Washington Post Photos Added to Mira's Online Stock Image Service; Nearly 3,000 News Photos Available Through Copyright Clearance Center's Web-based Stock Image Service.Business/Technology Editors DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2000 Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. ) Mira, an online stock image service (mira.com), today announced that it has added nearly 3,000 images from The Washington Post to its collection of rights-protected photos, illustrations and cartoons. This development is the result of a joint initiative with The Washington Post, the Washington Post, The Morning daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the dominant paper in the U.S. capital and one of the nation's leading newspapers. Established in 1877 as a Democratic Party organ, it changed orientation and ownership several times and faced source of some of the best news photography in the business. "We've had a successful business relationship with Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. for many years, and this enhances that relationship even further," said Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. , Editorial Director/General Manager of The Washington Post Writers Group, which supervises rights and permissions for the newspaper. "Mira.com offers the best Washington Post news photos, chosen by Writers Group editors each week for an archive that will continue to build over time." "Images from The Washington Post are highly sought after by image buyers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. top-quality stock photos depicting global current events," said Kristen Giordano, CCC's associate director of rightsholder relations. "We will be adding more of these images regularly as part of our commitment to keeping Mira's collection fresh and relevant." Depicting a range of topics, from world figures and current events to human interest and social trends, The Washington Post images represent the work of more than 40 photojournalists The is a list of notable photojournalists from throughout history:
About Mira CCC's Media Image Resource Alliance (Mira) is an online stock image service (mira.com). Mira enables publishers, advertising agencies, corporations and other image buyers to license use of high-quality photographs, cartoons and illustrations for promotional and training materials, presentations, annual reports, ads, books, Web sites and other commercial applications. Mira's extensive repertory includes over 60,000 images and represents over 350 professional photographers, most of whom are members of the American Society of Media Photographers The American Society of Media Photographers, abbreviated ASMP, is a society of professional photographers, including many photojournalists but also experts in architectural, underwater, culinary and advertising photography and other specialties. (ASMP (ASymmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing design in which each CPU is assigned a particular program or part of a program that it executes for the duration of the session. ). It also includes a growing number of specialized collections, such as cartoons from The New Yorker and images from The Washington Post, the American Jewish Historical Society The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)was founded in 1892 with the mission to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish heritage and to serve as a national scholarly resource for research through the collection, preservation and dissemination of materials , Image Alchemy, and North Wind Picture Archives. About The Washington Post The Washington Post is an independent newspaper published in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1877, the newspaper's daily circulation is over 780,000 in the nation's capital and the surrounding community, and Sunday circulation is over one million copies. It is the largest newspaper in the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and in both the state of Maryland and in Virginia. The Washington Post is owned by The Washington Post Company, which is also headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post Company is a diversified media organization whose principal operations include newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting and cable television systems. The company also produces electronic information services See Information Systems. and provides test preparation services. About Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) is the world's largest licenser of reproduction rights for text and provider of many licensing services for reproducing copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats. The company was formed in 1978 to facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law. The company currently manages rights relating to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators, directly or through their representatives. CCC-licensed customers in the U.S. number over 10,000 corporations and subsidiaries (including 92 of the Fortune 100 companies), as well as thousands of government agencies, law firms, document suppliers, libraries, academic institutions, copy shops and bookstores. CCC is a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO IFRRO International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations ) and has bilateral agreements with reproduction rights organizations in 13 countries worldwide, under which it repatriates fees for overseas use of U.S. works. CCC can be found on the World Wide Web at copyright.com. |
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