Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by tertius on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:22PM
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> "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
Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by fastball on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @06:07PM
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> "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."
The 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.
Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by lovedswain on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:49PM
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The quoted paragraph reminds me of something I once read from a blog post by the WhatsApp team
Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by KingOfCoders on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:49AM
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I read it more like "The plan was from the beginning to exit to Getty so we had talks early on"
Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by mwambua on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @01:35PM
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> 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?
Re:Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
by benatkin on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @04:26PM
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It 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!
> 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.