Getty Images

Type	Private
Industry	Publishing, media, web design
Genre	Stock photography
Predecessor(s)	Getty Communications, PhotoDisc
Founder(s)	Mark Getty, Jonathan Klein
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, US
Products	Digital images, audio, video
Services	Rights-managed and royalty-free images, audio and video
Owner(s)	Hellman & Friedman
Subsidiaries	PhotoDisc, Tony Stone, Hulton Getty, Jupiterimages
Website	gettyimages.com

Getty Images, Inc. is a stock photo agency, based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is a supplier of stock images for business and consumers with an archive of 80 million still images and illustrations and more than 50,000 hours of stock film footage. It targets three markets—creative professionals (advertising and graphic design), the media (print and online publishing), and corporate (in-house design, marketing and communication departments).

Getty has distribution offices around the world and capitalizes on the Internet and CD-ROM collections for distribution. As Getty has acquired other older photo agencies and archives, it has digitised their collections, enabling online distribution. Getty Images now operates a large commercial website which allows clients to search and browse for images, purchase usage rights and download images. Costs of images vary according to the chosen resolution and type of rights associated with each image. The company also offers custom photo services for corporate clients.

History[link]

In 1993, Mark Getty and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein co-founded Getty Investments LLC. Mark Getty is the company's chairman.

In September 1997, Getty Communications, as it was called at the time, merged with PhotoDisc, Inc. to form Getty Images.

In April 2003 Getty Images entered into a partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to market each other's images.^[1]

Getty Images acquired the Michael Ochs Archives in February 2007.^[2] The Michael Ochs Archives were described by The New York Times as "the premier source of musician photography in the world".^[3]

In 2008, the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman acquired Getty Images.

In 2009, Flickr announced a partnership with Getty Images in which specially selected users could submit photographs for stock photography usage and receive payment. In 2010 this was changed so that users could label images as suitable for stock use themselves.^[4]

Acquisitions[link]

Since its formation, Getty Images has pursued an aggressive programme of acquisition, buying up many privately owned agencies that had built up the stock photography industry, from small family-run firms to larger agencies. By 1999 it had acquired one of the largest agencies, Tony Stone Images; the online art seller Art.com; the sports photography agency Allsport; the journalistic specialists Liaison Agency; Newsmakers the first digital news photo agency; Online USA, a specialist in celebrity shots; and the Hulton Picture Library, the former archive of the British photojournalistic magazine Picture Post. The Hulton collection was sold by the BBC to Brian Deutsch in 1988, when it was renamed Hulton Deutsch. In 1996, the Hulton collection was sold on once more, this time purchased by Getty Images and renamed Hulton Getty. With the acquisition of the Hulton library, Getty Images took ownership of the rights to some 15 million photographs from the British press archives dating back to the Nineteenth Century. Hulton Getty also included photographs from the Keystone Collection, as well as images by notable photographers such as Bert Hardy, Bill Brandt, Weegee and Ernst Haas.^[5]

Getty also branched out into stock audio and video with the acquisition of EyeWire and Energy Film Library.^[6]

In 2000, Getty acquired one of its main competitors, Archive Photos of New York (a division of The Image Bank), for US$183 million.^[6] The Archive Photos library was combined with the Hulton Getty collection to form a new subsidiary, Hulton Archive. Archive Photos had been formed in 1990 from the merger of Pictorial Parade (est. 1935) and Frederick Lewis Stock Photos (est. 1938), two well-established US photo agencies. Their collections included archive images from The New York Times, Metronome and George Eastman House, and works by photographers such as Ruth Orkin, Deborah Feingold, Murray Garrett, Nat Fein and John Filo.^[5]

Further acquisitions followed, with the purchase in 2004 of image.net for $20 million USD.^[7] On February 9, 2006, the microstock photo website iStockphoto was acquired by Getty Images for $50 million USD.^[8] In 2007, Getty successfully purchased its largest competitor, MediaVast, for $207 million. The acquisition meant that Getty Images gained control of WireImage (Entertainment, creative, and sports photography), FilmMagic (fashion and red carpet photography), Contour Photos (portrait and studio photography). Getty Images also acquired a host of other subsidiaries including "Master Delegates" who include: Gallo Images in Johannesburg, Touchline Photo in Cape Town, Isifa Image Service in Prague, Laura Ronchi in Italy.^[9]

On October 23, 2008, Getty Images announced their intention to buy Jupitermedia's online images division, Jupiterimages, for $96 million in cash.^[10] The sale went ahead in February 2009; Jupiterimages (including the sites stock.xchng and StockXpert) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Getty, while Jupitermedia, now trading as WebMediaBrands, continues its internet publishing business which was not sold to Getty Images.^[11]

In December 2008, it was announced that Getty Images was acquiring Redferns Music Picture Library, the London-based music photography collection.

Sale of company[link]

In February 2008 it was announced that Getty Images would be acquired by Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at an estimated US$2.4 billion.^[12]

On July 2, 2008, Getty Images announced the completion of its acquisition by the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. Getty Images common stock ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange at the close of the acquisition and was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.^[13]

Controversial practices to enforce copyright[link]

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Getty Images has caused controversy for its aggressive pursuit of copyright enforcement on behalf of its photographers. Rather than pursue a policy of sending out "cease and desist" notices, Getty typically mails out a demand letter claiming substantial sums of damages to owners of websites which it believes are using their images in infringement of their photographers' copyright.^[14] Getty commonly tries to intimidate website owners by sending collection agents, even though a demand letter cannot create a debt. One photographer noted: "courts don't like to be used as a means of extortion."^[14] In one case, Getty sent a church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, a £6,000 bill for photographs used on its website, apparently placed there by a church volunteer.^[14] In this case, the church offered to pay Getty what it thought was a reasonable amount. The diocese's communications director said, "Getty was not playing ball or following the normal litigation or dispute resolution procedures and [I advised the church] to ignore them. We don't deal with bullies; we deal with legal threats appropriately. I told [Getty] by letter that's what [the church was] doing, that we were not going to play, and didn't hear any more."^[14] The Guardian describes other instances in which Getty or other stock photo businesses dropped the matter when the website owner refused to pay or hired a lawyer. A law firm was quoted as saying: "Once we get involved generally Getty does back off."^[14]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Getty Images Retrieved September 2011

Austin Rivers
Rivers warming up before a game
College	Duke
Conference	ACC
Sport	Basketball
Position	Shooting Guard
Jersey #	0
Class	Freshman
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Nationality	American
Born	(1992-08-01) August 1, 1992 (age 19) Santa Monica, California
High school	Winter Park High School, Winter Park, Florida

Austin James Rivers (born August 1, 1992, in Santa Monica, California) is an American college basketball player for Duke University. Rivers led Winter Park High School to back-to-back Florida 6A state championships in 2010 and 2011. He also played in the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit for the USA National Team, and in addition, Rivers also participated in the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game. Rivers was one of the top rated high school basketball players in the class of 2011, being rated as high as No. 1 by Rivals.com. On September 30, 2010, Rivers committed to Duke University. His father, Doc Rivers, coaches the Boston Celtics. His older brother, Jeremiah Rivers, plays for KK Mega Vizura in Serbia. His older sister, Callie Rivers, played volleyball for the University of Florida.

High School[link]

Rivers was ranked #1 by Rivals.com,^[1] while being rated as the #3 player by ESPN^[2] and Scout.com.^[3] In 2010, Rivers led Winter Park High School to the school's first state title in a 76-57 win against Dr. Phillips High School in the 6A state championship. Rivers scored 23 points in the game.^[4] In June 2010, Rivers was a part of the gold medal winning team at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship. He set a team USA record for an U18 event with 35 points against Canada.^[5] On August 5, 2010, Rivers was named to the 5th annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 game,^[6] where he was named co-MVP. He had 25 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists.^[7] On March 5, 2011, Rivers led Winter Park to back to back Florida 6A state championships with a 52-44 victory over Dr. Phillips High School, in which he had 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 steals.^[8]

Rivers was named the 2011 Naismith Prep Player of the Year on March 10, 2011.^[9] He was also an All-American and All-State Guard. In addition, he played at the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit and on the USA national team.

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Austin Rivers SG	Winter Park, FL	Winter Park High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sep 30, 2010
	Scout:   Rivals:   ESPN grade: 97

^[10]

College career[link]

Rivers committed to Duke University on September 30, 2010, over Kansas and UNC.^[11] His commitment was widely covered by ESPN and various other sports networks given his status as the Class of 2011's top recruit.

As a freshman, Rivers played in Duke's exhibition games in China and Dubai during an international tour in August, 2011. In the first game against the China men's national basketball team, Rivers scored 18 points on 8-15 shooting and led Duke to an 77-64 victory. In the second game (also against the Chinese National Team), Rivers scored 12 points in a 78-66 victory, making several rim-shattering dunks during the first half. In the final game played in Beijing, China, Rivers chipped in 11 points as Duke topped the Chinese, 93-78. [1]. In his team's 86-66 victory over the Dubai National Team, he scored 16 points, including 10 in the second quarter, on an array of impressive drives.

At Duke's annual Midnight Madness event, Countdown to Craziness, Rivers had 14 points and 5 rebounds in 24 minutes to lead the White team in the inter-squad scrimmage.

On February 8, 2012, his 3-point basket as time expired allowed Duke to overcome an 82-72 deficit with 2 minutes to play in an 85-84 victory over the University of North Carolina. The victory ended North Carolina's 31 game winning streak at the Dean Smith Center.^[12]

NBA career[link]

On March 26, 2012. Duke announced that Rivers was leaving the school to enter the NBA draft.

Rivers wrote on Twitter: "I just want to thank all the fans that have supported me this year. it was so fun playing there and becoming a part of the Duke family! … I appreciate everybody, and the support y’all have given me! Duke nation has truly made me a better person and player! Duke #1"

Rivers said that he would love to play for his father's team, the Celtics, if they were to select him. ^[13]

Personal life[link]

Rivers is the son of Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers.^[14][15] His older brother, Jeremiah played basketball for Georgetown before transferring to play for Indiana, while his older sister Callie played volleyball for the University of Florida and currently plays professionally in Puerto Rico. His favorite team is the Boston Celtics.^[12]

Awards/Honors[link]

• 2010 Fiba America U18 Champion
• 2010 Fiba America U18 MVP
• 2010 Boost Mobile Elite team selection
• 2010 Boost Mobile Elite co-MVP
• 2011 Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award James A. Naismith Award winner
• 2011 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award winner
• 2011 McDonald's All-American team selection
• 2011 Jordan Brand High School All-American team selection
• 2011 Nike Hoop Summit
• 2011 All-Freshmen Team Select

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Duke Bio
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