Invited to Getty images on Flickr... thoughts?

[AshMashMash]

So basically I got a message saying I have been invited to enroll with Getty images (well specifically 8 of my images). Looking into it apparently there are two types of licensing they use:

There are two types of license available in The Flickr Collection on Getty Images:

1. Rights-managed (RM) – Rights-managed works are licensed with restrictions on usage, such as limitations on size, placement, duration of use and geographic distribution. The price of the license takes these elements into account. (Getty Images has built a calculator for this.) Exclusive rights to images are available for some rights-managed products. Find out more about Rights-managed licensing over at Getty Images.

2. Royalty-free (RF) – Royalty-free images are licensed at set prices based upon the file-size the customer purchases. The end-use is not specified (though certain types of uses that are defamatory, pornographic or illegal are banned) so the customer has a lot of flexibility in how they use the images, and can use them multiple times. Find out more about Royalty-free licensing over at Getty Images.

So... with either of these options I wouldn't be credited would I?

Has anyone used Getty images? Is it good? What sort of money do you make?

Any help would be great thanks!

 

[DazJW]

Getty through Flickr is very different to Getty themselves. There's plenty of discussion about it floating around as it's somewhat controversial.

 

[joxby]

I suppose Getty feel your images have a good chance of being stolen, thus if they tie them up and they do get stolen, they can pay you threepence hal'penny and sue the nutz off the picture burgler..