Getty Images (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you use a getty image without paying? ›

You can use an image without paying for a license with our Embed feature, which lets you use over 70 million photos on any non-commercial website or blog (if you're using it to sell a product, raise money or promote or endorse something, Embed isn't for you).

Pay less for downloads with packs

Prepaid packs let you stock up and save on royalty-free images, video clips and editorial images. Packs let you pay upfront for a bundle of 5 or 10 downloads (the larger the pack, the more you save).

Although Getty Images is known as the highest quality stock photography agency, the main reasons Getty images are so expensive are exclusivity, releases, and indemnification. Getty often has exclusive access to photographs.

Depending on your Contributor Agreement, you will earn a royalty between 15% and 45% on each file license. Customer prices can also vary, depending on the file type, product type and intended use. This ranges from under a dollar to several hundred dollars for each license to an individual photo, video, or illustration.

When you purchase digital images from a photographer, they will usually give you permission to print and share the photographs in one of two ways: Either by documenting what permissions you have to print and share the photographs in a contract.

Photos of cars, technical hardware, toys, furniture (Product design) - Are generally protected and require a Property Release. Photos of advertisem*nts, poster, illustrations (Graphic Design) - Are generally protected by copyright and require a Property Release.

Getty Images's top competitors include The Evoke Group, Picxy Digital Services, and FlashStock. The Evoke Group. The Evoke Group is a digital marketing agency in Columbia, MO and Denver, CO.

This agency has a very high standard for its contributors. This is an excellent place to sell photos and earn good money if you are a renowned and seasoned stock photographer. Some artists get exclusive contributor contracts, shoot content only for Getty, and get credentials to access private and high-profile events.

HOW DO I JOIN? It's super simple! You can either download our app, upload 3-6 sample images of your work and we'll review your images and let you know if you're accepted.

In the Content Marketplace market, iStock has a 12.68% market share in comparison to Getty Images's 0.01%. Since it has a better market share coverage, iStock holds the 3rd spot in 6sense's Market Share Ranking Index for the Content Marketplace category, while Getty Images holds the 29th spot.

Why does every picture have Getty Images? ›

Getty is a media licensing company. That means they own the rights to a lot of images, video, music, and other media, and they make the rights available to customers for a price.

All Getty Images files (also known as Premium Images on Printful) available in the Design Maker cost $1 plus tax, per each image, per placement. For example: A t-shirt order with one Premium Images file placed on one sleeve will cost you $1 plus tax.

Using images for free

You can use an image without paying for a licence with our Embed feature, which lets you use over 70 million photos on any non-commercial website or blog (if you're using it to sell a product, raise money or promote or endorse something, Embed isn't for you).

In 2008, the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman (H&F) acquired Getty Images for $2.4 billion. In 2012, H&F put Getty up for sale. As of the ensuing sale to Carlyle Group, the company was said to have an archive that included 80 million stills and illustrations. The company was acquired by the Getty family in 2018.

Contributors must meet their minimum payment before payments can be issued. Getty Images - varies between $50 or $100 USD.

In most cases, you will need to buy a licence to use images found on gettyimages.com, including for websites, social media, advertisem*nts, marketing campaigns, corporate presentations, newspapers, magazines, books, web and mobile applications, product packaging and personal use.

Yes. Stock photos are copyrighted, meaning someone owns them. In order to use them legally, you need permission. Such permission is known as a license, a contract that authorizes you to use the image in certain ways.

The Copyright Act of 1976, which is the main copyright law in the United States, protects copyright owners. Unless the content is in the public domain, someone who posts it without permission and/or attribution may be liable for copyright infringement.

This means that if a photo is not in the public domain (PD), or is not shared with a creative commons license (CC), it is inferred to be in copyright. Notification to that affect is not necessary. In any way using copyrighted works without explicit permission or licence is in violation of copyright, which is illegal.