Contre le piratage des photos

La photographie est, au même titre que la musique, une œuvre de l’esprit protégée par les droits sur la propriété intellectuelle. En conséquence de quoi l’utilisation, même à usage privé, de photographies « volées » sur Internet est un acte passible de poursuites judiciaires. L’utilisation de photographies à titre privé, scolaire ou professionnel pour l’illustration de documents, de rapports, de sites web, d’articles de presse, de publicités, de plaquettse etc. sur quelque support que ce soit est donc soumise à la législation sur les droits d'auteur. Les particuliers ne sont pas les seuls visés par les problèmes de piratage puisque certaines entreprises utilisent de la photographie librement pour la rédaction de leurs supports de communication externes ou internes.

Cette utilisation frauduleuse, qu'elle soit consciente ou non, peut s’expliquer par différentes raisons. La première de ces raisons est la malheureuse ambiguité du terme Libre de droit. La mention libre de droit, souvent associée à photo gratuite, ne signifie certainement pas que l’utilisation est exempte de droit. Ce terme s’oppose simplement au terme à droit géré et spécifie que l’acquéreur de la licence d’exploitation de la photographie peut utiliser celle-ci pendant un temps donné et autant de fois qu’il le souhaite sur les supports qui lui conviennent dans les limites définies par cette licence. L’acquisition de cette licence libre de droit n’est pas gratuite et celle-ci doit définir, en particulier, les conditions d’utilisation et de diffusion de l’œuvre ainsi que celles relatives à la rémunération de l’auteur.

Une des raisons expliquant ce piratage de photos peut aussi être imputée au prix important des photos libres de droits sur les banques d’images traditionnelles. Le prix de ces photos peut atteindre plusieurs centaines d’euros selon la résolution souhaitée. Cette charge est lourde pour une PME pour laquelle le coût des photos d’une plaquette pourrait alors largement dépassé le coût de l’impression par exemple. La barrière prix est ainsi le principal obstacle à utilisation légale de photographies et ceux aux dépends de leurs auteurs.

La solution pour l’industrie musicale dans la lutte contre le téléchargement pirate de musique est la baisse sensible du prix par la création de plateformes en ligne proposant le morceau à un faible prix. Les profits sont peut être moins importants mais ils sont compensés par la vente en plus grand nombre. Pour les photographies, Fotolia propose aussi une solution originale sous la forme d’une place de marché en offrant d’une part aux clients des prix défiant toute concurrence, jusqu’à 10 fois inférieurs à ceux du marché, et permettant d’autre part de rémunérer les photographes dignement. Fotolia est une place de marché permettant aux professionnels et aux particuliers de vendre et d’acheter de la photographie libre de droit. Les photographes amateurs comme professionnels peuvent venir déposer leurs meilleurs clichés et pour chaque photo vendue, il touche alors des droits d’auteur équivalent à 50 % du prix de vente. L’argument prix n’étant alors plus recevable et chacun ayant accès à ces photos, le « vol » de photos n’est alors plus justifiable.

Mes nouvelles photos en vente sur YAYmicro

Si vous souhaitez vous aussi vendre vos photos sur YAYmicro, vous pouvez vous inscrire ici gratuitement pour avoir plus d'infomations. Le site ne vous demandera jamais d'argent. Tout est gratuit pour le photographe. Pour l'instant les ventes sont plutôt lentes mais le site est récent et n'a pas encore commencé sa campagne de publicité. Ils attentent qu'il y ait plus de photos dans leur banque d'image. L'avantage de ce site est que l'on peut vendre à la fois des photos d'illutrations et des photos éditoriales.

Shutterstock Editorial Image Collection

Shutterstock's Editorial Image Collection Rapidly Expanding Thanks to Success of Red Carpet Program

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, achieved another industry milestone when its editorial library passed the 100,000th image mark, thanks to the success of its entertainment/celebrity photo program: Shutterstock on the Red CarpetTM. Shutterstock is the only online stock photo agency to offer this unique program, which assists its global network of photographers in getting past the velvet ropes to the hottest events worldwide.

Due to the increased demand among news outlets for affordable, royalty-free editorial images, Shutterstock has become a trusted resource within the news community for its commitment to accuracy and high quality. As a result, Shutterstock's editorial library of newsworthy images is now one of the fastest growing categories in the company's library of almost 5 Million royalty-free images.

Working directly with event organizers, Shutterstock on the Red Carpet obtains coveted press passes to concerts, sporting or public events, and festivals for its network of photographers. Since the program's inception in 2007, Shutterstock's photographers have submitted stock photography from top events such as the 2008 White House Correspondents' Dinner and Sting in concert, as well as stock photos of leading celebrities from Jessica Alba to Brad Pitt, and many more.

"Shutterstock on the Red Carpet is truly a win-win for buyers and photographers," said Jon Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock. "This unique program enables us to provide even more high quality, celebrity and entertainment stock images at affordable prices. Plus, Shutterstock's talented worldwide photographers benefit from our commitment to helping them gain access to the most exciting events across the globe."

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Background

YAY Micro is an affordable provider of digital content. YAY offers photos, illustrations and vector files to customers all over the world. The parent company, YAY Media AS, is located in Oslo, Norway, and was founded by Linda Johannessen, Jan Ole Kjellesvig and Roger Bystrøm in January 2008. YAY Micro got their first images March 7th. The response from photographers and artists have been positive, and by launch June 2nd YAY Micro had over 200 000 images in their database. Over 1 000 photographers and artists have signed up. There is now many more images and contributors. But the agency is looking for new photographers and illustrators. If you want to become a contributor signup at YAYmicro.com and start uploading your images. It's free!

YAY offers both creative and editorial content

At YAYmicro.com you will find great creative and editorial images. Building an editorial database is a priority, and new images are added every day. Freelance photographers, citizen photographers and agencies deliver fresh red carpet images to YAYmicro.com.

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For customers this entails the availability of a large amount of both professional and "odd" images and illustrations at affordable prices. Many small companies, magazines and blogs have never had the budgets to use images. Now everyone can afford great images, both the private consumers and large companies.

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