Talk:Getty Images

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does anyone know if Getty Images is in any way related to the Getty family? (which includes J. Paul Getty, Balthazar Getty).

The article Getty Images seems suspiciously commercial. Is this actually legitimate? Dori 05:06, Oct 23, 2003 (UTC)

I don't see anything objectionably 'commercial' about it. It's just a single sentence describing the company. 'One of the world's best known' MAY show a little bias, but it also might be objectively true -- I don't know enough about photo stock agencies.

--Morven 07:42, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I just saw that small blurb with a prominent link to the site and figured someone may have sneaked it in as advertisement for the company. Dori 14:04, Oct 23, 2003 (UTC)

Googling returns 474,000 hits, and they're on the NYSE. Axlrosen 15:19, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Well, it was a very small stub originally (see history), only when I wikified it and added the external link that one became a bit too prominent. Maybe someone should try to enlarge the text now, then it will not look like an advertisement anymore. andy 12:03, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Their images aren't free to put into Wikipedia

In case any future editors are wondering, the images on the Getty Images website are very restricted legally, have not been licensed under the GFDL or released into the public domain, and cannot be copied and pasted over to Wikipedia to illustrate articles. This came up yesterday. Tempshill 23:39, 14 October 2005 (UTC)