks, great tip!