Australian publishers consider partial boycott of Indian cricket
Many of Australia’s leading publishers will avoid carrying images and video of the Australian tour of the sub-continent after a decision by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to lock out major suppliers of photographic content.
The move comes after a decision by the Indian cricket authority to deny accreditation to Getty Images, an organisation that provide images to major publishers including News Limited, Fairfax Media, APN News & Media and Seven West Media.
CEO of industry body The Newspaper Works Tony Hale said the BCCI decision to deny Getty accreditation was disappointing.
“The BCCI’s decision is not in the interests of cricket fans, the public or ultimately the great game of cricket,” said Hale.
What’s the reason they’re doing this?
So to protest Getty not being able to take their photos and supply them to the papers, the papers are not going to run the photos they can’t get, seeing how Getty isn’t able to take their photos. “Voluntary protest”? – errr….
100% ownership and licence of all images. All the codes do it to one degree or another
All the codes don’t do it, although they’ve tried. My point, though, was that the story doesn’t bother telling us why it’s happened.
Agree with juice.What are the BCCI trying to achieve with this policy?And is it only Getty or is it ALL photographers?
Is Getty really locked out or being offered entry based on certain conditions (so BCCI can protect the interests of sponsors) or based on a fee?