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You may get sued big time if you aren’t careful with what you upload to Unsplash
Feb 12, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
Unsplash has in a short time become a major player in the photo-sharing industry. 174,000 photographers have uploaded images to the site. The platform this…
Why I have stopped selling images with 500px
Feb 6, 2020
Ole Henrik Skjelstad
I just received three emails from 500px this evening. I was informed that three of my images were sold. In other words, I can expect…
500px’s latest change of terms sparks outrage among photographers
Dec 20, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
It looks like 500px never lacks new reasons to make photographers angry. Users have recently received a notice that the website is changing its Terms…
500px threatens to ban an artist after featuring him as “Photoshop Master” on its own blog
Jun 24, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
500px has caused some outrage within the community a couple of times over the past year or so. One of the platforms popular users Michal…
Photographer banned from 500px because 500px don’t know what light painting is
Jan 22, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Light painting photographer Tim Gamble is known for mind-blowing, surreal photos. However, despite his work being created entirely or almost entirely in-camera, 500px recently deleted…
Is Flickr Still A Relevant Social Media Outlet? Yes – and You Should Use It!
Apr 22, 2018
JP Danko
Years ago I had a Flickr account – I didn’t use it much and it languished in oblivion until at some point Flickr deleted it….
500px sold to Visual China Group, the “Getty of China”
Feb 26, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Today, 500px has announced that they got fully acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), also known as the “Getty Images of China.” VCG was 500px’s…
500px quietly reduced free account uploads from 20 to 7 per week
Dec 11, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you use the popular photo sharing website 500px, there’s a big change some of you might not have noticed. Free accounts used to be…
500px & Google Chromecast Partnership – Exclusive Interview With 500px
Oct 1, 2015
JP Danko
500px and Google recently announced an agreement that will see a curated selection of the 500px photography collection available to Google Chromecast users for display…
Social Media Networks Don’t Give a Flying Fudge-Nugget About Your Copyright!
Sep 10, 2015
JP Danko
I have been working on ways to automate some of my social media and blogging activity over the last little while and one of the…