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nharmon
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Stock Photography
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Feb 19 01:58 UTC 2007 |
A big part of web design is incorporating graphics. However the amount
of time it takes to develop those graphics is enormous. As a result, a
lot of amateur and professional web designers use stock photography
obtained on the web.
So, where do you get your stock photography?
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nharmon
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response 1 of 11:
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Feb 19 02:02 UTC 2007 |
For a long time I've used iStockphoto.com for my professional work, but
now I'm finding Wikimedia Commons selection to be improving.
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cmcgee
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response 2 of 11:
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Feb 19 13:43 UTC 2007 |
Actually, I supply stock photos to iStock. Under the name "YoyoDyne Tech".
A friend of mine and I are YoyoDyne. He is the photographer (mostly) and I'm
the business side. Except when I have some cool photos to share.
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rcurl
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response 3 of 11:
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Feb 19 18:59 UTC 2007 |
The name "Yoyodyne", apparently from a Pynchon novel, seems to have been
adopted by a amazing variety of companies: autoparts, entertainment,
direct marketing - and stock photos. I suppose it was not protected as a
trademark.
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cmcgee
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response 4 of 11:
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Feb 19 19:17 UTC 2007 |
Yoyodyne is from "The Crying of Lot 49" and from the movie Buckaroo Bonzai.
in the novel, it is a southern california defense contractor. In the movie,
it is the bad guys.
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nharmon
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response 5 of 11:
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Feb 20 00:32 UTC 2007 |
In the Star Trek universe, Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems makes parts for
Federation Starships.
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rcurl
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response 6 of 11:
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Feb 20 01:11 UTC 2007 |
and yoyodyneindustries.com seems to be an alias for hubbb.com
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mynxcat
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response 7 of 11:
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Feb 21 03:05 UTC 2007 |
There wouldn't be a trademark problem unless it was used by more than one
entity for the same industry.
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rcurl
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response 8 of 11:
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Feb 21 06:24 UTC 2007 |
...or one of them thinks they have a priority to its use. Perhaps its use in
a novel prevents other trademark claims.
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fuzzball
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response 9 of 11:
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Mar 23 16:00 UTC 2007 |
i use some stock photos on certian media items when selling on ebay,
aside from that i rarely use them, i try to use my own images, but
thats harder that it should be sometimes.....
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marv
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response 10 of 11:
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Jan 7 02:44 UTC 2008 |
sxc.hu sometimes is helpful
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madmike
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response 11 of 11:
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Sep 25 12:25 UTC 2008 |
Microsoft has save the day for me more often than I can remember.
I usually check them first. Check 'em out!
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/
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