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Kim Komando: Parental controls on Kindle Fire limited - Detroit Free Press
laryn — Tue, 03/13/2012 - 02:02
Kim Komando: Parental controls on Kindle Fire limited
Detroit Free Press
You can sell your photos to a microstock service. These will be licensed for others to use in things like publishing and advertising. Some photographers can earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month that way. Q: I can't wait for Apple to ...
More dirty energy astroturfing
laryn — Mon, 12/14/2009 - 16:59
Remember the "Faces of Coal"? Here's another microstock-related astroturf campaign by dirty energy:

Selling editorial photos as microstock
laryn — Wed, 09/23/2009 - 22:48

Shutterstock and Dreamstime allow you to sell images on an editorial license, meaning that purchasers will only be able to use the images in editorial formats (e.g. magazines, newspapers, etc). This is useful for images that you have taken which are of specific interest (famous people, places, current events...) and may not have model or property releases.
This sample editorial image from my collection was taken on the day of George W. Bush's inauguration and depicts items that might not normally have passed as royalty-free for various reasons. It is usable as editorial imagery because of the public nature of the event and the public interest in the event.






