On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Carcharoth<carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
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Picture Archive Council of America:
http://www.pacaoffice.org/
"PACA, the Picture Archive Council of America, is the trade
organization in North America that represents the vital interests of
stock archives of every size, from individual photographers to large
corporations, who license images for commercial reproduction. Founded
in 1951, its membership includes over 100 companies in North America
and over 50 international members."
Hmm. Either there is another trade organisation in the USA, or the
industry is far more consolidated than in Europe (1053 members of the
European equivalent body). 100 sounds a bit low, unless there are some
giants in there like Corbis. But still, it would be interesting to see
how many museums and other "heritage" organisations are in that lot.
Carcharoth