Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Industry Leaders Endorse Digital Negative Specification

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sept. 27, 2004 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Digital Negative Specification, a new unified public format for raw digital camera files.The company also launched a free software tool, Adobe DNG Converter, that translates many of today's popular raw photo formats into the new .DNG file format, compliant with the Digital Negative Specification (see separate press release). Technology leaders, major customers and professional photographers today endorsed the new specification.

Adobe Announces Digital Negative Specification

Adobe Unifies Raw Photo Formats with Introduction of Digital Negative Specification
Free Converter Tool Kick Starts New Digital Negative File Format by Translating Raw Formats into Easy-to-Use, Archive-Ready Files

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sept. 27, 2004 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Digital Negative Specification, a new unified public format for raw digital camera files. The company also launched a free software tool, Adobe DNG Converter, which translates many of today's popular raw photo formats into the new .DNG file format, compliant with the Digital Negative Specification.

Corbis and Andy Warhol Foundation Announce Content Distribution Partnership

Corbis Named Exclusive Licensor of Warhol Digital Content

Friday, September 24, 2004. Corbis announced today an exclusive partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Under the terms of this partnership Corbis will become the exclusive licensor of digital Warhol artwork on a global basis.

When Andy Warhol died he left a vast inventory of works of art and personal possessions. His will dictated that his entire estate would contribute to creating a foundation dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts. As a result, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts was established in 1987. It fulfills Andy Warhol's vision by giving financial grants to arts organizations with funds raised from the licensed use and sale of Warhol's work.

a21 Subsidiary SuperStock Signs Agreement with PicScout to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement

Partnership with PicScout Helps SuperStock Defend Rights-Managed Images across the Internet

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2004. SuperStock, Inc., a subsidiary of a21, Inc. ("a21") (OTCBB:ATWO), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced an agreement with image recognition solution provider, PicScout. Through the agreement, SuperStock will use the PicScout Image Tracker monitoring service to protect the rights of SuperStock images over the Internet by uploading their copyrighted images onto the PicScout servers. The PicScout servers will then search the web and detect SuperStock images from the database, even if the images have been cropped, resized, or colorized. PicScout will provide detailed reports and enable SuperStock to pursue any copyright infringement.

Jupitermedia Announces the Launch of TheCreativeForum.com for its JupiterImages Division

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2004--Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced the launch of the TheCreativeForum.com (TheCreativeForum.com), a Web-based community for the creative professional that will allow graphic designers, art directors, commercial photographers and other commercial artists to exchange creative ideas via posting of images and work samples for discussion and critique. Creative professionals need the opportunity to share creative thoughts, to get input on projects and ideas and to discuss their work. TheCreativeForum.com is an online environment established to support the creative needs of commercial artists and to give them the chance to help each other.

New stock photography site launches for the sports, betting and gaming market

LONDON, UK, SEPTEMBER 2004: Cut and Deal (www.cutanddeal.com), which provides both royalty-free and exclusive use images to the sports, betting, gaming and gambling markets, launched today. The company was founded by internet entrepreneurs Glen Conybeare and Alex Kelleher, and was set up to answer the demand for a single destination for gaming and betting design content. The company expects to benefit from the fast growth of the betting and gaming market, now worth some $1 trillion globally.

The business plan was born from the frustrations of Glen and Alex while working within the design industry, looking for quality sports betting and gambling content. “Almost everything was out there somewhere but no-one had brought the content together in one place” says Cut and Deal co-founder Glen Conybeare.

A New Community for Digital Media Enthusiasts: O'Reilly Launches Digital Media Web Site

Sebastopol, CA. If there's been one particularly bright spot in the rebounding tech economy, it would have to be the adoption of digital media tools by just about everyone, especially digital photography and music. Sales of digital cameras rival their film counterparts, and downloading music has become as almost as simple as turning on the radio. Fine artists and graphic designers are also benefiting from the growing array of new gear and software now available.

New Protocol “PTP/IP” for Image Data Transfer from a Digital Camera via wireless LAN -- Nikon’s joint development with FotoNation, to be supported by Microsoft Corporation

Tokyo – Nikon Corporation (COO: Teruo Shimamura) is pleased to announce the implementation of PTP/IP (Picture Transfer Protocol over Internet Protocol) - developed by FotoNation Inc. - as a new computer interface for more convenient image data transfer from digital cameras. Based on the current ubiquitous PTP technology (ISO 15740), which up until now has been limited to the USB transmission, it enables communication between a digital camera and a PC via wireless LAN.

Getty Images - the world's leading imagery company - to supply content to Sendandsee's mobile magazines

01-09-04 11:00. Getty Images supplies editorial imagery content to Sendandsee's mobile magazines Whopla! and Riento!. This content partnership guarantees the quality of content and enables a virtually limitless development of Sendandsee's mobile magazine concept.

Getty Images and Sendandsee have signed a global licensing agreement for editorial imagery content. This agreement enables Sendandsee to utilize the vast resources of Getty Images in the development and production processes of its mobile magazine.

RENOWNED PHOTO AGENCY VII SELECTS DIGITAL RAILROAD

Online software provides end-to-end services for photo agencies and photographers

September 8, 2004. New York and Paris – In a major industry coup, the VII photo agency has chosen New York startup Digital Railroad, www.digitalrailroad.net, technology to power their agency.

Digital Railroad’s web-based application services will power VII 's workflow, distribution and archiving. VII, www.viiphoto.com, anticipates use of the system will drastically reduce costs, speeding distribution of vital news stories by the agency's globally based photographers to clients, sub-agencies and the public.