DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association) has traditionally been seen as a trade organization for picture agencies and distributors. Important to note that for a few years now, their programming and offerings are becoming more and more inclusive of the entire visual communications community. Their annual conference in the fall (October 22–24) has expanded programming that …
Trade associations depend upon volunteers who are dedicated and steadfast. Sonia Wasco is such an individual. Recently honored by the DMLA for a career steeped in service to the Stock industry, this interview(reprinted with their permission) gives insight into not only Sonia’s good works, but speaks to the staying power of small agencies. She was …
Fresh from the Board Retreat, we caught up with new Board President Geoff Cannon to find out what DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association) is up to. Why were you inspired to take on the Presidency of DMLA? After 4 years on the Board as a Member-at-Large, I grew to understand the importance of the advocacy …
All things change, especially in the fast-moving world world of photo licensing. For some time, now, industry professionals have noted that PACA (Picture Archive Council of America) has evolved into the DMLA (Digital Media Licensing Association); but do they also know that PACA’s fantastic mega metasearch engine of licensable content has been updated into DMLASearch? …
Reprinted with the kind permission of the DMLA Nancy Wolff and Josh Wolkoff, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Case Nos. 13-16106 and 13-16107, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was enacted in 1998 to address in part issues …
Re-posted with the kind permission of PACA/DMLA. A young Turkish Cypriot woman holding a rifle in 1964 Cyprus – a stark photograph of troubled times, a face without a story. Until now. Last week Lebrecht photo library was contacted by the Australian nephew of the young woman. He was stunned to imagine that his aunt, …
Michael Masterson and I were speaking about the history of our industry. Again and again, one name came up as a leader and advocate for all things stock photography. And as a result, I asked Michael to interview Cathy Aron. Cathy Aron has been the Executive Director of PACA, the Digital Licensing Media Association, since …
Guest post by contributor Julian Jackson. The UK has a plethora of photographic agencies and imagery sources. These range from big organizations which have photolibraries, like the BBC, through medium-sized companies like Alamy, to a large range of specialist libraries and hundreds of museums that have awesome collections of photographs, paintings and illustrations in their …
Thanks to our international trade organizations PACA , CEPIC, BVPA and SAB for working in conjunction with the Research Group from the University Heidelberg, to research, create and make available the first truly international overview of Image Suppliers in both English and Chinese. Over the course of 2012, over 250 world wide image suppliers(still, illustrations …
For those of us who missed the Chicago based conference in October, do not fret! You can peruse the sessions at your leisure with your morning coffee for a small fee thanks to PACA and ReeldealHD: http://video.pacaoffice.org/en A wide range of relevant topics with industry leaders include two Buyer’s Panel Discussions, Industry Forecasting, Keynotes on …