The Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS,) an international non-profit organization dedicated to creating standard image usage rights terms and definitions, has added a number of board positions in order to broaden the scope of its leadership to include various interested trade groups.  The new board members include Clement Mok, designer, consultant and former creative director of Apple Computer, Inc., and Alan Newman, Chief of the Division of Imaging & Visual Services, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., among others.

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Posted by Chris Ferrone at February 22, 2008 | Comments (0)

The photography community mourns the loss of Jane Kinne, who passed away early Saturday morning. Mrs. Kinne spent over fifty years as a photo agent, consultant to photographers and agencies, and an expert on copyright and other legal issues concerning images and image reproduction.  Along the way, she brought her boundless and positive energy to bear on the creation and management of several photo industry trade associations.  Most importantly, as a good friend and mentor, she gently but firmly coaxed from those of us lucky enough to know and work with her, an eagerness to bring our own positive energy to the business at hand.

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Posted by Chris Ferrone at November 04, 2007 | Comments (3)

The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) has released a rights managed price calculator and made it available to download from their web-site free of charge.  The software streamlines the RM pricing system called PLUS Packs™ developed by the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS.)  The software, PLUS Packs™ Calculator is an open source tool SAA created to promote the adoption of the PLUS pricing standards by more licensors and licensees of RM stock imagery.

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Posted by Chris Ferrone at June 25, 2007 | Comments (0)

The PLUS Coalition has just reached another significant milestone.  Having earlier accomplished the monumental task of creating a comprehensive glossary of image licensing terms (the PLUS Picture Licensing Glossary has over 1500 terms) the Coalition has now released four additional international image licensing standards which, together with the glossary, comprise the Picture Licensing Universal System or  “PLUS,” a system of standards that will simplify and facilitate image licensing for image creators, distributors and users alike.

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Posted by Chris Ferrone at February 14, 2007 | Comments (0)