42-521: Wormsley is a private estate of Mark Getty and his family, set in 2,700-acre (1,100 ha) of rolling countryside in the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire (formerly Oxfordshire ), England. It is also the home of Garsington Opera . Acquired by Sir Paul Getty in 1985, the estate forms part of Hambleden valley, running from Stokenchurch to Turville . Wormsley is known for its library, its cricket ground, its two-acre walled garden, its shoot, and
84-489: A Bristol merchant, succeeded his uncle as Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis , beginning the Fane family's long association with the seat. Fane also succeeded a distant cousin and became 8th Earl of Westmoreland in 1762. The Fane family sold the 18th-century house and estate in 1986 to Sir Paul Getty and his wife Victoria Holdsworth . Getty restored the house and estate, adding a library to accommodate his book collection, and
126-734: A claim when a website owner refused to pay and hired a lawyer. A law firm was quoted as saying: "Once we get involved generally Getty does back off." In 2009, Oscar Michelen, a New York attorney who focuses on such damages claims, said: "The damages they're requesting aren't equal to the copyright infringement," and "there's no law that says definitively what images are worth in the digital age." He called Getty's effort to assess four-figure fines "a legalized form of extortion". In an effort to combat online copyright infringement, in March 2014 Getty Images made over 35 million images available free for non-commercial online use via embedding with attribution and
168-483: A demand letter does not create a debt. One photographer noted, "Courts don't like to be used as a means of extortion." In one case, Getty sent a church in Lichfield , Staffordshire , a £6,000 bill for photographs it used on its website, apparently placed there by a church volunteer. In this case, the church offered to pay Getty what it thought was a reasonable amount. The diocese 's communications director said: Getty
210-464: A free-to-use stock photography website, for an undisclosed sum. In February 2008, it was announced that Getty Images would be acquired by the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at an estimated US$ 2.4 billion. On 2 July 2008, Getty Images announced the completion of its acquisition. Getty Images common stock ceased trading on the New York Stock Exchange at
252-503: A large commercial website that clients use to search and browse for images, purchase usage rights, and download images. Image prices vary according to resolution and type of rights. The company also offers custom photo services for corporate clients. In 1995, Mark Getty and chief executive officer Jonathan Klein co-founded Getty Investments LLC in London. Mark Getty is the company's chairman. In September 1997, Getty Communications, as it
294-538: A letter from a law firm representing Getty, demanding $ 120 for displaying her pictures on a personal website of hers. In August 2016, Zuma Press , an independent press agency, filed suit against Getty for alleged copyright violations and unauthorized licensing of more than 47,000 images. Getty Images has continued the practice that Corbis (whose license it acquired in 2016) has been criticized for of claiming copyright, watermarking and selling images that are in public domain, including images related to The Holocaust like
336-510: A link back to the Getty Images website. According to Getty Images executive Craig Peters, "The principle is to turn what's infringing use with good intentions, turning that into something that's valid licensed use with some benefits going back to the photographer". On 15 February 2018, Google Images ' interface was modified in order to meet the terms of a settlement and licensing partnership with Getty. The "View image" button (a deep link to
378-484: A new subsidiary, Hulton Archive. Archive Photos was 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 , Anacleto Rapping , Deborah Feingold, Murray Garrett, Nat Fein and John Filo . Further acquisitions followed, with
420-484: A post he held until 2016. In 2017, Getty became chairman of the British School at Rome . Getty Images Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (stylized as gettyimages ) is a visual media company and supplier of stock images , editorial photography, video, and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets. It targets three markets— creative professionals (advertising and graphic design),
462-504: A purpose-built pavilion in the grounds of Wormsley. After Mick Jagger introduced him to cricket , Getty built a ground in 1992 with a mock-Tudor pavilion. The actual playing area is a replica of the field at The Oval . The Queen Mother and the Prime Minister, John Major , attended the first match, along with Michael Caine , Denis Compton and Brian Johnston . Over the final decade of his life, Getty invited teams to play at what
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#1733084657358504-598: A theatre where performances were held for invited guests. The area is known for its population of red kites . Once extinct in England and Scotland, the birds were reintroduced into England beginning in 1989. The area was not originally planned to be the first release site. It was originally intended to be Windsor Great Park , but at the last minute the landowner pulled out and the project nearly collapsed. Getty stepped in and offered Wormsley as an alternative. In 2011, Garsington Opera moved from Garsington Manor near Oxford to
546-656: Is an Irish businessman who is the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images . A member of the prominent Getty family , he is the younger son of John Paul Getty Jr. and his first wife, Gail Harris. Getty was born in Rome , Italy. He attended Taunton School in England and later studied philosophy and politics at St Catherine's College, Oxford . Getty began his career at securities firm Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York City and then joined Hambros Bank in London. In 1993, he drove his family's founding investment in andBeyond,
588-473: Is not) hurt her personal and professional relationships and caused her emotional distress. In March 2014 a judge ruled the lawsuit will be taken to court rather than dismissed. Getty Images settled with Nolan in January 2015. In November 2013, Getty and Agence France-Presse were ordered to pay $ 1.2 million compensation to freelance photojournalist Daniel Morel for using his images posted on Twitter related to
630-431: Is now known as "Sir Paul Getty's Ground" with the teams ranging from world-class sides to youth sides. Those who have played there include cricketers Andrew Flintoff , Imran Khan , Mike Gatting , Mike Atherton , Mark Ramprakash , Derek Randall , James Anderson and Mike Brearley and entertainment figures such as Peter O'Toole , Tim Rice , and Rory Bremner . Touring international sides have played at Wormsley with
672-537: The 2010 Haiti earthquake without his permission, in violation of copyright and Twitter's terms of service. In July 2016, Getty was sued, unsuccessfully, for over $ 1 billion by Carol Highsmith , an American photographer notable for donating her 100,000+ image collection, royalty-free, to the Library of Congress , when Highsmith found that Getty had been selling unauthorized licenses of her work (an instance of copyfraud ). Highsmith found out about this when she received
714-531: The SPAC merger was completed and the newly formed parent company of Getty Images went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GETY. Activist investor Trillium Capital made an unsolicited bid to acquire Getty for US$ 4 billion in April 2023 – representing nearly a 100 percent premium. Getty turned down the offer questioning its credibility. In September 2023, Getty announced that it
756-911: The Union Station office complex in Seattle's International District , in 2011. In 2015, Jonathan Klein became the company's chairman and Dawn Airey was hired as chief executive officer (CEO) of Getty Images. Airey remained in the role until 31 December 2018, at which time she became a non-executive director member of its board and Craig Peters was appointed CEO. In 2019, Getty Images introduced Market Freeze, simplifying exclusivity of rights-managed images. Later that year, it announced that due to customers' changing needs, it plans to phase out rights-managed imagery by 2020 in favor of royalty-free images. In December 2021, Getty Images announced its intention to become publicly traded once more through combination with CC Neuberger Principal Holdings II. In July 2022,
798-556: The Warsaw Ghetto boy photo, the Polish cavalry in Sochaczew photograph , or images created by NASA . Getty has also tried to collect fees from photographers for use of their own images that they had previously put in the public domain. Public-domain photos from historical photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans have long been available for unrestricted downloading from
840-489: The media (print and online publishing), and corporate (in-house design, marketing and communication departments). Getty Images has distribution offices around the world and capitalizes on the Internet for distribution with over 2.3 billion searches annually on its sites. As Getty Images has acquired other older photo agencies and archives, it has digitised their collections, enabling online distribution. Getty Images operates
882-556: The Australians, West Indians, Sri Lankans and South Africans all having made appearances at the ground. It was the venue for the only Test match of the Australian women's tour of England in 2013. [REDACTED] Media related to Wormsley Park at Wikimedia Commons 51°38′41″N 0°56′03″W / 51.644693°N 0.934224°W / 51.644693; -0.934224 Mark Getty Mark Harris Getty (born 9 July 1960)
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#1733084657358924-617: The Corbis Images, Corbis Motion and Veer libraries and their associated assets, to Unity Glory, an affiliate of Visual China Group —Getty's exclusive distributor in China. Concurrently, it was announced that VCG would, after a transition period, license distribution and marketing of the Corbis library outside of China to Getty. Getty now manages Corbis's physical archives on behalf of VCG and Unity Glory. In March 2021, Getty Images acquired Unsplash ,
966-549: The United States Library of Congress . The exact same images are also available from Getty Images, subject to a licensing fee of up to $ 5,000 for a six-month term. This demonstrates an example of copyfraud . On January 17, 2023, Getty Images said it was suing Stability AI over the use of Getty's images to train AI art generator Stable Diffusion and for imitating the Getty Images' trademark. The Getty Images Prestige Grant
1008-481: The acquisition of EyeWire and Energy Film Library. Getty has partnered with other companies including Slidely for companies and advertisers to use the Getty Images video library of around 2 million videos. In 2000, Getty acquired one of its main competitors, Archive Photos of New York (a division of The Image Bank), for US$ 183 million. The Archive Photos library was combined with the Hulton Getty collection to form
1050-555: The acquisition of the Hulton library, Getty Images took ownership of the rights to some 15 million photographs from 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 . Getty has branched out into stock audio, music and sound effects, and also video with
1092-415: The case dismissed, but its motion was denied. In 2012, Getty Images agreed to settle by paying $ 100,000 to Car-Freshener Corp., but admitted no wrongdoing. In September 2013, Avril Nolan brought a $ 450,000 suit against Getty Images. Nolan alleged that Getty Images improperly let her image be used in advertisements that depicted her as HIV-positive. She claimed the ad's depiction of her as HIV-positive (she
1134-556: The close of the acquisition and was delisted from the NYSE. In 2012, H&F engaged investment bankers to sell the company. While a price of $ 4 billion was initially discussed, in August when the private equity firm Carlyle Group emerged as the likely acquirer, the price under consideration was said to be $ 3.3–3.4 billion. CVC Capital Partners Ltd. was also said to have been bidding but had yet to top Carlyle's price. The sale to Carlyle thereafter
1176-415: The copyright disclaimer within the interface more prominent. In 2009, Car-Freshner Corp., makers of Little Trees , filed a lawsuit against Getty Images in U.S. Federal Court , Northern District New York (Case 7:09-cv-01252-GTS -GHL). Car-Freshner claimed that Getty Images had in its catalog photos that included the famous "tree-shaped" trademarked car fresheners. In 2011, Getty Images attempted to have
1218-574: The first digital news photo agency; Online USA, a specialist in celebrity shots; and the Hulton Press 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
1260-587: The image itself on its source server) was removed from image thumbnails. This change is intended to discourage users from directly viewing the full-sized image (although doing so using a browser's context menu on the embedded thumbnail is not frustrated), and encourage them to view the image in its appropriate context (which may also include attribution and copyright information) on its respective web page. The "Search by image" button has also been downplayed, as reverse image search can be used to find higher-resolution copies of copyrighted images. Google also agreed to make
1302-658: The music photo library built up by British jazz photographer David Redfern . On 23 October 2008, Getty Images announced their intention to buy Jupitermedia 's online images division, Jupiterimages, for $ 96 million in cash. The sale went ahead in February 2009; Jupiterimages (including the sites stock.xchng and StockXpert ) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Getty. Jupitermedia, now trading as WebMediaBrands , continues its Internet publishing business, which they didn't sell to Getty Images. On 25 January 2016, Corbis announced that it had sold its image licensing business, including
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1344-769: The purchase in 2004 of image.net for US$ 20 million. On 9 February 2006, the microstock photo website iStockphoto was acquired by Getty Images for US$ 50 million. In 2007, Getty successfully purchased its largest competitor, MediaVast, for $ 207 million. The acquisition gave Getty Images control of WireImage (Entertainment, creative, and sports photography), FilmMagic (fashion and red carpet photography), and Contour Photos (portrait and studio photography). Getty Images also acquired other subsidiaries, including Master Delegates, which includes Isifa Image Service in Prague and Laura Ronchi in Italy. In 2008, Getty purchased Redferns Music Picture Library,
1386-453: 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 market leader in the Benelux and Scandinavia: Word View (1996, from Bert Blokhuis, four offices, for undisclosed sum); journalistic specialists Liaison Agency; Newsmakers,
1428-432: The subject of controversy for its methods of pursuing copyright enforcement on behalf of its photographers. Rather than pursue a policy of sending " cease and desist " notices, Getty typically mails a demand letter that claims substantial monetary damages from owners of websites it believes infringed on their photographers' copyrights. Getty commonly tries to intimidate website owners by sending collection agents, even though
1470-583: The vistas and landscapes of the estate grounds. It also rents space for events and television and filming work. The estate was founded by the Scrope family in the late 16th century. It belonged to Colonel Adrian Scrope , the regicide , and passed to his grandson John Scrope , a baron of the Exchequer who died without issue. The estate passed to the descendants of his sister Anne (died 1721), who had married Henry Fane of Brympton . Their second son, Thomas Fane , also
1512-453: The world". 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. The company moved to its current headquarters, in
1554-474: The world's leading ecotourism business, and still acts as chairman of the business. In 1994, he co-founded the photographic agency Getty Images with Jonathan Klein . Getty Images is the world's leading supplier of imagery for the media, corporate, and advertising sectors. In 2003, he inherited Wormsley Park from his father. In 2008, Getty became chairman of the trustees of the National Gallery in London,
1596-417: Was announced at $ 3.3 billion, with co-founders Getty and Klein and the Getty family all carrying their investments over into the new ownership structure. Getty continues to serve as chairman and Klein as chief executive. In September 2018, the Getty family announced it would acquire majority stake in the company from The Carlyle Group . In July 2022, the company went public again. The Getty Images Gallery
1638-622: Was called at the time, merged with PhotoDisc, Inc. to form Getty Images. The company relocated to Seattle two years later and expanded in the United States, reaching 2,000 employees by 2006. In April 2003, Getty Images entered into a partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to market each other's images. Getty Images acquired the Michael Ochs Archives in February 2007. The Michael Ochs Archives were described by The New York Times as "the premier source of musician photography in
1680-521: Was located at 46 Eastcastle Street , London. In 2008, it hosted an exhibition of children for Barnardo's child adoption agency, in an exhibition called "Home Time", aimed at helping to find homes for hundreds of children waiting for adoption. It included photographs by celebrity photographer Cambridge Jones , as well as by Cherie Blair , Bruce Oldfield , Andrew Lincoln , Gail Porter , and Claudia Winkleman . The gallery permanently closed in January 2019. Beginning in 2008, Getty Images has been
1722-426: 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. The Guardian described other instances in which Getty or other stock photo businesses dropped
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1764-535: Was partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that lets people create images using Getty's library of licensed photos. Getty will use Nvidia's Edify model, which is available on Nvidia's generative AI model library Picasso. Their stock footage is used in Baby Einstein and Little Einsteins . Since its formation, Getty Images has pursued an aggressive programme of acquisition , buying up many privately owned agencies that had built up
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